234 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
ligula brevissima membranacea ; spicis tenuibus elongatis 8—9 secus rhachin 
communem parum distantibus, summis 2-3 confertis; spiculis sessilibus 
lineari-lanceolatis glabris secus rhaehin | marginatam arcte imbricatis ; 
glumis 2 sterilibus subsequalibus membranaceis concavis acuminatis uni- 
nerviis, inferiore latiore et magis carinata (carina scabridula), rhachi contigua ; 
gluma florente triplo breviore tenuissime hyalina glabra obsolete trinervia ; 
palea gluma paullo breviore tenuissime hyalina glabra. 
Нар. Northern Melsetter, 3000-6000 ft.; April; n. 1697. 
Саши internodium ultimum 1:5 mm, diam., vagina ejusdem 15 em. long. 
Rhachis communis inflorescentize 6-9 em. long. ad 1 mm. crass. Spica ad 
14 em.long. 1 mm. crass. Spicule 3 mm. long. ; gluma fertilis 1 mm. 
long. 
Ап interesting addition to this little genus, whieh has hitherto been known 
only from two species from the Zambesi ; from both of these it is distin- 
guished by the fewer and much longer spikes, which are also much slenderer 
than in C. africana. In size the spikelets are between those of C. africana 
and €. Menyharthii, Hack. The fertile glume and pale are also distinguished 
by the absence of hairs. 
CHLORIS PYCNOTHRIX, Trin. Gram. Он. 234. 
Near Chirinda, 3700 ft. ; Oct., April; nn. 1629 a, 1696. 
Distrib. South-east tropical Africa ; Natal; South America. 
C. ABYSSINICA, Hochst. ex А. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 406. 
Northern Melsetter, 4000—6000 ft. : April; n. 1700. 
Distrib. East tropical Africa. 
LEPTOCARYDION ALOPECUROIDES, Stapf in Dyer FL Сар. vii. 649. 
Northern Melsetter, 3800-6000 ft. : April ; n. 1695. 
Distrib. East and West tropical Africa. 
POGONARTHRIA FALCATA, Rendle in Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. п. 232. 
Northern Melsetter, 3000-6000 ft.; April; nn. 1609, 1706 : Nyahodi 
River, 4000 ft.; April; n. 16744: Upper Виж, 3000-3500 ft. ; April; 
nn. 978, 981, 982. 
Distrib. Angola ; South Africa to the Zambesi. 
ERAGROSTIS CONGESTA, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. (1875) 115. 
Nyahodi Hiver, 4000 ft. ; April ; n. 1665. 
Distrib. East tropical Africa. 
E. PLANA, Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 390. 
Melsetter, 6000 Ёс. : April; n. 1681: near Chirinda, 3500 & 3700 ft. ; 
Nov., Jan. ; nn. 404 а, 968, 1626. 
Distrib. South Africa. 
