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ipsa e basi bene divisis, teneris, $ undulatis; spiculis typo nutantibus 
dense pilis perlongis roseis haud distincte comatis, setulas longe superan- 
libus vestitis et his computatis = 8 mm longis, lateralibus pedicellos gra- 
cillimos, cuneatos, teretes, praeter apicem setosulo-pilosum glabros laeves- 
que bene superantibus; gluma 4 parva sed tamen manifesta, lingulata, 
rotundata, tenuiter A-nervia, dorso pilis apicem longe superantibus vestita; 
gluma 2 ex elliptico in apicem anguste rotundatum, profunde emarginatum 
et in setulam brevem desinentem angustata, 5-nervia, apice breviter inferne 
perlonge pilosa; gluma 3 priori isomorpha sed apice minus emarginata, in 
axilla florem Z' cum palea lineari, paullo breviore per anthesim emer- 
gente, longe pilosa fovente; gluma 4 dorso infra apicem setarum 2—4 per- 
longiorum fasciculo insigni, quem praecedentes haud multo breviore, a latere 
visa rotundata, apicem valde emarginata, pergamacea, superne minute 
papilloso-pilosula, nitida, paleam item bene emarginatam superante. 
Transvaal: um Lydenburg (Wirws n. 1674). 
* P. (8 Urochloa) Aubertii Mez n. sp.; folia basi in vaginas haud cari- 
natas, glabras laevesque producta; ligulis conspicuis, rotundatis, margine 
dense longeque pilosis, laminis patentibus, subtriangularibus, e basi late 
rotundata semiamplexicauli in apicem acutum persensim angustatis, planis, 
subehartaceis, nervo medio manifesto praeditis, margine ne ad basin quidem 
ciliatis bene violaceo-zonulatis et superne optime scabridis, utraque facie 
glabris, = 65 mm longis basique 10 mm latis. Culmi geniculatim ad- 
scendentes, validiusculi, teretes, cum nodis glabri laevesque. Inflorescentia 
multiflora, erecta, quaquaversa, ?-pinnatim panniculata, folia longe superans, 
optime digitatim e spicis = 7 omnino aequalibus vel exterioribus paullo 
minoribus, erectis, rectis, secus rhachin in spiculam virgentem desinentem, 
ad insertionem tomentosam cet. glabram, angulatam, scabram spiculas con- 
stanter geminas subsecundas densiuscule gerentibus, + 130 mm longis 
composita; spiculis parvis altera brevius altera longius pedicellata omnibus 
pedicellos gracillimos angulatos multo superantibus, erectis, alutaceis, lan- 
ceolatis, perlonge acutis et in setas longas desinentibus, his computatis = 
8 mm longis, 4,5 mm latis; gluma 4 sequentem ad 1/2 aequante, anguste 
triangulari, tenerrima glabraque, haud aristata, persensim acutissima, ob- 
scure J-nervia; gluma 2 quam sequens paullo breviore, ex lanceolato sensim 
acuta longeque aristata, glabra, 3-nervia; gluma 3 quam sequens sat bre- 
viore, priori isomorpha sed 5-nervia et secus marginem bene pilosa, in 
axilla paleam floris abortivi parvam, profunde incisam et tenuiter bicuspi- 
datam fovente; gluma 4 longissime aristata, lanceolata, sensim acuta, tenui 
vix chartacea, alutaceo-straminea, opaca, secus marginem dissite pilosa, 
paleam planam, dorso glabram prope apicem pilosulam, valde carinato- 
marginatam perlonge superante. 
Madagascar (Du Prrit-Tnovars in herb. Berol.). 
