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brunnescentibus; gluma 4 conspicua spieulam fere ad '/, aequante, ex 
ovato bene acuta, 3-nervia; gluma 2 quam sequens breviore, elliptica, 
acuminata, 5-nervia; gluma 3 priori isomorpha sed latius acuta, in axilla 
florem perfectum g' cum palea paullo breviore, apice rotundata et hic 
minutissime pilosula fovente; gluma 4 sublanceolata, apice acuta et hic 
minutissime pilosula, rigidula, straminea, paullo nitida, densissime valde 
rugosa, paleam peranguste rotundatam, dorso secus marginem obtuse cari- 
natam paullo superante. 
Sansibarküstengebiet: Usaramo (SrunrwaNw n. 6533, 6712, 6754), 
Witu (Taomas n. 123). 
P. ($ Eupanicum) massaiense Mez n. sp.; annua videtur, e radicibus 
fibrosis fasciculatim ramosa, florifera semimetralis, e validioribus. Folia 
basi in vaginas sueto laxas, haud carinatas, margine glabras dorso prae- 
sertim apicem versus pilis longis patentibus tuberculatis hispidas rarius 
item glabras producta; ligulis conspicuis, rotundatis, margine laciniato-pi- 
losis; laminis suberectis, linearibus, basi bene rotundatim contractis, in 
apicem acutum sensim angustatis, planis, chartaceis, nervo medio manifesto 
praeditis, margine haud ciliatis zonula anguste pallida auctis et praesertim 
superne bene serrulato-scabridis, glabris vel dissite longe pilosis, == 200 mm 
longis, 7 mm latis. Culmi superne bene ramosi, adscendentes, validi, sub- 
teretes, cum nodis glabri vel (praeter illos) dissite tuberculato-pilosi. In- 
florescentia multiflora, erecta, quaquaversa, folia bene superans, compacte 
tripinnatim panniculata, apice obtusa, + 130 mm longa, glaberrima; axi 
validiusculo; ramis suberectis, inferioribus + 100 mm longis, haud ver- 
licillatis, sueto ipsa ex basi iterum divisis, superne haud undulatis, angu- 
latis et bene scabris; spiculis erectis, sueto ternis vel quaternis, ramulorum 
ultimis lateralibus pedicellos longe superantibus, glabris, violascentibus vel 
rarius virentibus, ex subovato acuminatis mox hiascentibus, paullo lineatis, 
= 2,75 mm longis, 1,25 mm latis; glumis exterioribus optime carinatis 
dorsoque apicem versus scabridis, prima conspicua spieulam ad !/5—1/ 
aequante, ex ovato longe acuminata apiceque aristulata, praeter nervum 
medium validum nervis tenuissimis praedita; gluma 2? maxima sequentes 
bene superante, ex elliptico aristulatim acuminata, valide 7-nervia; gluma 3 
ex elliptieo late acutiuscula, item valide 7-nervia, in axilla florem perfectum 
cum palea non nisi paullo breviore, acuminata, glabra fovente; gluma 4 
quam praecedens sat breviore, elliptica, acutiuscula, glaberrima, rigidula, 
straminea, politissima, paleam rotundatam, dorso secus marginem haud 
carinatam superante, 
Massai-Steppe (StunLmans n. 4307). 
Mossambik (Prrzns). 
P. (8 Eupanicum) Merkeri Mez n. sp.; statura majore. Folia basi 
in vaginas haud carinatas, margine glabras dorso dense pilis e tuberculis 
