2G8 DE. M. T, MASTEllS OK SOUTH-AFRICAN KESTIACE.T:. 



2-3 lin. longgc, 1-2-flora;, ohcuneatju, comj3ress?Cj bractea vcl spatha 

 vaginiformi suffulta^, rachillam flexuosam complanatam suj)erne 

 (bractea decurreute) alatam margine uno respicientes. Flores brac- 

 teis paulo breviores, sti[)itulati, oblongi. Glumce oblongo-lanceolata^, 

 cai'tilaginese, nervo medio notatse ; externce pallide ferruginese, la- 

 terales duse naviculari-conduplicatiB, carinatse, carina glabra ; glumcB 

 interiKB 3, inter se aequales, exteriiis breviores pallidioresque, su- 

 perne ad margines nonnunquam involutae. AntliercB lineari-oblongae, 

 apiculatic, flavida^, filamentis gracilibus paulo breviores. 



** Spiculce mascula axem per dorsum respicientes Cut in TriticoJ. 



- D. H.? viRGATA, sp. n. Culmis erectis, filiformibus, teretibus v, vix 

 augulatis, dicbotome ramosis, apliyllis ; vaginis arctis, vix j)ollica- 

 ribus, sub apice obtuso longe inucronatis; spieulis masculis 8-10, 

 in spicam disticham linearem dispositis, singulis ellij)ticis, erectis, 

 spatbis vaginiformibus a^quilongis suffultis; bracteis arete imbri- 

 catis, oblongo-obtusis, mucronatis, flores oblongos couipressos su- 

 perantibus; glumis externis oblongis, lateralium altera longiore, iu- 

 ternis a;qualibus, tenuioribus; antheris linearibus. Feminea adhuc 

 ignota. 

 Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. c?, Burchell, 7187 ! 



. Culmi 1-2-ped., caespitosi, teretes vel subangulati, crassitie j)einuc cor- 

 vinic, ad basin vaginis coriaceis fuseis dense approximatis obtecti, 

 superne remote vaginati, versus medium dicbotome ramosi^ ramique 

 erecti, olivacei, albo-lepidoti. VagincR arete convolutse, ellipticie, 

 coriacere, fuscse^ sub apice obtuso tenuiore longe mucronatse. Spi- 

 culm masculie 8-10, in spicam linearem, erectam, disticbam remo- 

 tiuscule disposit;c, singulic pluriflorae, ellipticae, ei'ecto-patentes, 

 '^i-A lin. louga?, 1-2 lin. latic, spatha aperta vagiuiformi, spiculam 

 ipsani a^quante, suffulta?. Bractece arete imbricata?, oblonga;, ob- 

 tusaj, coriacea^, sub apice mucronatie, flores oblongos corapressos 

 stipitulatos vix duj)lo superantes. Glumoi eocterncp^ oblouga;, rigi- 

 diuscultc, laterales inrcquales, naviculari-conduplicatac, carinata^, ca- 

 rina ferrugineo-villosa, intermedia planiuscula. Glumce internet 3, 

 conformes, hyalina;, externis pauUo breviores. Filamenta linearia, 

 albida. Antherce lineares, apiculatfe, flavidic, dorso ferruginese. P^s- 

 tilli rudimentum niinutum vel nullum. 



The irregularity of the outer lateral glumes, one of which 

 overlaps the other at the summit, is a noteworthy character oi 

 this species. 



10. II.? BuRCHELLii, sp.n. Culmis caispitosis, bipedalibus, teretibus, 

 versus medium dicbotome ramosis, ramis elongatis, virgatis, erecto- 

 patentibus ; vaginis arctis, brevibus, coriaceis, superne membranaceis, 

 laceris \ spieulis masculis pluribus, in cymas lineares disticbas ter- 

 miuales dispositis, racbin per dorsum spectantibus ; bracteis laxius- 



