218 MÉMOIRE 8. 



(rarissime 2-3 glomerati) in axillis foUorum superorum, pedicellis erectis» 

 fîliformibus, 12-20 mm. longis, partim in vagina folii conditis, bractea 

 lineari subscariosa, 3-5 mm. longa, ad basim aut in infera parte affixa 

 prœditis et infra banc bracteam linea pilorum levium nolatis. Flores 

 pallidissime ca?rulei, 6-8 mm. diam.; sepala oblonga, subacuta, 3 mm. 

 longa, albo scariosa, summo rubescentia, persistentia, supra capsulatn 

 appressa; petala obovato rotundata, ca?sio alba, sepala paululum supe- 

 rantia; stamina petalis breviora, filamentis ad basim barbatis; ovarium 

 ovoideum stylo brevi superatum. Capsula 3 mm. longa, oblongo subtri- 

 quetra, basi styli longe apiculata. 



Côte dIvoire. — Baoulé, entre Kourakissikro et Amanikro, dans les 

 marais lierbeux à la saison des pluies, 7 août 1909, n" îliMS [Aug. 



Chevalier]. 



h 



Gî^amîna [h), 



Âuctore Stapf. 



+ 



r 



Sporobolus R. Br. 

 Sporobolus mîcroprotus Stapf. 



Ex affinitate S. dlscospori Nées, sed annua, multo major et robustior, 

 gluma inferiore minima, antheris triplo majoribus distinctus. 



Gramen annuum 30-50 cm. altum. Cultni pauci val ad 12 fasciculati, 



erecti vel basi geniculato-ascendentes et tune interdum e geniculis radi- 



cantes, teretes, 3-4-nodi, larves, glabri, simplices vel interdum superne 



ramo aucti. FoUorurn vagînœ teretes vel inferiores carinatiu, inter nervos 



l'ère sulcatae,secundum margines saltem superne pilosm, pilis e tuberculis 



minutis ortis, ceeterum glabra?; iigulœ ad lineam pilosam reductœ; laminai 



latiuscule lineares longe et tenuiter attenuatae ad 12 vel interdum 15 cm. 



longaR, 5-8 mm. latse vel infimae multo breviores, lanceolatae, acutaî, glau- 



covirides, ad margines rigide ciliatœ ciliis basi incrassatis, cielerum glabrae 



nisi supra hinc inde pilis conspersœ, Iseves, nervis primariis utrinque 3-4, 



secundariis circiter 5 interjectis prominulis. Pamculœ oblong;i\ vel ovalo- 



oblongîc densiusculœ, 4-8 cm. longœ, 3-4 cm. latœ; rami 6-2-ni vel hinc 



inde solitarii, tenuiter filiformes, stricti, 2-20-5 cm. longi, patuU vel 



fereabasi 



supe - 



luub su mai 11, luuuiit;! uiiiuriiius, siricii, 4-z\J'D cm. lonyï, pan 



obliqui, laeves, inferiores a basi ad 1-0,5 cm. indivisi, superiores fen 

 divisi; ramuli magis minusve secundi, inferiores 4-2 mm. longi, 

 riores brevissimi, congesti, spiculas 5-1 secundas gerentes; pedicelli 

 latérales brevissimi. Spiculx 1,25-1,5 mm. longœ, obovatie, olivacea;. Ghnnœ 

 valde inaequales; inferior minuta, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, ad 0,25 mm- 

 longa, superior a latere visa auguste oblongo, lanceolata, expianata ellip- 

 tico-oblonga, subacuta, spiculam iequans, 1-nervis, in n^rvo asperula. 

 Valva glumoî superîori simillima, etiam ad margines asperula. Palea 

 valvam œquans, maturitate fissa. Stamina 2; aniherm 0,1 '6-0, S mm. longae. 

 Curyop&is lenticularis, ad latera valde applanata, ad 1 mm. diametro, peri- 

 carpio tenui in aqua tumescente mucilaginoso. 



Bas-Ghari. — Bagiiïrmi, Tcliecna, lo-20 août 1903, n" 960S. 

 iMassénia, dans les marais, 2o-31 août 1903, n« 9640 [Aug. Chevalier], 



