32 COUNT FICALHO AND W. P. HIERN 
Our specimen is without leaves, but appears to belong to this species, which is known 
from the southern and eastern districts of the region of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Serpa Pinto, no. 48. 
48. Eracrostis LAPPULA, Nees ab Esenb. Fl. Afr. Austr. i. p. 412 (1841); Steud. Syn. 
Pl. Gram. p. 272, n. 130 (1855). 
This species occurs also in Natal and Lud. whence the forms seen exhibit a 
denser inflorescence than our specimen ; also with a lax inflorescence, as in our specimen, 
and as illustrated by a specimen collected in the southern part of the Kalahari region 
by Burchell, no. 2199, between the river Makkwarin and Sikkloniani Fountain, July 10, 
1812. 
Serpa Pinto, no. 40. 
49. ERAGROSTIS OBTUSA, Munro, MS. in Herb. Kew. Briza geniculata, Thunb. Prodr. 
РІ. Cap. i. p. 21 (1794); Kunth, Enum. Gram. i. p. 372, n. 10 (1833) ; Steud. Syn. 
Pl. Gram. p. 282, n. 6 (1855). 
This species occurs also at the Cape of Good Hope and in the Transvaal. 
Serpa Pinto, no. 47. 
50. ERAGROSTIS ELATA, Munro, MS. in Herb. Kew. 
This species has been confused by authors with Eragrostis brizoides, Nees ab Esenb. 
in Linnea, vii. p. 328 (1832); it differs by its flatter and broader spikelets, with acute 
margins; it has a wide distribution, occurring also in Angola, Mozambique, at Delagoa 
Bay, in the Transvaal, Natal, Orange Free State, South-African Diamond-fields, and in 
the southern part of the Kalahari region. 
Serpa Pinto, no. 32. 
51. ERAGROsTIS NINDENSIS, sp. п. 2. subglabra nitida, culmis infra paniculam subtere- 
tibus nudis strietis minutissime scabridis intra paniculam angulosis apicem versus 
leviter flexuosis, panicula ad 5 poll. longa anguste pyramidato-oblonga racemoso- 
composita sublaxa apicem versus simplici ramis alternis in axillis pilosulis infe- 
rioribus 1-12 poll. longis laxis superioribus gradatim brevioribus, spiculis lineari- 
oblongis compressis alternis 2-2 poll. longis $-7 poll latis 15-21-floris patentibus 
breviter pedicellatis extremis erectis pedicellis longioribus suffultis, gluma floris late 
ovata obtusiuscula subapiculata rigide chartacea trinervia carinata glabra } poll.longa, 
palea ovali obtusiuscula glabra bicarinata lateribus plicatis glume subzequilonga. 
Our specimen is without leaves, but appears to be closely allied to Hragrostis chalcan- 
tha, Trin., and Е. sclerantha, Nees ab Esenb., both of which are species occurring in 
southern and eastern districts of the Cape of Good Hope; it differs from both of them by 
longer spikelets and laxer inflorescence. It agrees, however, better with a specimen in 
the Kew Herbarium collected by Burke from the Caledon river, in the Orange Free 
State, which may belong to our species. 
Serpa Pinto, no, 51. 
