PLATE L. 



A small tuft of Eragrostis saxatilis, natural size. 



Figure 1.— Portion of the blade and sheath of a leaf with the fringed ligule. 



2. — A spikelet. 

 Figures 3 and 4. — The outer empty glumes. 

 Figure 5. — A flowering glume. 



„ G. — A pale, front view. 



„ 7. — A very young flower. 



„ 8. — Pistil : all very much enlarged. 



Drawing made from a plant in Kew Herbarium, collected by Mr Melliss. 



