10 Tribus I. PlIALARIDEAE. 



In graminosis ail pngum Sommcrsct in IloUcnlolt-IioUandia ; 

 in nionte Kamisberg ait. IV. (Namaqualand); in humidis nionlium 



Paarlberg- ct Moddcrfonteinsberg- alt. 1000 iiJOO' (Tulbagh), 



(Dr6ge). Octobre ct Novembre. O 



Radix parva, in rbizoniatc vcrticillato-fibrillosa. Culraus erc- 

 ctus, pcdalis circiler, tcnuis, infcrue tcrcs pubcsccns, superne te- 

 tragonus striatus ad nodos et infra eos pubescens, supra basin fa- 

 sciculato -ramosus ramis inaequalibus plurinodiis. Vaginae inferio- 

 res internodiis aequales, supcriores breviores, convolutae, mollis- 

 sime pubcsccntes, suprema subvcnlricosa, longior et niagis glabra. 

 Ligula Iruncata, bifida vcl laccra. Laniina 1 — 2 polliccs longa^ 

 lincam i — 11/2 lala, lincari-acuminala, plana, mollissinie pube- 

 scens, supremi folii duplo niinor. Pauicula densa, tbyrsoidea, ova- 

 to-oblonga, obtusa, 1 — 2 pollices ionga. Rbacbis communis sca- 

 Lra. Rami alterni, semipollicares, liirli, ibyrsoideo-raceniulosi, 

 ramulis subfasciculatis inacqualibui uni-quadrifloris hlrtis. Pcdi- 

 celli gracilcs, incurvi, scabri, spicula duplo saltem breviores, apice 

 callosi subbarbali. Spiculae scsquilineares, ovatae, compressae. 

 Glumae membranaceae, carinatae, tubcrculatae sctulisquc tuberculis 

 iraposilis appressis scabrae^ carina poelinalo-ciliatac^ pallidae: Jn- 

 ferior minor et anguslior, oblongo-lanceolata, subulato-acuminala, 

 uninervis; superior (dum explanatur) suborbicularis, trincrvis, ner- 

 vis lateralibus ante apicem abbrcvialis, carlnali in setam bilinea- 

 rera scabram purpurascentem cx apice integro promlnente. FIo- 

 sculi calyce duplo brcviores, pedicellati* Pedlcellus coramunis flo- 

 sculo dimidio brevior, incurvus, glaber, basi relrorsum cura callo 

 obtuso squamlformi conlunctus, sub flosculo calloso-gibbosus , pi- 

 lisque paucis (5 — C) flosculi dlniidii longiludinis tanquam involucro 

 harbatus. Flosculus infcrior in callo communls pedunculi sessllis, 

 3/2 lifica \ix longior, hcrmapbrodilus, niuticus : valvula inferior 

 ovata, complicala, dorso obtusa, intcgra, lacvis, pallida, quinque- 

 nervis, cbartacca, in fructu subcarlllaglnca; superior inclusa, ac- 

 que longa, linearis, bldcntata, raarglnibus inncxis compressa, ma- 

 gis membranacca. Lodiculae obconicae , obtusae, intcgrac. Ova- 

 rium croceunij styli duoj stigmata peuicillata, pallida. Aulhcrac 



