34 Tribus I. PanicEAM. 



bus Zuurcbcrgni alt. ISOO— 2000', iri saxosis monliuni Zuurebcr- 

 gen alt. 2000—5000', ad riviilnm Glonfilling alt. 800', in collibus 

 graininosis ad Kalrivierspoorl alt. 2000 , in graniino;>is cirea oslia 

 lluminuin Ointcnto ct Omsamcaba, (Drege.) T^, 



Florct a Novembrc in Aprilera. 



19. Paniciim mesocomwn N. ab E. raccmo coniposilo cnn- 

 iracto, parlialibus internodia aequanlibus , pediccllis alternis spiciila 

 brevioribus, spiculis ovatis (subtrilinealibus), glumis aequalibus su- 

 periori flosculiquc raasculi valvula iiiforiori in mcdio fastigiato- vil- 

 losis, caryopsi hievi, culrao sarnicnloso ramoso geniculato foliisquc 

 convolutis brevibus dislanlibus glaucis. 



In edilioribus (alt. infra SOO ) ad Garip fluviuin prope Ver- 

 leplpraaiu (Klcin Namaqualand), Scptembro in antbcsi, (Drcgc). %:. 



Eximia specics , Monacbnis P. dc B. adsocianda, et inler 

 Miliaria Triniana iuxta Panicuni turgidum et raccmosum ponenda. 

 Culmi longi, valde flexuosi, niultinodcs, binc obsolele sulcali, 

 glabri, glauci , ad nodos ramosi. Vaginac seu squamae axillares 

 oppositifoliac ovatac, niembranaceae, apbyllae, pubcscentes. Va- 

 ginae internodiis duplo brcviores, convolulac, striatae, glabrae, ad 

 os niinule ciliolalac. Ligula in cilia solula. Folia vagina inullo 

 angustiora, ab i/4 ad 2 poll. crcsccnlia ct ad y^ decrescentia, 

 vix liu. 1 lala, patcntia, convoluta, oblusa, recurvo-patula, glabra, 

 glauca. Racemus tcrminalis, 2'/2 — ^ polliccs longus, lanceolatus. 

 Rbacbis 3-nodis, ad nodos incurva, striato-angulata, glabra. Ra- 

 mi alterni, apprcssi, simpliccs, graciles, angulali , glabri, a basi 

 racemosi, pedunculis simplicibus infimisve bifloris^ ereclis alternis, 

 vix Yi lin- longis, arliculo intercalari subaequilongo cylindrico 

 cum spiculis solubili. Glumae subacqualcs ; infcrior Innceolala, 

 acuniinala, iJ-ncrvis, tenerior; supcrior cbarlacea, ovato-lanceolala, 

 7-nervis , ad niedium convcxa pubesccns , et dcniquc lana longa 

 apiccm acquantc ercclo-patula fasligiala candida cincta, binc con- 

 voluto-acuminata ct glabriuscula. Flosculus infcrior bivalvis, bcr- 

 niapbrodito- masculus ; valvula inferior structura glumae snperioris, 

 paulo brevior, J>-nervis; supcrior paulo brevior infcriori , lineari- 

 lanccolata, mciubranacca, bidcnlata. Lodiculac subcarnoaac^ bidcn- 



