IX. Heteropogon, 101 



que univalvisj inferior neuter, lincaris, muticus; superior e lineari- 

 angustissima basi abiens in sctara sive aristara crassam longam hir- 

 tam tortam flexuosamque. Lodiculae linearos, truncatac, parvae. 

 Slaminum vestigia obscura aut nuila omnino. Slyli longi, basi 

 coniuncti ; stigmata crassa, dense aspergilliformia. Caryopsis sub- 

 cylindrica, libera, glurais retenta. Spiculae hemigamo-masculae 

 flosculus inferior neuter univalvis, valvula lineari-Ianceolata mutica 

 ciliata ; superior bivalvis, valvula inferiori lineari obtusa mulica, 

 superiori multo breviori et angustiori. Lodiculae planae, membra- 

 naceae, truncalae, denticulatae, complicatae. Slamina tria. 



Inflorescentia : spica simplex, saepe torta, quadrifaria. Gra- 

 mina ramosa, foliis angustis planis ; ramis florigeris basi vagina 

 scariosa, inclusa vel emergente, involutis. 



\. Heteropogon contortus Pal. de Beauv, spicis solitariis, 

 spiculis masculis oblique truncalo-acutis margineque apicem versus 

 cilialis, rbachi pedicelloque masculo ferrugineo-hirsutis, culmo ra- 

 moso subdiff^uso, foliis linearibus glabris, vaginis compressis infimis 

 subpilosis. N, ah E. in Mart. FL Br. II. p. 563, 



Heteropogon contortus R. et Sch. S. Veg. II. p. 856. n. 2. 

 N. ab E. Gram. Eckl. in Linn. VII. 3. p. 284. (^excl. syn. Sti- 

 pae spicatae Thunb.) 



Andropogon contortus Willd. Sp. IV. p. 904. n. 6. R. 



Brown. Prodr. I. p. 201. {ed. N. ab E. p. 37.) n. 5. Schkuhr 



Handb. III. p. SOD. t. 342. f. a. Kunth. En. I. p. 486. n. 2. 



Heteropogon hlrtus P. de Beauv. p. 134. Tr. in Act. Pe- 



trop. Ser. VI. II. 3. p. 2S3. 



In districtu Zwellendam et George legil Mundt; ibidera ad 

 sinum Plettenbergsbay Drege; in agris graminosis et in alveo 

 saxoso fluminis Zwartkopsrivier alt. I. (Uitenhage), in monle Wiu- 

 terberg prope Philippslown alt. IV. et ad portum fluminis Katrivier 

 in pascuis secundis (Ceded Territory), (Ecklon); in collibus lapi* 

 dosis ad Camdeboo alt. 2S00 — SOOO', in graminosis apud Paar- 

 dekop altitudinc eadem , iu montibus confragosis ,,de groote Zwar- 

 tebergen prope Klaarstroom" alt. 5000 — 5S00', tum in declivibus con- 

 ragosis montium Zuurebergen alt. 2J*00' (Ceded Territory), Drege. 



