F. Sporobolus. 135 



Gluma inferior 1/4 lin. superior ^ lin., flosculus 1 lin. longus, 

 omnes glumae valvulae obtusae, tenerae, obsolete uninerves, prae- 

 ter superioreni valvulam, quae binervis esl apiceque bidentula. 

 Caryopsis tetragono-compressa, Iruncata, subrugulosa, rufescens. 



4. Sporobolus capensis Pal. de Beauv. panicula subcylin- 

 drica ramis compositis brevibus, spiculis oblongis acutis, glumis acu- 

 tis, inferiore valvulis triplo- superiore iisdem tertiam partem aut 

 fere dimidio breviori, culmo geniculato-incurvo simplici compres- 

 siusculo, foliis linearibus convolutis glabris glaucis, vaginis striatis. 



Sporobolus capensis Kunth. Eti. 1. p. 212. n. IS. 

 Vilfa capensis N. ab E. Gr. Eckl. in Linn. VII. 3. p. 293. 

 n. i. Trin. Grani. unifl. etsesquift. p. 133. Ic. Gram. IV. t. S6. 

 Agrostis capensis Willd. Sp. pl. I- p. 372. n. 31. 



^. Laxa, culmo humiliore basi saepe ramoso paniculaque 

 laxioribus, ramis paniculae distantibus alternis. N. ab E. in 

 Linn. l. c. - , 



Ad Waterfall prope Tulbagh alt. II -V. (Worcester), in rupi- 

 bus humidis prope Platteklippc ad pedem montis tabularis situque si- 

 mili ad rivulum in praeruptis eiusdem montis e regione sinus Yan 

 Kampsbay, (Ecklon, Drege); in Dunis Langeanis alt. L, in 

 humidis sabulosis planitiei prope Duikervalei iufra montem Tigri- 

 dis, ad margiues vinearum prope Clasenbosch et iu humidis alt. 

 IL montis Diaboli (Distr. Cap.), Ecklon; in saxosis aridis prope 

 Leeuwenhof alt. SOO', (Drege); in HottentotlhoIIandia (Stellen- 

 bosch), ad Caledon et Gnadenlhal (Caledon), in campis ad flumen 

 Zwartkopsrivier (Uitenhage, Ecklon) ; ad Ado alt. iSOO — 2000', 

 (Drfege). 



Var. ^. in humidis ad montem Diaboli, (Ecklon) ; ad sinum 

 Plettenbergsbai (George), Mund. in Herb. Reg. Berol. 



Viget a lunio in Decembrem. 



Gluma inferior saepe obtusa, plerumque autem e basi laliore 

 in breve acumen coarctata. 



5. Sporobolus pyramidalis Kunth. racemo decomposito an- 

 gusto, ramis sparsis verticillatisque confertis a basi florentibus, ra- 



