160 Tribus VI. Agrostideae. 



10. Sporobolus hrevifolius panicula palenle brevi, ramis in- 

 ferioribus verticillatis omnibusve alternis, glumis obtasis inlegerri- 

 rais, inferiori duplo breviori raargine menibranaceo, rbizomate re- 

 pente dense ramoso vaginatoque, foliis inferioribus distichc confer- 

 tis obtusis striatis. 



Vilfa brevifolia N. ab E. Gr. Echl. in Linii. VII. 3. p. 294. 



Ehrliarta tenella A. Spreny. Suppl. ad S. V. p. 11. Schult. 

 S. V. Vll. 2. p. 1378. obs. 



Sporobolns tenellus Kunth. En. 1. p. 216. n. 33. 



Ad castellum Beaufort ( Ceded Territory), Zeyher ; io solo 



limoso alt. 11. et III. districtus Graaf Reynet, ( Ecklon) ; ad flu- 



men Zondagsrivier in collibus asperis alt. ISOO — 2000 (Uiteu- 

 hage), Drege. 



Floret a lunio in Martium. J^. 



Rhizoma ratione plantae crassum, vaginarum vestigiis dense 

 annulatum, pallidum, fasciculato-ramosum. Rami adscendentes, ste- 

 riles 1/4 — 3/4 pollicis longi, florentes circiter bipollicares, illi toti, 

 hi basi dense foliosi et crassiusculi. Folia ramorum steriliura et 

 florentium inferiora distiche conferta; vaginae arcte convolutae, ira- 

 bricatae, membranaceae, nervoso-slriatae, 1 lin. longae; lamina 

 1^2 — 2 lineas longa, y^ lineae lata, ovato-lanceolala, obtusa, re- 

 curvo-patula, complicalo - canaliculata, glauca, rigidula, striata, 

 sublus convexa laevis, supra scabriuscula densiusque striata, ad 

 marginem rainutissime denticulato-scabra. Culrai florentis gracilis- 

 que et compressiusculi vaginae duae, longae, arctae, glabrae; folia 

 1 — ^/3 lineae longa, angustiora, vaginis mullo breviora, erecta; 

 supremum paniculam attingit. Ligula brevissima, lineari-transversa, 

 marginem subtilissime fimbriatum exhibet. Panicula poUicem cir- 

 citer longa et lata, e fastigiato convexa, rbachi et ramis laeviu- 

 sculis. Rami patentes, inferiores circiter semipollicares, omnes 

 basi callosi, a medio florigeri, ramulis flexuosis, inferioribus tri-, 

 superioribus bi-nnifloris, gracilibus. Spiculae 2/^ — 3/4 lineae lon- 

 gae, lanceolatae vel oblongo-lanceolatae. Glumae late ovatae, ob- 

 tusae : inferior flosculo triplo brevior, cnervis, basi violacea, apice 



