//. Harpechloa. III. Chloris. 239 



Campuloa hirsuta Desv. in lourn. de Bot. l. c. 

 Campulosus falcatus Pah de Benuv. Agrost. p. C4. 

 Eleusine falcata Spr. S. Veg. 1. p. 349. n. 2. 

 Chloris falcata Sw. in Berl. Magazin III. /?. 1Jj9. t. I. f-\. 

 T/iunb. Fl. Cap- ed. ScMtlt. I. p. 109. n. l. 



Cynosurus falcatus Thurib. Prodr. Fl. Cap. p. 23. Fl. Cap- 

 ed. Schult. I. p. 408. Willd. Sp. pl. I. p. 4H. n. 2. 

 Melica Falx Linn. Suppl. p. 44i. 

 Dactyloctenium falcatum Willd. En. p. 1030. 

 In (lislriclu Zwellendam legit Mundt; in Langckloof (George), 

 in collibus graminosis ad Adow, inler Zondagsrivier et Bosches- 

 nianrivier flumina alt. I — IIF. solo ericarum (Uitenhage), in monli- 

 bus Winlerbergen urbi Philippstown vicinis alt. IV. (Ceded Terri- 

 tory), in monte Katrivierberg alt. III — VI. supra sylvas (Kafler- 

 land), Ecklon, Drege ; in latere septentrionali montium Zuureber- 

 gen locis saxosis alt. IV. (Kaflerland), Dr^ge. 

 Floret ab Octobre in Decembrem. :Jr. 



Culmus pedalis, sesquipedalis, ercctus, geniculis paucis, ple- 

 rumque bifolius. Folia anguste linearia, plana. Spica 4— G poll. 

 longa. Spiculae virescenli-fuscae, sublriflorae. 



III. CHLORIS Swartz. char. reform. N. ab E. in Mart. Fl. 



Bras. II. p. 420. et in Lindl. Introd. ed. 2. p. 381. Chlori- 



dis specc. plerr. Kunth. Endlicher Gen. p. 93. n. 839. 



Spiculae sesqui-pluriflorae, sursum imperfeclae, in rbacbi com- 

 muni unilaterales, alternae, sessiles aut subsessiles. Glumae duae, 

 membranaceae, uninerves, erectac ; inferior rachique adversa mi- 

 nor; superior saepe mucronata et subscligera. Flosculi herma- 

 phrodili (vel singuli, vel plures uec mulli) inferius positi ; valvula 

 inferior compresso-carinata, chartacea, apice emarginala, bifida aut 

 bidentata truncalave et a tergo sinus dislincte et saepius longe se- 

 tigera, carina et margine saepe barbatis aut cilialis, superiorem 

 dorso planiusculam raarginibus inflexam amplectens. Flesculus im- 

 perfeclus unus pluresve, plerumque e sola gluma inferiori uni — 

 tri-seta constantes, pedicellali. Lodiculae membranaceae, glabrae. 



