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0. Danthonia (Pentaschistis^ densifolia N. ab E, culmo 

 basi ramosissimo adscendentc densifolio, foliis linearibiis acuminalis 

 glabris glaucis ore vaginarum barbato, panicula brevi contracta 

 basi angusta, rhachi ramisque dcnse pateriformi- glandulosis, his 

 infra mcdiuni divisis, geniculis pubcsccnlibus, spiculis bitloris, flo- 

 sculis gluma subduplo brevioribus sparsim villosulis, laciuiis valvu- 

 lae inlerioris bifidis, lacinula interiore seliformi valvula breviorc, 

 exleriore brevi setacea, arisla glumas duplo supcranle, 



a. Foliis brevioribus margine confertim glandulosis. 



^. Foliis longioribus margine nudis aut parcius glandulosis, 

 culmo procumbenle adscendenle. 



Var. a. ad Walerfall prope Tulbagh alt. II — V. (Worce- 

 slerj, Ecklon. 



Var. ^. in fissuris rupium ad catarractas niontis ,,Simons- 

 berg" alt. loOO — 2000' (Stellenbosch), et in petrosis collium 

 ad Konstapel alt. SOOO', (Drfege). 



Floret a Novembri in Aprilem. ^. 



Danlhoniac scabrae prolem pumilam refert, sed charaeleribus 

 suis facile distinguitur. Rhizoma procumbens, confertim vaginatum 

 foliosumque sursunujue culmos dcnso grege promens digitales pau- 

 love longiores erectos inferius dense foliatos. Vaginae inferiores 

 arctae, at propter multitudincm amplae, breves, slriatae, glabrae, 

 eglandulosae, ore patenti-barbatae, duae superiorcs denique elon- 

 gatae, glandularum serie carinali indistincta nonnullisque ad mar- 

 gines apiceoi versus conspersae glandulis cyathiformibus. Folia 

 inferiora 1 — 3/4 poll. longa, a basi lineari continuo attenuata, 

 glabra, patenlia, slricta, striata, glauca, margine dense glandu- 

 losa, supremum vix o lin. longum. Panicula exserta, V^ — 1 poll. 

 longa, structura et glandulis omnino paniculae Danthoniae scabrae 

 <;oogrua. Glumae glabrae, in carina eglandulosae, ly^ !'"• ^on- 

 gae. Flosculi pilis erectis brevibus conspersi, albi, 3/4 lin. longi, 

 sctae intcriores y^ !'"• longae, exteriores quadruplo-scxluplo bre- 

 viores, tcnuissimae; arista 2 lin. vix excedens. 



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