32*i Tribns XI. Aveneae. 



crecio simplici, foliis longis inagis minusve curvatis attenuatis con- 

 rolutis vaginisque glabris imberbibus, panicula spiciformi oblonga 

 imbricata, spiculis biflorisj flosculis glumis in setam attenuatis sca- 

 bris plus duplo brevioribus pubescenlibus, valvulac inferioris laci- 

 niis bifidis, lacinulae interioris seta valvula longiore, exteriore la- 

 cinula brevi acuta, arista glumas dimidio excedente. 



Diinthonla curvifolia Schrad. IH Schult. Mant. II. p. 586. 

 Trift. in Act. Petrop. I. p. 70. IV, p. 33. 



Pentamerls curvifolia N. ab E. Gram. Eckl. in Linn. VH. 

 5. p. 315. 11. G. Kunth. En. I. p. 517. n. 6. 

 Danlhonia livida Trin ic. Gr. V. t. SO. 

 Ayena glomcrata Steudel in Pl. 1829. //. p. 483. 

 Holcus avcnaceus Thtinb. Prodr. p. 20. Fl. Cap. ed. Schull. 

 I. p. 110. n. 3. Willd. Sp. pl. IV. 2. p. 931. n. 8. 



Ad Waterfall propc Tulbagh alt. II — V. (Worcester), Eck- 

 lon ; in iugi Dutoitskloof plano editissimo solo turfaceo alt. 5000 

 -r-4000' (Clanwillian), in raontium Drakensteenbergen declivibus 

 alt. ISOO — 2000', in graminosis arenosis ad Franschchoek alt, 

 SOO et in bumidiusculis planitiei Agter-Paarl eadem altitudine, 

 (Drege); in via praerupta ad planum tabulare ducente alt. IV., 

 in dunis arenosis ad promontorium Aguillas et in solo arenoso eri- 

 carum planitiei (Distr. Cap,), Ecklon ; ad Groenpoint, (Bergius in 

 berb. Reg. Berol.); in HoUentottboIIandia alt. II — IV. (Slellen- 

 bosch) in regionis Paspasvalley montibus alt, II — V. (Zwellendam), 

 in rnpestribus alt. III. monlium flumen Van Stadensrivier cingen- 

 liHui (Uitenhage), Ecklon. 



FJoret a Seplembri in Februarium, 1:. 



Species haec non modo panicula spiciformi imbricata, sed 

 eliam glumis pallidis in setam lenuissimam productis scabris valde 

 eompressis in carina muriculatis a reliquis remotior, licet quod ad 

 folia multis conveniat, neque reliqua structura longe discedat, 

 Glumae cum sela li lin, longae. Flosculi oblongi, undi(jue laxiu- 

 scule pubescentes, callo brevissirao barbato innati, 1 y^ — ^^4 '■"• 

 longi ; setae lacinularum interiorum 2 — 5 lin. longae; lacinula ex- 

 terior brevis, acuta, pubescens, selac adpressa, Arista 6 lin, 

 longa, basi fusca, apice pallida. 



