/'. Eragrostis. 389 



\ iridis io luleuiu vergentes, glabri; valvula inferior ovata, apicem 

 versus angustior attamen oLtusa, alte carinata, nervis lateraiibus 

 tenuissimis vi.\ sub oculos cadenlibus ; valvula superior brevior, ob- 

 longa, apice rotundata vel retusa, dorso depressa, latcribus angu- 

 stis rigidulis coloratlsque, hinc raargine merabranaceo iuflexo nola- 

 bili spatio a basi recla desincDle et ubi valvula e.\planatur alara 

 formante; flexurae anguli serrulato-scabri, virides. Lodiculae bre- 

 ves, subcarnosae, Iruncatae, margine supero tridenliculatae. Sta- 

 mina tria, antheris fulvis. Ovariura oblongum, glabrum, basi pa- 

 rum attenuatum ; styli albi, discreti, longitudine stigmatum; sli- 

 gmata alba, angusta, plumulosa. 



7. Eragrosli.s chalcantha Trin. panicula racemoso-composila 

 palente brevi, ramis omnibus alternis a basi divisis simplicibus axil- 

 lis glabris, spiculis allernis subsessilibus oblongis 12 — 16-floris 

 aeneo-viridibus dein cinerascenlibus, valvula inferiore ovata obtusa 

 submucronata obsolete Irinervi laevi, superiore margine tenuissime 

 serrulata longiludine inferioris, culrao simplici nodisque glabris, va- 

 ginis pilosis ore nudis, foliis linearibus (coraplicalis) margine c lu- 

 berculis ciliatiso 



Eragrostis chalcantha Tr. in Act. Petrop. 1. p. 401. Kuiith. 

 En. 1. p. 539. n. 91. 



\n regionis Paspasvalley montibus alt. III — V. (Zwelletidam), 

 ad Pbilippstown urbem alt. IV. et in monte Winterberg alt. V — 

 VI (Ceded Terriiory), in monte Katrivierberg alt. III (Caffer- 

 land), Ecklon; in saxosis montiura Zuurebergen all. 2S00 — 3000' 

 et in graminosis inter Zandplaal et Komga alt. 2000 — 3000', 

 (Dr^ge). 



Floret Oclobri. lunio cum fructu maturo invenla 2^. 



Eragrosti Willdenovianae Fl. Ind. or. sirailis, sed distincla 

 spiculis in rarais paniculae subsessilibus et orani habitu. Radix 

 fibrosa, caespilera nutrieus. Culrai 1/2 — 1 pedem alli, compres- 

 siusculi, erecti, slricli, superne longo tracto nudi, paucinodes. 

 Vaginae inlernodiis breviores, strialae, e tuberculis piligerae. Li- 

 gula brevissima, cilialo-deulata. Folia culmea 1 1/2 — 1 poH- lo.iga, 



