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Planta annua, circiter 2-5 dm. alta, in parte superiore tertia 
ramosa; caulis inferne nudus, stramineus, minute arce 
scabrido-puberulus ; ramuli foliati, compresso- angulares, margini- 
bus minute teat Folia oblongo-elliptica, utrinque rotun- 
data, 0°8-1-2 cm. longa, 4-8 mm. lata, membranacea, glabra, 
sicco glauco- india: nervi laterales utrinsecus 5-6, supra vix 
evidentes, infra satis prominuli; petioli graciles, circiter 1 mm. 
longi; stipulae subulato-lanceolatae, acutae, membranaceae, 
1mm. longae. Flores monoici, 3 in ‘parte inferiore, Q in parte 
aipgetidre ramulorum dispositi. Pedicelli brevissimi ; sepala 6. 
obovata, apice rotundata, 1 mm. longa, 1-nervia, membranacea, 
hyalina, glabra; disci elandulae 6, Blas rotundatae, laeves; 
stamina 3, filamentis brevissimis in columnam connatis, ‘antheris 
transverse dehiscentibus. Flore brevissime pedicellati; 
sepala 6, subacuta, _membranacea, viridescentia, ma bh ie ibus 
Sourn Arrrca. Kalahari Hogtea retain! Komati Poort, 
320 m., Dec., Schlechter. 11866. 
1649. PbyManthas delagoensis, Hutchinson eaRbeapiscee’- 
Phyllantheae]; affinis P. heterophyllo, Muell. Arg., sed_stigma- 
tibus subintegris, et subsessilibus, foliis minimis dense dispositis 
differt. 
Caules ut videtur e eae lignoso orti, e basi ramosi, suleati, 
glabri; ramuli satis foliati. Folia late Same ge vel oblon ngo- 
elliptica, utrinque obtusa, 3-45 mm. longa, 1-2-5 mm. lata, 
subcoriacea, glabra; stipulae subulatae, membranaceae. Flores 
glabra; disci e m et rotundatae, laeves; 
stamina 3; filamenta breviter connata; oes erae magnae, 
pag dehiscentes. Pedicelli 9 1-1-5 m longi; sepala 6, 
q majora ‘et subaequalia; discus patelitors norte 
Sa iclatns, carnosus, Bees stigmata subintegra et fere sessilia; 
capsula et semina non 
SoutH AFRICA. Bas tern Region: Delagoa Bay; Lorenzo 
D acies R. Schlechter 11663. 
1650. Isachne angusta, Stapf meh -Paniceae] ; spiculis 
hiantibus versus apices paniculae ramorum congestis et glumis 
angustis facile distinctu 
erennis, laxe Bien itose, ad 25 cm. alta, rhizomate gracili, 
innovationibus extravaginalibus, gemmis cataphyllis tenuibus 
pabsscbrbats” obtectis. Culmi pergraciles, geniculato-ascen-. 
dentes, teretes, florentes 4-7, steriles, plerumque plurinodi, 
internodiis magis minusve exsertis superne adpresse pubescenti- 
bus. Foliorum vaginae arctae, tenuiter pubescentes et ad 
margines dense ciliatae; ligulae ad marginem breviter ciliatum 
reductae; laminae lanceolatae, acutae, basi subrotundatae, 
