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Herba perennis. Tuber vel rhizoma erectum, 2-5 cm. longum, 
1*5-1°8 cm. crassum, annulato-constrictum, basi truncatum, luteum, 
radices 2-5 mm. crassas emittens, 2-3-foliatum. Foliorum _petioli 
8-15 cm. longi, inferne vaginati; laminae 10-15 cm. longae, 
3°5-6°5 cm. latae, sagittatae vel cordato-sagittatae, utrinque glabrae, 
lobis basalibus 2-3-5 cm. longis, lobo antico 8-12 cm. longo deltoideo- 
ovato vel anguste lanceolato. Jnflorescentia solitaria, ante folia 
evoluta, Pedunculus 4-5 cm. longus. Spatha erecta, glabra; tubus 
2°5 em. longus, medio constrictus ; lamina 2°7 cm. longa, lanceolata, 
concava, attenuato-acuta. Spadix 4°3 cm. longus. Flores feminei 
circa 3°3 cm. longam oer ey 3 perianthium 1 mm. longum, pro- 
funde trilobum vel tridentatum; stamina 3, filamentis antheris 
subaequilongis : 
N Saaikny “Nigerta. Yola: very abundant in the northern 
Katagum district, Dalziel, 237. 
According to Dr. Dalziel the rhizome of this plant is bright 
yellow, and the young leaves are used as a pot-herb after boiling 
away the acridity. 
1079. cp ag imrmmaee brevifolium, Stapf [Gramineae-A veneac] ; 
affine A. madagascariensi, Stapf, et A. Ecklonii, Stapf, sed ab 
utroque foliis brevibus latisque, a priore praeterea glumis valvisque 
vacuis minus hyalinis latioribus, hisce magis pilosis et. aristis 
validioribus munitis, ab altero spiculis minoribus distinctum. 
erba perennis, caespitosa; culmi florentes circa 20 cm. alti, 
laeves, glabri, 2-nodi, internodio summo ultra 5 cm. longo longe 
exserto. Folia laevia, glaberrima; vaginae striatae, summa superne 
subampliata, onal 5 cm. longa, basales et innovationum breves ; : 
ligulae hyalinae, 0°5-1 mm. longae ; laminae basales lineari- 
lanceolatae, acutae, 2°5-3°5 (rarius ad 4) em. longae, ad 6 mm. 
latae, planae, firmulae, multinerves, ara superiores admodum 
redactae.- Panicula spiciformis, 3-4 em. longa, contracta ; rhachis 
laevis ; rami geminati, inaequales, atop: ad 2 vel sn cfpiie 1 ‘spiculam 
redactus, laeves ; ; pedicelli laterales perbreves, omnes apice berg 
pilosi. Spiculae stramineae, fusco- vel fusco-purpureo-varie 
circiter 7 mm. longae. Glumae a latere visae oblique baieotlieees, 
subacuminatae, ad carinas vix asperulae, inferior 5 mm. longa, 
l-nervis, subhyalina, superior 7 mm. longa, 3-nervis, inter nervos 
herbacea, caeterum hyalina vel subhyalina. Valvae 2 sniferlbrae 
vacuae, subaequales, a latere anguste oblongae, 4-45 mm. longae, 
rufescentes, pilosae, S-nerves, inferior supra medium arista recta 
3 mm. longa, superior infra medium arista geniculata ad 7 mm. 
longa munita ; valva fertilis 2°5 mm. longa, laevissim 
Sour AFrica. Cape Colony: Barkly East Division; on Ben 
MecDhui (Wittebergen), % 2955 m., Galpin, 6884. 
1080. Achneria Galpinii, Stapf [Gr ramineae-A veneae] ; affini 
A, curvifoliae, Hack., sed foliis latioribus involutis (haud sails 
ent longe acutatis et spiculis majoribus distincta. 
perennis, dense caespitosa ; culmi graciles, Cont 12-15 em, 
alti, tava, glabri, indivisi, 2-nodi, internodiis exsertis. Folia 
