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Bulbus subglobosus, 2 cm. diametro, in collum 3 cm. longum 
mm, crassum productus, tunicis membranaceis brunneis vestitus. 
Folia duo, anguste oblanceolata, 15 : mm. lata, 
longe acuminata, parte superiore supra leviter sulcata, subtus 
carinata, parte inferiore plano-convexa, superficie superiore quam 
inferiore pallidiore. Scapus leviter compressus, 3 mm. diametro, 
viridis, 2-florus ; spathae submembranaceae, 3°5 cm. longae, basi 
6 mm. latae, gradatim attenuatae; pedicelli 2 cm. longi. Peri- 
anithium dilute carneum, non striatum; tubus anguste infundi- 
buliformis, 5 mm. longus, 2 mm. diametro ; limbus campanulatus, 
2°5 cm. diametro ; lobi oblongo-lanceolati, exteriores apice callosi 
cucullatique, interiores plani acutioresque. Stamina in perianthii 
fauce inserta ; filamenta exteriora 2 mm. longa, interiora 4 mm. 
longa. Ovarium oblongum, trigonum, 5 mm. longum, 2°5 mm. 
diametro ; stylus 3 cm. longus, ramis linearibus recurvis 4 mm. longis 
instructus. 
TransvaaL. Thorneroft. 
Described from a plant which flowered with Mr. W. E. Gumble- 
ton at Belgrove, Queenstown, Ireland, in July, 1908. ; 
1070, Elionurus tenax, Stapf [Gramineae - Andropogoneae] ; 
affnis £. Pobeguinii, Stapf, sed racemis ob pedunculos breves 
lateraliter e spatha exsertis, rhachis tenuioris tenacis articulis uti 
pedicellis dorso toto villosis, spiculis sessilibus paulo minoribus 
brevius bifidis, gluma inferiore dorso villosa distinctus. 
_ Culmi ultra pedales, e partibus superioribus tantum noti, ramosi ; 
internodia superiora et rami superne pilosi. Folia superiora glabra; 
vaginae laeves ; ligulae ad marginem breviter dense ciliatam 
redactae ; lamina e basi 2-3 mm. lata longe tenuissime attenuata, 
convoluta, superne ad costam et margines spinuloso - asperae. 
Gluma inferior subchartacea, ad 1-! bifida, laciniis subulatis 
perinde ac carinis a basi rigide pectinato-ciliatis, dorso albopilosa, 
intra carimas tenuiter 5-nervis ; superior lanceolata, acuta, tenuiter 
3-nervis, dorso minute pubescens. Anthoecii inferioris valva 
lanceolata, margine ciliolata, 3-5 mm. longa, obsolete 2-nervis, palea 
nulla. Anthoecii superioris valva paulo brevior, minute ciliolata, 
obsolete 3-nervis, caeterum valvae inferiori similis ; palea hyalina, 
minuta, 0°S mm. longa. Antherae purpureae, 2 mm. longae.  Pedi~ 
cell articulos subaequantes, graciles, dorso undique villosi. Sprculae 
pedicellatae 3-5-4 mm. ongae, lanceolatae. Gluma inferior lanceo- 
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