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siib-3-nerved, minutely asperulous, at least in the upper part. 

 Palea as long as the valve. Anthers purple. 



o/'-^T 1 l n T ery 8ma11 quantities between Burao and Upper 

 Sheikh."— Appleton. 



The specimen quoted above is in the state of flowering. There 

 are, however, others in the stubble condition, but with some over- 

 mature panicles, against which Col. Appleton wrote the note 

 referred to under Andropogon cyrtocladus (see p. 210). 



S. festivus, Hochst. ex A. Rich. -, Engl. Veget. Somaliland in 

 Sitz. Ber. Preuss. Ak. Wiss., 1904, 55 (reprint). 



Without precise locality, Lort-Phillips. "Found between 

 Garraro and Burao. A poor feed."~Applcton. « From Garraro 

 also found between Burao and Upper Sheikh. A very poor grass " 

 —Appleton. Ahl Mountains, 1300 m., Hildebrandt. 



DlSTR. In several varieties throughout Tropical and South 

 Africa. 



S. longibrachiatus, Stapf, sp. nov. ; affinis S. pallido, Nees, 

 sed paniculae ramis longioribus, infimis rhachim mediam ex* 

 cedentibus, proportione glumarum valvaeque et vagina etiam ad 

 margines glabra distincta. 



Upper lea/sheaths glabrous, smooth, finely striate, tight, up to 

 15 cm. long, hgulr a narrow, membranous, ciliolate rim ; blades 

 linear, long attenuate to a fine point, up to 2 mm. wide at the 

 base, pale green, or glaucous above, smooth. Panicle shortly 

 exserted from the uppermost sheath, ovoid when expanded, lax, 

 14-18 cm long, J2-15 cm. wide, rhachis very slender, smooth: 

 branches filiform, the lower 10-12 cm., middle ones 6-7 cm. long, 

 undivided for 1-2-5 cm., then remotely branched, lower branch- 



i- -J i ~T Cm ' l0ng with diatant shorfc divisions, which are again 

 divided, the ultimate ramifications bearing 3 or 4 approximate 



more or less secund spikelets ; pedicels like the preceding 



divisions of the panicle slightly scaberulous, the lateral very 



short. Spikelets lanceolate, 1-7-1-8 mm. long, pale green or 



tinged with purple, slightly asperulous. Glumes hyaline, oblong, 



subacute or the tips minutely denticulate, lower 0-7-0-8 mm. 



long, nerveless, upper 1-2-1-4 mm. long, faintly 1-nerved. Valve 



oblong, subacute, 1-nerved. Palea slightly shorter than 



" Grows freely at Bohotle, Burao and Upper Sheikh. Height 

 from 2 to 3 feet. Considered a poor feeding grass." — Appleton. 



S. marginatum Hochst. ex A. Rich. 



Without precise locality, Lort-Phillips. — " Grows in clumps 



near the river-bed at Burao and occasionally at Upper Sheikh." 

 Appleton . 



Dist. From Abyssinia through East Africa to Nyasaland. 



the 



Ku 



" Grows 



and 



much 



An excellent feed." — Appleton. 

 Distr. From the Cape Verd Islands to India. 



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