220 



West 



S. robustus, Kunth. 



Without precise locality, Drake-Brockman, 30, 32. 

 - Vern. Werris (Drake-Brockman). 



Distr. To Tropical Arabia and through the Sudan to 

 Africa. 



S. Brockmanii, Stapf, sp. nov. ; affinis S. indico, R. Br., sed 

 Mns brevibus planis, spiculis paulo longioribus, glumis aequa- 

 hbus longioribus distincta. 



A densely tufted, perennial grass. Culms 25-40 cm. high, 

 erect, slender, smooth, glabrous, about 3-noded, internodes en- 

 closed with the exception of the uppermost. Leaf-sheaths tight, 

 fanely striate, glabrous or finely hairy along the outer edge and 

 near the mouth, those of the barren shoots 2-3 cm. long ; ligule a 

 narrow, cihate, membranous rim ; Made tapering almost from the 

 base to a long fine point, spreading, 5-7 cm. long, 2-5-3-5 mm. 

 wide at the base, somewhat firm, pale green or glaucous, smooth, 

 glabrous or with scattered, tubercle-based hairs, particularly along 



ml. l ft J"? 1810 ' Panicle very narrow, contracted, inter- 

 about 4 mm. wide ; rhachis stiff, smooth ; 

 ,, , ., -n shorter than the internode (particularly 



the lower), adpressed to the rhachis, 2-0-5 cm. long, divided from 

 the base or almost so, much contracted; branchlets short, aspe- 

 ruious ; lateral pedicels short to very short. Spihelets lanceolate 

 to oblong, 2-20-2-4 mm. long, silvery grey ; close together. 

 Glumes equal or nearly 80 , lanceolate to lanceolate oblong, 

 10-1-5 mm. long, hyaline, white, smooth, the lower nerveless, 

 the upper faintly 1-nerved, the tips often minutely denticulate. 

 Valve oblong, subacute, very thin, grey below, white towards the 

 t p, finely 1-nerved. Palea as long as the valve. Anthers yellow, 

 slightly over 1 mm. long. 



Golis Range, Drake-Brockman, 11. 

 Vern. Garra gorro (Drake-Brockman). 



S. capensisvar ctltissimus, Chiovenda in Ann. 1st. Bot. Roma, 

 vol vi., p. lbs, tab .ii. is very likely this plant. It differs from 

 &™pensis, Kunth (=,y. indicus, R. Br.), as stated above in the 

 short leaves which spread usually at a right angle and in the 

 longer, narrower and equal glumes of the slightly larger spikelets. 

 Chiovenda s plant was collected by Robecchi in the country of the 

 Habr Awal According to Robecchi its vernacular is " Saddaho," 



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 Eragrostis papposa, Steud. ; Stapf in Hook, f, PL Brit. Ind. 



VII. o&Z. 



M^?" 1 ^' S° l f'- GoIls Ran S e > Drake-Brockman, 89. Wapgar 

 Mountains, Gedais, in rocky river-bed, 1,600 m., Lort-Phillips. 

 Whout precise locality, Drake-Brockman, 36. "Found in the 



-!i?^ n tIe and Upper sheikh - a &** feei1 -" 



Africa™' T ° N ° rth AfHca an<1 th ° Pan J ub » southwards to East 



