^'"* o T I P A. Botanique. 



In coUibus saxosis siccis dcserti Karro clistrict. Klein-N.imanualand 

 ct prope Karlcptpraani, etiam ad ostia Gariep lluvii infra 500 pcd. al- 

 titud. Octobr. (Drcge) 



Radix annua (INccsio pcrcnnis). Culmi digitalcs, fasciculati , a basi 

 divisi, fastigiati, glabri, crocti. Faginae glabrac, infcriic purpureac, ad 

 os lanuginoso - barbatac. /b/w erccta, polliccm longa, glabra, canali- 

 culato-complicata, sctacca. Ligula obsolcta. Panicnla pollicaris, stric- 

 tiuscula, sccimda. (NE.) 



§. V. Euslipa. — Species zonae temperatae hcmisphaerii horealis (una ca- 

 pcnsis). Glumae saepe decoloros, hyalinae, intcrdum valde inacqua- 

 les, 4 — 21 lincalcs. Flosculi apice nudi I. coronulati. Aristae nu- 

 dae 1. ( in ultimis 8 speciclnis) boloscriceae aut pcnnatae, rarius 

 3 pollicibus minores, sacpe longissimac (ad 12 pollices usque). — 

 Spccics n. 36 — 38 ad sectioncm s. I. vcrgunt , n. 39 et 40 Lasia- 

 grostidibus affincs suiil. 

 36. Slipa leucotricha n. Paniculac pauciflorae radiis infcrioribus binis, ercc- 

 tis, apicc 1 — 2 floris; ghimis acuminafis, subacqualibus, 6 — 7 

 lincalibus, ncrvosis, pallidc viridibus vcl binc iiulc coloratis: val- 

 vula extcriore 'i- — 5 lincali , ad caUum et nen'um dorsalem ultra 

 medium /losculi candide barbata, cctcrum undKjue papilloso sca- 

 berrima: ;uMsta subpcrsistcntc, torta, supcrnc quidpiam llcxuosula 

 dein gcnicidata, 2^ pollicari: anthcris ponnicillato-barbatis. 

 Texas. /Hookorl) 



Stipae avonacoac proxima, diflcrt tamcn practor notas adlatas adliuc 

 apicibus flosculoruiu magis constriclis, noc truncatis, scd in (oronulam 

 pallidam, glabcrrimara, fcrc lincalom, apice pilis obsitam tcrminatis. 

 Quominus cum Stipa N eesiana confundatur, obstant: color glumaruni 



