Bolatiique. 



A R I S T I D A. 155 



inaefjualibus , ^refe-cuspidatis: supcriorc 3j liucali apice biclcnlala, 



inferiorcm linea 1 — \~ superante ; flosculo trilincali , supcrne 



scabro, apice cyanesccntc ter quaterve dense torto et cuni basi 



aristac non deciduac distincte articulato; setis subaequalibus, stric- 



tis, patenti-divaricatis, 7 — 9 linealibus; (vaginis ore /o/tge ciUa- 



to-barbalis.) 



Chaetaria Forskohi N.E. Gram. Afr. aust. ( 184^1) p. 188. (non Ari- 



stida Forskalii Tauscb). Synonynion Forskalii (A. paniculata) potius var. 



A. vulgaris esse videtur; cf. pag. 135. 



In saxosis siccis altit. II. inter flumina Konabrivicr et Katrivier in 

 ten*itorio «Cedcd» diclo (Ecklon) et ad fl. Zondagrivier alt. 1500 — 

 2000 ped. prov. Uitenhagc; in saxosis ad Gamka fluvium prope Wcl- 

 tevrede alt. 2500 ped. (Drege pl. exs. spec. el) 



(3. panieida contracta spicijbrmi. N.E. I. c. In montanis apricis ad 

 Enon altit. 1500 — 2000 ped.; in monte Klein-Winterbock altit. 500 

 — 1000 ped., inter Hcrrmannskraal et castellum Beaufort altit. eadcm 

 et in saxosis ad fl. Key alt. 500 ped. (Drege.j FI. a Julio mcnse in 

 Martium. Qt . 



Valde affinis A. congestac, inprimis vars jS , sed vaginae sempcr orc 



clliis lineam longis, candidis obsitae, folia niinus rigida, saepe planius- 



cula et glumae praeter carinam dorsalem glabrae : inferior brevius 



cuspidata. In varietate /? paniculae strictae bipollicaris radii: aut sim- 



plices adpressi, paullo supra basin anguste floriferi (Drege pl. exs. spec. 



a! ), aut compositi sessilcs paniculam densissimam semipoUiccm latam 



formantes. (Dregc. spec. bl) 



69. Aristida congesta R.S. Syst. 2. (1817) p. 401. Trin. Diss. 1. p. 179. et 



in Act. Petrop. 1829. p. 88. Kunth Revis. Gram. 2. tab. 172. 



cum descr. Paniculae l^ — 2 pollicaris, contractae, dcnsiflorae, 



thyrsiformis, ovalis, demum basi exsertae radiis pluribus 1. solita- 



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