ihk A li l S r I I) A. Boianiquc. 



rii», jain propo hasin divisis c\ florifcris: glumis scabris, inacqua- 

 iibus, superiore apice bidentata et setigera (compulato suhulo ^ — I 

 lincali) 'i^ — 5 lineali, flosculum paullo ct glumam infcriorem longe 

 cuspidatam linea supcrantc : flosculo 3 — ^ lincali, supcrne sca 

 bro, apicc bis lerve torto ef cum basi aristae non deciduac distincte 

 nrticnlato: sctis suhacqualibus, strictis, patcntibus, 5 — 7 vcl 8 

 Iincalii)us. 

 Aristidn conrctata Lichtcnstcin! ex Il.S. 1817 noii IIBK. 

 Chaetaria congesta N.E. I Gram. Afr. ausf. (18'^i) p. 189. 

 In tcrra Goranarum prope Witwatcr m. Julio (Iviclitcnst.): in plani- 

 tic Stccnbocksvlafkc ad scptcmtrioncm a monfihus Wintcrhocksbcrgen 

 prope Uitcnhagc (Ecklon); in fissuris rupium ad Golcsherg alt. 'i-SOO 

 pcd. : in saxosis ad Nievire Hanton alt. i|-500 ped. : ad ripas Key fluvii 

 alt. 500 pcd. ct ad Port Natal infra kOO pcd. (Dregc) Fcbr. — April. a. 

 Radix fibrosa I. subrepcns. Cuhni simpliccs 1. raniosi, J — 1 peda- 

 Ics , cacspitosi, comprcssiusculi. Vaginae intcrnodiis breviores cum fo- 

 liis glahrac, orc nudac Ligida brevissime ciliata. Folia incurva, hipol- 

 licaria, complicata, rigida, pung(>ntia, glauca. Floscidi in spccimine Lich- 

 tensteinii tantum 3 lincalcs ct sctae ad summum scmipollicares. 

 70. Aristida /lordeacea Kunth Revis. Gram. 2. (1830) tab. 173. cum dcscr. 

 Paniculae 1| — 2 pollicaris, contractac, dcnsiflorae, thyrsiformis, 

 ovalis , basi longe exsertae radiis plurihus scssilihus, jam a basi 

 dcnse floriferis: glumis (non computatis setis) inacqualibus: supe- 

 riore flosculum paullo supcrante, apice breve bidentata et inler h- 

 bos seta Iriplo breviorc instructa; infcriorc breviorc npice selosa, 

 setam propriam acquante; flosculo 2| lincali, dorso scabro, apice 

 articidato, non torto; setis suhacqualibus, strictis, erecto-patenti- 

 bus, 5 — 7 linealihus. (Diagn. sec. Kunth.) 

 In siccis Scncgambiac. Fcbruar. (Lcprieur.) 



