168 A R I S T I D A. Botanique. 



riis crcctis 1. adpressis, fcrc a hasi tloiisiusciile florifcris: trluiiiis 

 subacqualibus, glabris, 4 ( — 5) hnealibus, acutatis; (losrulo 1 - 

 i^ lineali, apicc emarginato pro stipite aristae deciduae 1 — \ li- 

 neali, non torto, glabro; sctis patentibus: latcralibus nndis 5 — C, 

 lin. ) nicdia pollicari iiifcrne ad j pai-tem circiter nuda, superne 

 cum mucromdo apicnli pennnta. 

 Aristida piligcrn Burchell Itcr. Schult. Mantiss. 2. (1824.) p. 1^78. ad 

 fl. Garicp lecta. (descr. quadrat.) 



Stipagrosti'! 1 ohtusa N.E. Linnaea 7. (i832,i p. 293. Kunth Agr. 

 syn. suppl. p. IS^i-. 



Stipagrostis capensis N.E. I Linnaea 7. (1832) p. 291. et Gram. Afr. 

 aust. p. 171. 



Arthratherum obtusum N.E. Gram. Afr. aust. (I8'fl) p. 179. Drcgc 

 pl. cxsicc.I 



In descrtis inter Kairo et Suez m. Januario (Dclilc); in rupcstribu» 

 prope "Wadi Ilebran» Arahiae pctracac m. Aprili (Schimperl Ln. it. 

 n. 163.); Africa australis: in planitie ad Bokport altit. 3500 pcd. : in 

 arcnosis planitiei ad Garicp fluvium altit. I. et in dcserti elalioris Kar- 

 ro altit. III. locis saxosis distr. Klein Namaqualand (Drege); in sahu- 

 losis ad montem Kamicsberg distr. Klcin Namaqualand altit. II. ct ad 

 Niemvefeld: Ccdcd Tcrritory (Ecklon). Septcmb. — Novemb. Qf. 



Pulvinata I. dcnslssime cacspitosa, 3 — ^9 pollicaris. Folia numcrosa 

 basilaria, confcrtissiina, angustissima, 1 — \ pollicaria ct interdum hre- 

 viora, cm"vula, glauca, glabra I. in specc. capcnsihus suhinde ciliato- 

 pilosa. Culmi uninodcs, numcrosi, inferne tenuissimi et ad nodum co- 

 loratum exsertum geniculati. Vaginac in spcciminibus examinatis scm- 

 per glabrae ut quoquc Dclile dcscribit (sec. N.E. in A. obtuso lanugi- 

 nosac): suprema pl. miii. ampla. Glumae pallidae. Seta media cocrulca. 

 Stipes aristae inlcr lobos duos minutos apicalcs rofundatos valvulae ex- 



