170 A R I S T I D A. notaniqnc 



ped. et ad ostia fluvii Garicp propc Knigunjcls infra 200 pcd. altit. 

 distr. Klein Naniaqualand n». Scptembr. (Drcge!) ^. 



Culmi k — 6 pollicares, basi conferfe raniosi, inferne densc vat^inis 

 tecti, superno 3 nodcs: nodi penultinii 2 pkTunique ajiproxiniati , va- 

 ginas hrcvissinias gcrontcs ; vagina ultinia 3 — 5 lincalis basin pani- 

 culae amplcctcns. Folia in vaginis iniltuis nuUa, in supcrioribus brc- 

 vissima, 1 — 2 lin. longa, patcntia, rigida, involuta, glabra. Ilabilus 

 singularis. 

 87. Arislida brei'ifolia Stcudel Nomcncl. 18V1. Culmo, nodis vaginiscjuc [>1. 

 min. lanalis et tuberculoso~i:,lundiilosis\ ligulis brcvissimc ciliatis: 

 paniculac 1.^ — 2j poUicaris, contractac, lineari-oblongac, cxscrtac 

 radiis binis ternisvc, subsessilibus, 1 — 3 (loris; glumis paullo 

 inacqualibus, glabris, apicc attenuatis, acutatis: supcriorc ."> — 6 

 lincali, infcriorcm linca 1 — i\ supcrantc; flosculo 2^ lincali, apice 

 latc truncato ct biauriculato; stipite aristau deciduae (2 — ) 3 li- 

 neali, aspcrulo, semcl I. bis laxc torto: sctis latcralibus nudis, \ 

 — 5 lincalibus, mcdia patcntc pollHari, infcrnc ad i nuda: su 

 perne cum mucronulo apicali pcnnata. 

 Arthralherum brevifolium Nccs ab Kscnbl Gram. Afr. aust. (1841 

 p. 183. 



In tcrra Buschmanorum (29" 1. a.) solo deserti Karro sabuloso altil. 

 III. dislr. Namaqualand; tum in collibus ct in planiti(! intcr Dwcka et 

 Gamlia altit. ^.'iOO — 3000' ct ad Zilverfontcin distr. Huschmanland 

 allit. eadcm. Junio — Octob. (Drcgc) 5- 



Frulicuhis hic ])abulum dat pccoribus jumcntisquc pracstantissimum. 

 Seniina ab Tloltcnfollis «t^Ga» a colouis i Aarboscbjes» appcUata cibum 

 quoquc prachcnt magni ab Ilottcntollis acstimatum; vcntis dispcrsa a 

 formicis colliguntur atque in nidos suos dclafa accumulanfur; clfractis 

 formicarum horreis frugum acervos aullcrunt Hottentotti. (Nees.) 



