Dolanique. A li I S T I D J. 171 



Cnhmis 8 pollicaris — pcdalis (2 pcd. sec. N.E.), basi ramosissimus, sub- 

 lignosus, arctc vaginatus, crassus^ supcrnc distichophyHus. Vaginae su- 

 periorcs intcrnodiis 'paruui brcviorcs. Folia scmipolliccm longa et bre- 

 viora, patentia, convoluta, rigida, tubcrculata, ut tota plauta ghuica 1. 

 flavcscentia, — intcrduni bipollicaria, kixiora, plauiuscuhi, subviridia et 

 tunc lana alba in nodis cuhni dcnsior. (var. ^u. floccosa J\.E. 1. c.) 



88. Arislida su/jacaulis Steudcl Nomcnch 18M. Cuhno pygmaeo pnbesv.enle, 



Iciogono, vaginis scabriusculis obtccto; panicula simplicissima, 3 

 — 6 flora, scmipollicari, basi mginata; glumis parum inacquah- 

 bus, glabris, acuminatis: superiore k — 5 lincali inferiorem linea 

 i — 1 superante; flosculo I5 lineali, apice truncatulo; stipitc ai'istae 

 dcciduac lincali, semel laxe torto, ad divisuram pilosulo: sctis re- 

 fracto - divaricatis : lateralibus imdis 5 iincalibus, mcdia polliciuri, 

 infernc ad dimidium longitudinis nuda, superne cum mucronulo 

 apicali pennata. 

 Arthratherum suhacaule Nces ab Esenb! Gram. Afr. ausl. ( ISM ; 

 p. 180. 



In editioribus circa Gariep fluvium solo arcnoso- argillacco distr. Klein 

 Namaqualand altit. 300 pcd. m. Septcmb. (Drcgcl) O- (Nccsio '2.-) 



Cuhni cum panicula \ — 1 polliccm alti, numcrosjssimi in globum 

 compacti, basi fibra i-adicali una paucisve tcrrae aftixuin. Vaginae ad 

 culmum singulum plcrumquc 2 — 3, latac, marginc byalinae, sulcato- 

 striatae, ore ligulae loco ciliatae. Folia subsemipollicaria , convoluto- 

 tiliformia, striato-sulcata, scabra. Tota planta obitcr inspccta inflores- 

 centiam Aristidae alicujus dcccrptam mentitur. Quin status pygmaeus 

 A. obtusac sit, notac rcliquae adlatae suadcnt. 



89. Aristida Iiirlighima Stcudcl niss. Culmo fertili cum nodis ct vagini* 



glabro: ligulis densc ciiiatis; panicuiae iincaris, contractae, 2\ — 

 5 poliicaris, iiasi cxsertac radiis subquinis (I. paucioribus ad basiii 



