174 A R I S T I T) 4. Bntam 



quc 



exscrtae radiis gcminis, rigidc patenfibus. a incilio circilcr raniu- 

 losis ct (lorifcris: gluinis inacqualil)ns, glabris: supcriore attcnua- 

 ta, apicc obtusiuscula ct lcvitcr cniarginata, 5 lineali inferiorcm 

 acutatam linca supwanlc: flosculo (cx N.hj.j sub 2\ lincali, stipi- 

 pitcni arisfae dcciduae soliduin paullo cxccdcnte; sctis lateralibus 

 8 lincas longis, hreve pilosis, mcdia, 9 — 10 lin. a basi fcrc uscjue 

 ad apiccm cum mucronulo pennata; pluma lulescente. 

 Ad Zilverfontcin in tcrris Buscbmanoruni cuin A. brcvifolia et in 



coUibus Karroo propc Knigunjcls distr. Grootdarm infra 200 pcd. altit. 



ad Garicp fluvium. (Dregcl) 5- 



Culmi ultrapcdalcs, rigidi, basi ramosi, sublignosi, lutcscentcs ut tota 



planta. faginue intcrnodiis paullo brcviorcs I. longiorcs, 4 — 5 in 



culino altcrnalim dispositac. Folia rigida, pungentia, distichc patcntia, 



convoluto-tiliformia, glabra, intus tomcntosa, 2 — 2~ poUiccs longa. 



Proxima A. Namaqucnsi ; hujus autcni sctac omnes ucquali modo pluma 



candida pcnnatac; inflorcsccntia alicna. 

 93. Aristida Numacfuensis (Nces ab Escnbl Gram. Afr. aust. ISftl. p. 185. 

 sub Arthrathero. ) Culnio ct nodis glabris; vaginis glabris 1. hir- 

 siitis; ligulis brcvissimc ciliatis; paniculae linearis contractae, k — 

 8 pollicaris, basi paruin cxscrtac radiis gcminis erecto-adpressis. a 

 basi mox divisis ct florifcris; glumis pauUo inacqualibus, (cxcepta 

 carina ciliata) glaliris, lanccolatis, apicc obtusiusculis ct cmargi- 

 nato-bidcntatis: supcriorc G lincali infcriorcm linca supcrante; 

 flosculo 2 — 2^ lincali, apicc truncato: stipitc aristac dcciduae Ij 

 lincali, non torto, conico, intus cai'o , cxtus glabro: sctis patenti- 

 bus, on^nibus aequalilcr a basi ad apiccm cuni niucronulo penna- 

 tis: media 8 — 12 lineali, latcraliims paullo longiore. 

 Solo sabuloso altit. 11. in regionc Namaquensi (Ecklon); intcr mon- 



tem Kamicsberg et Onderste Bokkefcld, in rupestribus inter iNieuwe- 



