34 Tiibus I. Paniceam. 



bus Zunrcbcrgcn alt. ISOO— 200o', in saxosis monlium Zuurebcr- 

 gen alt. 2000—5000', aJ rivulum Gknfilling alt. 800', in collibus 

 graminosis ad Kalrivierspoort alt. 2000', in gramino^is cirea oslia 

 lluminum Omlcnlo ct Omsamcaba, (Drcge.) 'U* 



Florct a Novembre in Aprilera. 



19. Panicum mesocomian N. ab E. racemo composiio cnn- 

 iracto, parlialibus Internodia aequanlibus, pedicellis allernis spicula 

 brevioribus, spiculis ovatis (subtrilincalibus), glumis acqualibus su« 

 pcriori flosculique raasculi valvula ii.feriori in mcdio fasligialo-vil- 

 losis, caryopsi laevi, culmo sarmcntoso ramoso geniculato foliisque 

 convolutis brevibus dislanlibus glaucis. 



lo edilioribus (alt. infra SOO') ad Garip fluvium prope Ver- 

 leptpraam (Klcin Namaqualand), Septembre in anthesi, (Drege). :J'. 



Eximia species, Monachnis P. de B. adsociandaj et inlep 

 Miliarla Triniana iuxta Panicum turgidum et racemosum ponenda. 

 Culmi longi, valde flexuosi, mullinodcs, binc obsolete sulcati, 

 glabri, glauci j ad nodos ramosi. Vagliiac seu squamae axillares 

 oppositifoliae ovatae, membranaceae, aphyllae, pubescentes. Va- 

 ginae internodiis duplo brcviores , convolulac, slrialae, glabrae, ad 

 os miuule ciliolalae. Ligula in cilia soluta. Folia vagina multo 

 angustiora, ab yi ad 2 poll. crescentia et ad yi decrescentia, 

 vix liu. 1 lata, patcntia, convoluta, obtusa, rccurvo-patula, glabra, 

 glauca. Racemus tcrminalis, 2^/4 — ^ polliccs longus, lanceolatus, 

 Rhachis o-nodis, ad nodos incurva, strialo-angulata, glabra. Ra- 

 mi allcrni, apprcssi, simplices, graciles, angulati, glabri, a basi 

 racemosi, pedunculis simplicibus infimisve bifloris^ crcctis alternis, 

 vix 1/2 lin- longis, arliculo inlercalari subaequilongo cylindiico 

 cum spiculis solubili. Glumae subaequales; inferior lanceolata, 

 acuminata, S-nervis, tcnerior; superior chartacca, ovato-lanceolala, 

 7-nervis, ad mediam convcxa pubescens , et denique lana longa 

 apicera aequante erccto-patula fasligiata candida cincta, binc con- 

 voluto-acuminata ct glabriuscula. Flosculus infcrior bivalvis, hcr- 

 maphrodito-masculus ; valvula inferior structura glumae superioris, 

 paulo brevior, i>-nervis; supcrior paulo brevior infcriori , lineari- 

 lanceolala, mcmbranacca, bidentata. Lodiculac subcaruoaac^ bidcn- 



