IX. Heteropogon. 101 



qne univalvfs; inferior neuter, linearis, muticus; superior e lineari- 

 angustissima basi abiens in setara sive aristara crassam longara hir- 

 tam tortam flexuosamque. Lodiculae lineares, truncalae, parvae. 

 Staminum vestigia obscura aut nulla oranino. Styli longi, basi 

 coniuncti ; stigmata crassa, dense aspergilliformia. Caryopsis sub- 

 cylindrica, libera, glumis retenta. Spiculae hemigamo-raasculae 

 flosculus inferior neuter univalvis, valvula ]ineari-Ianceolata mutica 

 ciliata ; superlor bivalvis, valvula inferiori lineari obtusa mutica, 

 superiori raulto breviori et angustiori. Lodiculae planae, merabra- 

 naceae, truncatae, denticulatae, coraplicatae. Stamina tria. 



Inflorescenlia : spica siraplex, saepe torta, quadrifaria. Gra- 

 mina raraosa, foliis angustis planis ; ramis florigeris basi vagina 

 scariosa, inclusa vel emergente, involutis. 



\, Heteropogon contortus Pal. de Beauv, spicis solitariis, 

 spiculis masculis oblique truncalo-acutis margineque apicem versus 

 cilialis, rhachi pedicelloque masculo ferrugineo-hirsutis, culmo ra- 

 moso subdifl^uso, foliis linearibus glabris, vaginis compressis infimis 

 subpilosis. iV. ab E. in Mart. FL Br. //. p, 563. 



Heteropogon coutortus R. et Sch. S. Veg. II. p. 836. n. 2. 

 N. ab E. Gram. Eckl. in Linn. VII. 3. p. 284. (excl. syn. Sti- 

 pae spicatae Thunb.) 



Andropogon coutortus Willd. Sp. IV. p. 904. n. 6. R. 



Brown. Prodr. I. p. 201. {ed. N. ab E. p. 57.) w. 3. Schkuhr 



Handb. III. p. SOD. t. 342. f. a. Kunth. En. I. p. 486. n. 2. 



Heteropogon hlrtu5 P. de Beauv. p. 134. Tr. in Act. Pe- 



trop. Ser. VI. II. 3. p. 2S3. 



In districtu Zwellendam et George legit Mundt; ibidera ad 

 sinum Plettenbergsbay Drege; in agris graminosis et in alveo 

 saxoso fluminis Zwartkopsrivier all. I. (Uitenhage), in monte Win- 

 terberg prope Philippslown alt. IV. et ad portum flurainis Katrivier 

 in pascuis secundis (Ceded Territory), (Ecklon); in colJibus lapi- 

 dosis ad Camdeboo alt. 2S00 — 3000', in grarainosis apud Paar- 

 dekop allitudioe eadem, iu monlibus confragosis ,,de groole Zwar- 

 tebergenpropeKlaarstroom'^ alt. 5000 — 3S00', tum in declivibus coa- 

 ragosis montium Zuurebergen alt. 2S00 (Ceded Territory), Drege, 



