F. Sporobolus. 155 



Glama inferior 1/4 lia. superior 3/4 lin., flosculus i lin. longus, 

 omnes glumae valvulae obtusae, tenerae, obsolete uninerves, prae- 

 ter superiorem valvulam, quae binervis esl apiceque bidentula, 

 Caryopsis tetragono-compressa, truncata, subrugulosa, rufescens. 



4. Sporobolus capensis Pal. de Beauv. panicula subcylin- 



drica ramis corapositis brevibus, spiculis oblongis acutis, glumis acu- 



tis, inferiore valvuHs triplo- superiore iisdem tertiam partem aut 



fere dimidio breviori, culrao geniculato-incurvo simplici corapres- 



siusculo, foliis iinearibus convolulis glabris giaucis, vaginis slriatis. 



Sporobolus capensis Kunth. En. l. p. 212. n. lo. 



Vilfa capensis N. ab E. Gr. Eckl. in Linn. VII. 5. p. 293. 



n. I. Trin. Gram.unifl. etsesqiiifl. p. 133. Ic. Gram. IV. t. S6. 



Agrostis capensis Willd. Sp. pl. I. p. 572. n. 31. 



^. Laxa, culmo bumiliore basi saepe ramoso paniculaque 

 laxioribus, ramis paniculae distantibus alternis. N, ab E. in 

 Linn, L c. 



Ad Waterfall prope Tulbagh alt. II -V. (Worcester), in rupi- 

 bus humidis prope Platleklippc ad pedem montis tabularis situque si- 

 mili ad rivulum in praeruptis eiusdem montis e regione sinus Van 

 Kampsbay, (Ecklon, Drege); in Dunis Langeanis alt. L, in 

 humidis sabulosis planitiei prope Duikervalei iufra montera Tigri- 

 dis, ad margines vinearum prope Ciasenbosch et iu humidis alt. 

 IL montis Diaboli (Distr. Cap.), Ecklon; in saxosis aridis prope 

 Leeuwenhof alt. SOO', (Drege); iu HottentotlhoIIandia (Stellen- 

 bosch), ad Caledon et Gnadenthal (Caledon), in campis ad flumen 

 Zwartkopsrivier (Uitenhage^ Ecklon) ; ad Ado alt. iSOO— 2000', 

 (Drege). 



Var. ^. in humidis ad montem Diaboli, (Ecklon) ; ad sinum 

 Plettenbergsbai (George), Mund. in Herb. Reg. Berol. 



Viget a lunio in Decembrem. 



Gluraa inferior saepe oblusa, plerumque autem e basi laliore 

 in breve acumen coarctata. 



8. Sporobolus pyramidalis Kunth. racemo decomposito an- 

 gusto, ramis sparsis verticillatisque confertis a basi florenlibus, ra- 



