160 Tribus VI. Agrostideae. 



10. Sporobolus brevifolius panicula patente brevi, ramis in- 

 ferioribus verticillatis omnibusve alternis, glumis obtusis integerri- 

 rais, inferiori duplo breviori margine merabranaceo, rhizomate re- 

 pente dense ramoso vaginaloque, foliis inferioribus distiche confer- 

 tis obtusis slriatis. 



Vilfa brevifolia N. ab E. Gr. Eckl. in Linn. VII. 5. p. 294. 



Ehrharta tenella A. Spreng. Suppl. ad S. V. p. 11. Schult. 

 S. V. VII. 2. p. 1578. obs. 



Sporobolng tenellus Kunth. En. I. p. 215. n. 53. 



Ad castellum Beaufort (Ceded Territory), Zeyher; in solo 



limoso alt. II. et III. districtus Graaf Reynel, ( Ecklon) ; ad flu- 



raen Zondagsrivier in collibus asperis alt, ISOO — 2000' (Uiteu- 

 hage), Drege. 



Floret a lunio in Martium. ^, 



Rhizoma ratione plantae crassum, vaginarum vestigiis dense 

 annulatum, pallidum, fasciculato-ramosum. Rami adscendentes, ste- 

 riles 1/4 — 3/4 pollicis longi, florentes circiter bipollicares, illi toti, 

 hi basi dense foliosi et crassinsculi, Folia ramorura sterilium et 

 florentium inferiora distiche conferta; vaginae arcte convolutae, ira- 

 bricatae, membranaceae, nervoso-striatae, 1 lin. longae; lamina 

 1^2 — 2 lineas longa, y^ lineae lata, ovato-lanceolata, oblusa, re- 

 curvo-patula, complicato - canaliculata, glauca, rigidula, striata, 

 subtus convexa laevis, supra scabriuscula densiusque striata, ad 

 marginera rainutissime denticulato-scabra. Culmi florentis gracilis- 

 que et corapressiusculi vaginae duae, longae, arctae, glabrae; folia 

 1 — 2^ lineae longa, angusliora, vaginis mullo breviora, erecta; 

 supremum paniculam attingit. Ligula brevissiraa, lineari-transversa, 

 marginera subtilissime fimbriatum exhibet. Panicula pollicem cir- 

 citer longa et lata, e fastigiato convexa, rhachi et ramis laeviu- 

 sculis. Rami patentes, inferiores circiter semipollicares, oranes 

 basi callosi, a medio florigeri, ramulis flexuosis, inferioribus Iri-, 

 superioribus bi-wnifloris, gracilibus. Spiculae 2/^ — 3/4 lineae lon- 

 gae, lanceolatae vel oblongo-Ianceolatae. Glumae late ovatae, oh- 

 tusae : inferior flosculo triplo brevior, enervis, basi violacea, apice 



