//. Harpechloa. III. Chloris, 239 



Gampuloa hirsuta Desio. in loum. de Bot. l. c. 

 Campulosus falcatus Pal. de Benuv. Agrost- p. C4. 

 Eleusine falcata Spr. S. Veg. 1. p. 549. n. 2. 

 V Chloris falcata Sw. in Berl. Magazin III. p.i^9. t. 1. f.i. 

 Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. I. p. 109. n. i. 



Cynosurus falcatus Thunh. Prodr. Fl. Cap. p. 23. F/. Cap. 

 ed. Schult. I. p. 408. Willd. Sp. pl. 7. p. 4H. n. 2. 

 Melica Falx Linn. Suppl. p. 441. 

 Dactyloctenium falcatum Willd. En. p. 1030. 

 In dislrictu Zwellendani legit Mundt ; io Langckioof (George), 

 in collibus graminosis ad Adow, inler Zondagsrivier et Bosches- 

 manrivier flumina all. I — III. solo ericarum (Uitenhage), in monli- 

 bus Winterbergen urbi Philippstown vicinis alt. IV. (Ceded Terri- 

 tory), in raonte Katrivierberg alt. III— VI. supra sylvas (Kaffer- 

 land), Ecklon, Drege; in lalere septentrionali montium Zuureber- 

 gen locis saxosis alt. IV. (KafFerland), Dr^ge. 

 Floret ab Octobre in Decembrem. 'Z:. 



Culmus pedalis, sesquipedalis, erectus, geniculis paucis, ple- 

 rumqiie bifolius. Folia anguste linearia, plana. Spica 4—6 poll. 

 longa. Spiculae virescenti-fuscae, subtriflorae. 



III. CHLORIS Swartz. char. reform. iV. ab E. in Mart. Fl. 



Bras. II. p. 420. et in Lindl. Introd, ed. 2. p. 381. Cblori- 



dis specc. plerr. Kunth. Endlicher Gen. p. 95. n. 859. 



Spiculae sesqui-pluriflorae, sursum imperfectae, in rhacbi com- 

 muni unilaterales, allernae, sessiles aul subsessiles. Glumae duae, 

 raembranaceae, uninerves, erectae ; inferior rachique adversa mi- 

 nor; superior saepe mucronata el subseligera. Flosculi herma- 

 phrodili (rel singuli, vel plures uec mulli) inferius positi ; valvula 

 inferior compresso-carinata, chartacea, apice emarginata, bifida aut 

 bidentata Iruncatave et a tergo sinus dislincte et saepius longe se- 

 tigera, carina et margine saepe barbatis aut cilialis, superiorem 

 dorso planiusculam marginibus inflexam amplectens. Flesculus im- 

 perfectus unus pluresve, plerumque e sola gluma inferiori uni — 

 tri-seta constantes, pedicellati. Lodiculae membranaceae, glabrae. 



