374 Tribus XI. Aveneae. 



V, (Ecklon) ; in pralis humidis prope Klein Drakenslcen ad flumcn 

 Bergrivier alt. 400', (Dr^ge). Decembri ^. 



Culmus e radice fibrosa erectus, semipedalis-pedalis, rigidns, 

 a basi ad apicem fere vaginatus. Vaginae arctae, rigidae, stria- 

 tae, glabrae, circa os truncatae, aul omnes se invicera imbricatim 

 tegentes, aut superiores magis distantes articulisque breviores, li- 

 gulae loco pilis brevibus fimbriatae; 2 — 3 superiores multo lon- 

 giores; suprema in medio quandoque inflata. Ramulorum primordia 

 in axillis inferiorum. Folia infima yi poll. — superiora iy^ — /4 

 poll. longa, erecta, slricta, convoluta, subulata, carina apicem 

 versus aut undique scabra. Panicula pollicera longa, subcylindrica, 

 spiculis dense obtecta. Rami brevissimi, rigiduli, fasciculatim di- 

 visi, adpressi. Spiculae linea paulo longiores, straraineae. Glu- 

 mae cymbiformes, acute carinalae, carina scabrae, uninerves; iu- 

 ferior acuminata; superior oblique acutata. Flosculi opposili, glu- 

 mis dimidio breviores, albo-membranacei, dein rigidali. Valvulae 

 aequales; inferior 7-nervis, acutiuscula, obluse cariuata, carina et 

 margine inferiora versus pubescens; superior linearis, bifida. Sta- 

 mina 5, antheris luteis. Ovarium oblongum, stipitatum, glabrum; 

 styli paullulura distantes, graciles; stigraata in siccis ferrugioea, 

 plumosa, longe exserta. 



2. Eriachne tuherculata N. ab E. paniculae lauceolatae 

 parvae ramis flexuosis ad genicula callosis a medio divisis, spiculis 

 ovalibus pallidis, glumis in carina tuberculoso-crenatis, flosculis 

 superne glabris dorso infero puberulis basi minutim barbulatis, 

 valvula inferiori in mucronulura brevem siraplicem bifidumve con- 

 tracla, caryopsi postice profunde canaliculata, foliis convolulo-sela- 

 ceis, vaginis glabris. 



In praeruptis saxosis montium "Witbergen alt. 7000 — 7S00', 

 lanuario, (Dr^ge). ^. 



Culmi pedales, erecti, graciles, simplices, superius Irinodes, 

 apice nudi. Vaginae arclae, striatae, ore barbatae. Folia lineam 

 vix iala, 3 — \ poll. longa, convoluta, incurva, glabra. Ligula 



