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post delapsos persistentes, superiores gradatim minores obtuse. 
Diasipnie oblonga, pane iuscula, levis. —G. BentHaM. 
Fig. 1. Spikelet. Glumes, side view. Rs Glume laid open. 5. Palea, 6. 
Stamen, 2%, Pistil sid Iodicules, 8. Caryopsi 
PuatTe 1371. 
ERAGROSTIS SCHIMPERI, Benth. 
GraminE#, Tribe Festucez (Hragrostidee). 
E. hes, renee Schimperi, Benth., erecta foliis — pies 
culis, spica v. racemo terminali simplici, spiculis brevissime pedice 
latis We sec 8-10-floris, glumis dissitis angustis esate caryopsi 
leevi. Harpachne Schimp-ri, Hochst. in A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. ii. 431 et 
in Flora 1855, 331. 
Has. Near Adoa, Abyssinia, Schimper, n. 171, Rohr. 
Gramen forte annuum, caules tamen dense ceespitosi 3-1- A con 
Folia angusta, nunc semipedalia nunc multo minora, basin lamine 
seepius ciliata, pleraque ad basin caulis conferta, secus paaspakg pauca. 
Pedunculus us su ra fo lium kag emum ds revis v. elongatus. Spica laxa, 
1. Spikelet. 2, 3. poi fee 2s deacon 4. Flowering glume. 4. Palea. 
6. pe and lodicules. 7. Stam . Caryopsis 
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