2 
breviter 2-loba; arista valida, 4-10 cm. longa, columna quam seta 
longior, fulvo-hirtella ; valvula hyalina, obovata, longe ciliata, ultra 
2mm. longa. Antherae4mm.longae. Spiculae J (involucri et trionis) 
lineari- vel lanceolato-oblongae, 14-16 mm. longae. Gluma inferior 
a dorso valde compressa, acuta, mutica (involucri) vel mucronata 
vel aristulata, 11- (involucri) vel 15-nervis, utrinque anguste alata 
(involucri) vel uno latere cum nervo marginali, altero cum ala angusta, 
alis involutis; swperior brevior, lanceolata, acuta, 3-nervis, ciliata ; 
valvae hyalinae, ciliatae, inferior oblonga, 10-11 mm. longa, 3-nervis, 
superior lineari-oblonga, brevior, 1-nervis. Antherae 6-7 mm. longae.— 
Stapf in Prain, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. ix. p. 385. Anthistiria abyssinica, 
Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. vol. ii. p. 449. Andropogon 
exothecus, Hack. Mon. Androp. p. 632. 
Tropicat Arrica. From Eritrea and Abyssinia through the high- 
lands of East Africa to Lake Tanganyika, mostly between 1800 and 
4300 m. 
highly specialised type, with suggestions of Themeda, but, by the 
structure of the fertile floret, the paired racemes and general facies, 
rather a member of Hyparrheniastrae.—O. Starr. 
Fic. 1, trio of spikelets ; 2, lower glume ; 3, upper glume; 4, valve of lower 
floret ; 5, valve of upper floret with base of awn ; 6, valvule of same (2-6 of sessile 
spikelet) ; 7, lower glume; 8, upper glume; 9, valve of lower floret; 10, valve 
of upper floret (7-10 of pedicelled spikelet) ; 11, upper glume ; 12, lower glume 
(of involucral spikelet). All enlarged. 
