TABULA 3099. 
BRACHYACHNE FULVA, Stapf. 
GRAMINEAE. Tribus CHLORIDEAE. 
B. fulva, Stapf (sp. nov.) ; affinis B. convergenti, Stapf (Cynodon 
convergens, F. Muell.), sed racemis fulvis, glumis latioribus tenue 
carinatis, anthoecio pro rata majore, valvae et valvulae carinis in 
mucronulum excurrentibus distincta. 
dorso applanata, 0-75 mm. lata, 
minute scaberulo ; pedicelli crassiusculi, 0-3 mm. long). Spiculae in 
facie rhachis alternantes, et ei appressae, 1-5-2 mm, distantes, a latere 
inferior paulo brevior, saepe post fructum lapsum diu_persistens. 
alibus) molliter sericeo-ciliata ; valvula valvam _aequans, g abra, 
carinis approximatis inferne fere confluentibus apice in mucronulos 
excurrentibus. 
Tropica, Arrica. Belgian Congo: Katanga, Homblé. 
Bentham in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xix. p. 101 (1881), pointed out 
the “ mixed ” character of the genus Cynodon, referring especially to 
the Australian species “ with the spikelets of M icrochloa, but with the 
