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inferne ramosi, ramis oblique erectis vel suberectis, graciles, glabri, 
multinodi, internodiis sursum accrescentibus, intermediis vaginas 
breviter superantibus. Foliorum vaginae tere etes, arctae, nisi summae 
tumidae, minutissime scaberulae vel fere laeves, inferiores margines 
versus pilis longis tenuissimis patulis Sgt ae vel Sag REET alse 
tenuiter striato-nervosae; ligulae pili vix 
0 mm. lon lamin 
lineares, acutae, 3-8 cm. lon, ngae, 15-3 mm. m, Tate, ‘Fotis, glabrae not 
basi hince inde pilis conspersae, pallide virides vel demum rubescentes, 
nervis primariis 5-6, secundariis interjectis diva 3 arctis, omnibus 
saltem superne asperulis. en compositi 4- 91, ag 
breviter exserti vel nonnulli basi subinclusi ; 
rhachis gracilis, undulat ulosa, ad angulos scabrida, internodiis 
inaequalibus 1-3 mm. longis; ramuli spiculigeri demum patuli vel 
semper oblique waitin parte nudo (pedunculo) 2-3 mm. longo filiformi 
superne paulo incrassato angulari ad angulos aspero-ciliato, rhe olay 
superpositis mueetibras sed curvatis ad 1°5 mm. longis. Spiculae 3-3°5 m 
longae, praeter cilia glabrae vel parce sca aberulae, virescentes vel Sesieie 
Gluma inferior curvato- lanceolata, breviter acute 
acuminata, circiter 2 mm. longa, praeter marginem exteriorem hyali- 
Loa) 
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la a 
rigide ciliolata ; superior quam inferior duplo longior, a latere visa 
semi-elliptica vel semi-obovata, superne saepe abrupte in acumen 
subulatum subcurvatum vel levite pearsiees vel rectum aequilongum 
contracta, dorso late incrass undata, laevis vel parcissime 
scaberula et ad gibbum parce vigide alot » utringue anguste hyalino- 
margin aaa et in acumine ciliata. Valva onga, albida, glabra vel 
saepius in dorso tenuiter ciliolata, canes vix i mm. longa. Pa 
glumam aequans. Antherae 1-1:2 . longae, purpureae. Caryopsis 
15-1'75 mm. longa. Spicula terminalis hits ; glumae subulatae, 
inferior quam superior paulo longior, 2°5 mm. longa, — applanata, 
superior triquetra, intus concava, utraque filde ciliolat 
BritisH East Arrica: Tanaland, Linton, 203, Ribe, vee 24, 
Wakefield’s specimens are in a rather advanced state, with all the 
spikelets fallen off excepting two late and apparently poorly developed 
inflorescences, with very short deciduous branchlets and small spikelets. 
2. D. hirtella, Stapf (sp. nov.) ; a D. gracili differt spiculis hirtellis, 
ad 7 mm. longis, gluma superiore e img angusta sensim longe caudato- 
attenuata, sis: aa vix 1 mm. lo 
Gramen caespitosum, an perenne (?), circa 15 cm. altum; culmi 
cum innovationibus fasciculati, erecti vel eniculato-ascendentes, basi 
parce ramosi, graciles, pes circiter 5-nodi, internodiis inferioribus 
breviter exsertis, caeteris p aeter summum demum interdum gave 
vaginis inclusis. Fo carle vaginae shi, arctae nisi 
tumidae, infimae latiusculae, breves, persistentes, prominenter nervoso- 
striatae, caeteri tenuiter striatae, vix scaberulae, glabrae vel margines 
