3 
versus hincinde pilis Si a ligulae pili 1 mm. longi; laminae 
lineares, apiculatae, apiculo s e leviter curvato, 2°5-3°5 cm. longae, 
ad 3 mm. latae, rigidulae, g a val hincinde pilis perp ae 
obscure virides, nervis ut in D. gracili. Racemi ~compositi a 5c 
longi, e vagina exserti ge Has ash steps et rhachis ut in D. gracili, nisi 
minus undulata ; ramuli spiculigeri oblique erecti “i haoks ppc 
parte nudo (pedunculo) vix 1 mm. longo subterete aspero pubescente, 
mternodiis superpositis subapplanatis angularibus leviter curvatis 
1-15 mm. longis. Spiculae fertiles circiter 7 mm. longae, hirtellae, 
pallide virescentes. Gluma inferior angusta, oblique curvato-lineari- 
lanceolata subulato-acuminata, 4 mm. lon nah, dorso applanata, indurata, 
a argines rigide ciliata, Seniesn hirtella ; stiperior e basi oblique 
lanceolata, longe * sensim cau sie einen, quam inferior multo 
ongior, acumine aes subulato, dorso incrassata, rotundata, 
iréella et j pe 
vracil nisl ae firmior et tenuissime Balan aristula 
seitietnd vix ad ; mm. longa. Antheraead 2 mm. longae, flavescentes. 
Cayo 2mm. longa. Spicula terminalis sterilis ; ; ane subulatae, 
3 mm. longae, viside ciliatae, inferior dorso applanata, superior triquetra, 
intus concava. 
British East Arrica: without precise locality, Linton, 4 (cum 
Latipede senegalensi, Kunth). 
A very distinct genus of obvious affinity. The hardened glumes of 
the fertile spikelets suggest a pair of jaws or mandibles, hence the name 
hia.—O. Strap 
acilis : fig. 1, junction of sheath ~ blade with ligule ; 2, cross-section 
unui young leat, gaat bg vernation ; 3, deciduous branchlet with two 
fertile and one eur n spikelet rig anny of fertile spikelet and axis ne and If. 
glumes, “IL va p palea) ; ‘s fertile spikelet, adaxial view ; be Boag r glume ; 
45 =. glu me an fo et; 8, floret ; 9, palea; 10, flower; 11, seed; 12, sterile 
spikele 
4 Fi eer fig. 13, deciduous branchlet with two fertile and one barren spikelet. 
