﻿ANDROPOGON CERESIJEFORMIS, Hees. 

 Gramine*. Tribe Andropogoneji. 



A. (Hypogynium) ceresiaBformis, Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. p. 109 ; pani- 

 cula spuria simplice, racemis in hujus ramorum apice solitarns spatha 

 elliptico-navir- - villosis, spiculis sessilibus $ oblongis 



superne villosis, gluma prima involuta. 



Hab. Common in Natal and Caffraria, extending to Central Africa 

 and the Niger. Our figure is from a Natal specimen received from 

 Dr. Harvey. 



Perennis. Gulmi graciles, inferne simplices, superne paniculatim 

 ramosi. Folivrum vagina? arctee, internodus breviores, glabra? y. 

 ran Bpato-viUostilffl ; ligula brevissima, truncata, glabra ; lamina? 

 lineares, acuminata*, 5-8 cm. longse, erecto-patulse, rigid®, glabra? v. 

 versus basin pilis crispatis adspersa?, praater marginem scaberulum 

 l»3ves, nervo medio tenui subtus prominulo, laterahbus I 

 Panicula spuria (i.e. foliis intercepta) 15-30 cm. longa, 

 paupera, ramis ssepius binis v. ternis raro solitarns brevibus 

 v. arcuato-patentibus (nutantibusve ?) filiformibus unmodi - 

 terminatis, cujus spato^^.^.^ 



cularis membranacea, colorata, glaberrima, 



maximam partem obtegit, nil nisi spiculas J nudas 



Racemus 1-5 cm. longuS, crassiuseulus, densiflorus, mul 



articulis pedicellisque (spicularum <?) lineari-fihformibo sn lis aira. 



ipsis 3-4-plo brevioribus vestitis. Spiculas sessile* obloi 



longa?, flavescenti-virides et rufo-variegata? ; gluma prima c 



chartacea, anguste truncata, obscure 3-4-nervis, medio d 



superne et margines versus villosa ; secunda pnmam a?qo 



lato-navicularis, acutiuscula, carinata, ssepius in an 



aequantem v. subsuperantem rectam abiens, dorso sup 



tertia late oblonga, obtusa, hyalina, enervis, cihata ; qa 



longae, ob]onga3, obtusa?, muticae, dense wo 



7-nervi, secunda 5-, tertia 3-nervi, sine gluma quarta et pale* , 



2'5 mm. longa?. 



vnless. The species has been placed in t 



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