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Puate 2603. 
BRIZOPYRUM GLOMERATUM, Stapf. 
GRAMINES. Tribe Festucex. 
B. Spenepegee Stapf; affine B. oblitero, Stapf (Demazeria obli- 
tera, Hemsl.), abitu erecto, glumis valvisque acutioribus vel 
mucronatis tenuius nervosis, lodiculis longe ciliatis, antheris plus quam 
duplo majoribus diversum 
m perenne, cespitosum innovationibus intravaginalibus 
numerosis. Culmi suberecti, graciles, ad 1 ped. alti, glabri, hertits 
nets internodiis exsertis. Vagine foliorum arcte, glaberrime, 
albidis latissimis. Vals ve ovate (a latere) errata abrupte mucro- 
nate, 1-14 lin. longe, sub-firme, secundum margines ciliate vel fere 
undique a basi ad medium pilosee, pilis tenuibus acutis, nervis tenuibus. 
Palee late, obtuse, carinis scabris vel inferne ciliatis. Lodicule 
longiuscule ciliate. ” Ant ere 4 lin. longe. Poa glomerata, Thunb. 
Prod. Pl. Cap. p. 22; Fi. Cay. ed. i. p. 423; ed. Schult. p. 113. 
Kunth, Enum. PI. i. i. p. 363, 
Sourn Arrica: Cape Colony, without precise locality, Thunberg. 
Why this species was quoted as a synonym of TJetrachne Dreger 
Nees, by Nees and subsequent authors, is difficult to ap rte as 
there is nothing in Thunberg’s description to justify it.—O. Sra 
ligule; 2 and 3, spikelets; 4, lower ake oa 5, upper glume (flattened 
ote 6, a Filve i out) ; 7, a valve (side view) ; 8, a pale; 9, a lodicule; 10, 
a pistil, All enlar. 
