PuaTeE 2609. 
CROSSOTROPIS GRANDIGLUMIS, Rendle. 
GRAMINE®. Tribe CHLORIDE®. 
Crossotropis, Stapf in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. p. 317. Spicule 
3-9-flore, lateraliter compress, subsessiles, subdistichx, in panicule 
mis rigidis; rhachilla tenuis, supra glumas et inter valvas 
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breviter aristate, membranacew, 3-nerves, nervis lateralibus sub- 
marginalibus subpercurrentibus rigide ciliatis ; callus parvus, pilosulus. 
Palee anguste, 2-carinatw, valvis paulo breviores.  Lodicule 
cuneate, parve. Stamina 3. Ovariwm glabrum; styli distincti, 
gracillimi; stigmata plumosa, lateraliter exserta. Caryopsis oblonga, 
a dorso admodum compressa, concava vel plana, valva paleaque 
plerumque plane, ligule hyaline. Panicula contracta vel patula ; rami 
strictt a basi spiculigert. Spicule approximate vel remote, summa 
terminalis. 
C. grandiglumis, Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii 2, p. 226; a 
speciebus generis cxeteris duratione perenni et habitu peculiari differt. 
truncate, ad # lin. long ; Jamine lineares, breviter acutate, interdum 
subpungentes, 1-2} poll. longs, 14-2} lin. late, plane vel subulatim con- 
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