PLATE 2610. 
POGONARTHRIA FALCATA, Rendle. 
3 GRAMINEX. Tribe EraGrostTex. 
Pogonarthria, Stapfin Thiselion- -Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. p. 316. Spicule 
2-8-flor, lateraliter compress, subsessiles, plus minusve imbricate, 
secundx, in ramis paniculie subspiraliter dispositee ; rhachilla fragilis, 
supra glumas et inter valvas articulata, ee apice ciliatis. Glume 
rigide cesarean Ser l-ner Valve oblonge, rigide 
membranacex, acuminate, glaberrime, 31 nerves, nervis lateralibus 
perne evanescentibus alee 2-carinatie, valvis paulo breviores 
Lodicule 2, minute, delicatule. Stamina 3. Ovariwm glabrum ; styli 
distincti ; stigmata osa. aryopsis valva paleaque vix 
rete inclusa, lineari-oblonga, obtuse triquetra ; embryo dimidio cary- 
opsis brevior; hilum Pog apie —Gram v 
Er. ‘eine, Rendle in Cat. Afr. Welw. ii. 2, p. 232 (sp. 
unica). Gramen cespitosum ore vaginarum excepto ‘glaberrimum. 
Culmi stricti, erecti vel subgeniculati, 1-15 ped. a i, teretes, 
leeves, circiter 3-nodi, internodiis exsertis. Foliorum vagine arcte, 
lin. latee, en vel seepius convolute, rigid, subglauce, 
Ll. 
"esa obtuso glabro. Palearum carine scabre. _Anthere 4 lin, 
Caryo opsis 5, oe longa. “Leptochion ‘fale Hack. in Bull. 
Herb. Boiss. iii. p. ae iv. Append. iii. p. 21. Hragrostis sp. 
Nees in Linnea, xx. me 
Tropica, Arrica. British Central Africa : Nyasaland, Nyika M 
tains, 4,000-6,000 feet, Whyte. Rhodesia: Leshumo Valley, Holub, 
