Puate 2611. 
LOPHACME DIGITATA, Stapf. 
GRAMINES. Tribe CHLORIDE. 
Lophacme, Stapf, in Thiselton- bl Fl. Cap. vii. p. 316. Spicule 
circiter 6-valves, valvis 2 infimis flores g gerentibus ceteris gradatim 
minoribus vacuis a rete se invicem peter Sieh subsessiles in ramis 
panicule Sewatlilind simplicibus s hdigitatis ; rhachilla tenuis, glabra, 
supra glumas et inter valvas 2 infimas articulata, superne tenax. 
Glume inzquales, anguste, membranacex, |-nerves, carinate, persis- 
tentes. Valve florigere lineari-lanceolate, 2- dentate, uam glume 
contiguz paulo breviores, membranacezx, 3-nerves, nervis lateralibus 
Superne evanescentibus e sinu tenuiter aristater, callo minute piloso ; 
val vie vacuse integ gre, in aristam abeuntes, callo nullo. Palee angus- 
stigmata laxe plumosa, lateraliter exserta. ed be ignota.—Gramen 
ss (?). oliorum lamine plane; ligule ad marginem ciliatam 
edacte. oe ae subdigitata e ramis ‘oo gracilibus subspicifor- 
is compos 
L. digitata, ae (sp. unica). Culmi graciles, erecti, ultra 1 ped, 
alti, glabri, leves ; nternodium summum perlongum. Folia culmea 
glaberrima ; vaiisias preena teretes, leves, summa 5-5} poll. longa ; 
laminze lineares, acute, subglauce, leves, summe brevissime vel 
obsolete, inferiores 14 poll. longa, 1-1} lin. ian Panicula 35-5 poll. 
longa ; axis Ghifoentia, 1 poll. hietine scaberula, purpurascens ; rami 
4-5, tenuiter filiformes, 3 44 poll. longi, scaheruli, purpurascentes, a 
basi vel fere a basi spiculigeri. Spicule infe.iores ‘dissite, superiores 
lume. \ineari- 
lanceolate, acutz, glabre, inferior brevior. Valve florigere tenuiter 
pubescentes, inferne purpurex, superne albe, 11-2 lin. long, dentibus 
tenuibus ; arista inferne scabra, tenuis, 3-4 lin. longa, erecta ; valve 
superiores vacue, glabre (aristis demptis) ab inferioribus superatee. 
Anthere ignote. Stigmata aurantiaca 
Sourn Arrica: Transvaal, near Rhenoster Poort, Velson, Oa 
The spikelets resemble those of the Australian genus Zetrosia, which 
has, however, a ae different panicle and comparatively shorter 
glumes. —O. Sta 
Fig. 1 ls a: 2,a spikelet; 3, lower glume; 4, upper glume; &, a spikelet with 
the glumes removed ; 6, : fertile valve ; 7, its pale; 8, terminal tuft of barren ae 
9, a lodicule. “At oulaw rged. 
