Prater 2612. 
TRIPHLEBIA ALOPECUROIDES, Stapf. 
GRAMINE&. Tribe Festuces. 
Triphlebia, ei in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. p. 318. Spicule 
4—5-floree, lateraliter compress@, subsessiles vel breviter pedicellate, 
in paniculas spciformes dispositz ; rhachilla supra glumas et inter 
valvas articulat ‘lu ubsequ embranacee, lanceolate, cau- 
— 
tosum. Foliorum lamine anguste, pleru maue setace . longe ; ligule 
ad marginem ciliatum redacte. Panicule pi oa ie plerumque 
atropurpuree, griseo-pilose. 
sy pie ae Stapf (sp. unica). Culmi erecti, 3-1} ped. alti, 
glabri, leve mplices vel ima basi compressi Folia omnia basi 
glabra ; vaginze Sl era persistentes ; laminz filiformes vel setacez, 
raro plan , acutissime, 3 ad 12 poll. vel ultra long, rigidule. 
Panicula 3-3 poll. longa, interdum basi inte errupta, ramis appressis 
fere a basi vel a basi ramulosis. Spicule coarctate, 2 lin. onge, glumis 
ei 
conspersis. Glume 1} lin. longe, subulato-acuminate. Valve glumis 
paululo breviores, sepe mucronulate 1 lin. longe. Anthere 
§ lin. longe. ad ie abe circiter 7-1 ‘lin. lo onge, 13. Kaleria Gervardi, 
tantu 
Sourn Arrica. Transvaal : Houtbosch Berg, We/son, 82* ; Steelpoort 
River, Nelson, 12* ; Spitzkop Goldmine, Wilms, 1697 ; Lymklip Spruit, 
Nelson, 52*. Orange Free State : Cooper, 723, 3352. Pondoland : 
Sutherland. Griqualand East : grassy places on the summit of Malowe 
Mountain, 6,000 feet, Z'yson, 1217, 2773 ; summit of Currie Mountain 
near Kokstad, 7,500 feet, T) gor 1311. Natal: Kar Kloof, Rehmann, 
7361 ; Noods sberg, Wood, ; from Umpumulo to Reit Vlei, Bu- 
chanan, 167 ; without eens locality, Gerrard, 474 ; Buchanan, 32. 
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