eee aan 
riettmmeien 
PuatTe 2660. 
MELINIS TENUISSIMA, Stapf. 
GRAMINES. Tribe PANICcEsA, 
M. tenuissima, Stapf (sp. nov.); a M. minutiflora, Beauv., differt 
Spiculis minoribus, gluma superiore truncata, tenuissime (nec i- 
nenter) 7-nervi, . inferiore (sterili) 3- nervi, superiore (fertili) quam 
palea distincte min 
neti ele dectadented, inferne ramos on ere ecto S edentes, leeves, 
glabri, internodiis e vaginis ——F Foliorun vagine arcte, striate, 
truncata, obscure 2-nervis, quam valva superior — 3 lin, longa. 
Lodicule subquadrate, minute. Anthere § lin. long: 
Soutn Arrica : Nyasaland, Namasi, K. J. Cameron, 33. 
A specimen collected by Schimper in Abyssinia, probably in eng 
meder, No. 1410 of the ‘1863-8’ collection, Hi slacage , as it seem 
horn Ae of the species described above. It may be be chabastatot 
thus 
Var. abyssini ssinica, iad Panicula aan. 4 poll. longa ; ramuli 
pedicelli ue breviore alva inferior 5-, superior obscure 3-nerv 
Anthere 4 lin. gaulale longiores.—O, Starr. 
el; 2, a spikelet with the anthers fallen ; 3, lower glume ; 
Fig 1 pedic 
upper gime “’ lower valve; 6, fertile floret; 7, its valve; 8, its "pale ; 9, as 
