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Culmi solidi, ramosi, 20-30-pedales, uncinate juniores pubesccntcs. Foliiferi internodiis npernr st i iposo- 

 hispidis, fere teretibus, sed uno latere linea longitudiiiali plot minus oonspicue hirsute impi >is, 

 superioribus vix 1| poll, longis, ramulis gracilibus, 1-1^-pedalibus et ultra, ad nodos fasciculatis. 

 Folia angusta, lineari-lanceolata, 4-9 poll, longa, 4-7 lin. lata, basi inequalia, subrotumlata vel 

 cuneata, petiolata, petiolo brevi complanato utriuque vel subtus tantuiu pilia longis liirsuto, apioe 

 acuta, margine scabra, supra tactu scabra et interdum hirsutiusonla, subtus plerumque pilis longis 

 vel brevibus hirsuta, vel juniora dense pubescentia, nervis secumlariis owispiouii, uno latere 5-6, altero 

 4*-5, venulis transversis nullis. Vagina inferiores hirsutse, su peri ores plerumque superne pulx entes 

 in culmis junioribus hirsutissimae, margine vix ciliatse, ore ciliis pawis cito deciduis fimbriate , in 

 junioribus biauriculatis, auriculis linearibus apice longe fimbriatis, ligula inconspieua. Cttlmo lori- 

 fero aphyllo ; panicula gracilis, internodiis superioribus t-5 poll, longis, superne stri^oso-hispidis, 

 ramis plerumque solitariis, cito refractis, fere simplicibus, adjectis ramis 1 2 abortivis spiniformibus, 

 rhacbi strigoso-hispida, ad nodos spiculas pallidas 2-3 aut plures diflricatu gefentibu >', ula 

 6-10-flora, basi valde attenuate flosculis 1-2 inferioribus et 2-4 supreme incomplete, reliquil liipa- 

 leaceis, hermaphroditism rhachillae articulis brevibus, compressis, vix hirsutis, gluniis 1-2 infcrioribu 

 gemmiparis. Palea inferior nervosa, nervis utrinque 3-5 ?alidi> cum totidem interim -diis t( miionlms, 

 dorso vel glabra vel inconspicue hirsuta, apice rotimdata et mucronata ; superior brevior, margine 

 fimbriata, inter carinas brevissime alatas 3-nervosa. Squanwla 3, oblongo-laiurolata, 2 latioras. 

 Stylus basi subbulbosus, attenuatus, supcrne in stigmata 3 longa divisus. Ovarium subobovatum, 

 apice hirsutum, in stylum. attenuatum. 



The structure of the spicula in this species is very similar to that of G. I enesmek ; but 

 the branches of the panicle, bent back nearly to the main axis, give the plant a very 

 peculiar and distinctive appearance. In Gardner's specimen the panicle is not expanded, 

 and the branches are still covered with their enveloping sheaths; but I have little doubt 

 of its identity. Some of Burchell's specimens, carefully marked, however, with the 

 same number, are extremely hairy, and the cilia are placed at the end of a Ion- linear 

 auricle instead of simply at the mouth of the vaginae; but after a careful exam, nation I 

 see no reason to doubt the correctness of Burchell's identification. 



12. G. paniculata. Mum 



Culmo florifero aphyllo, panicula: ramis divaricnli 



^qualibus, composite et decomposite, latere ,nw ****&* mm "***% 



sutil, spiculis eyUndricu, angustis, 0-9 lin. longis, palea infcru.re nn-v-a dorso 

 tffaaJmarrine fimbriata, foliis ^7 poll, longis, 2J-5 hn. la„s, pet.ak. 



hir-ntis 



plerumque glabris, margine non ciliatis 



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incolis), Gardner, no. 2981 ! 



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pubescentibus, ramulis |-l-pedalibus, paucis ad nodos 



poll., foliiferi internodiis superioribus 1-1* poll. longU, subglabri^ 1 



y ' . , i- A._:„„iof;« *o/alincari-lano<'ol, a, 4-6-7 



pubescentibus, ramulis |-l-pedahbus, pauei* - ^ mtm]nm 

 poll, longa, 2-5 lin. lata, basi attennata m petiolnm re^ ^ ^^ mhiu 

 ««««.««♦« -«-„-#« ^«t««/i*«j«a. supra scabra et interdum pins Drew 



mgrescente 



vel glabra 



margine subscabra. Vagina plerumque 



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ramis 2-3 valde insequalibus, divaricatis, a.hcendentibm, per 



ad nodos 



locatis. Hi rami 



mulos 



