— GRAMINEE (Stapf). 321 
ca hana at the nodes ; ligules ss short, cenit blade less rigid tha 
e type, or almost flaccid, subglaucous ; panicl se ti Se 
ripe; spikelets 14-2 lin. long, hairs in. long @ 94 enigii, 
as sea n. &f Schult. le. 289; Trin. le. 331; s l.c 89; Steud. 
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dinacea, var. indica, Anders. l.c. 160. I. cylindrica, a. Koni igi, 
sae y ‘Schine , l.e.694. Saccharwm Kenigii, Retz, Obs. vy. 16. 
Coast Reeion: Var. 8: Clanwilliam rib Olifants River, oer and Zeyher ! 
Cape Div.; Constantia, Bergius ! Cape Peninsula, Muizenberg Vlei, Dodd, 2360! 
Humansdorp Div. ; hills near the Kromme River, in bush, Drége! Albany Div., 
Zeyher, 873! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 295! 
Katanart Rearon: Var. B: Griqualand West; Upper Campbell, Burchell, 
1833 ! Beel huanaland ; Hama apery near Kur ages Nati eli, 2509! ‘Transvaal ; 
Pretoria, Rehmani 1, 4777 | Matebe Valley, Hol 
TERN inti Ae : Var. 6: Tembuland ; Sam Baur, 321.! Natal; by 
iil Narr near Pietermaritzbu ares Krauss, 260! Umpumulo to the coast, gpa 
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Var. 8 occurs also th oath syiek ak Africa. rus y in the coast region of East 
Africa, in the Comoros gt throughout Rag pet and Ea stern Asia to Polynesia 
and Australia. The type is limited to the Mediterranean Region as far as Turke- 
stan and North-west India. hese eh and the type, although on the 
whole pretty distinet within their areas, often pass into each other, chiefly along 
the confines o eir areas, or they seem to lose their distinctive characters under 
particular local conditions, when their separation becomes almost impossible. 
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lower reduce an empty v upper ¢ or "enable 2H the 
eccume ae eer hick are fa slckity smaller, Glumes equal, 
membranous to coriaceous; lower with inflexed margins and, in 
ssi spikelet, with an even number of nerves; upper 
1-3-5-nerved. Valves hyaline, muticous or mucronate, upper 
smalier or 0. Pales small, hyaline, nerveless, or 0. Lodicules 2, 
cuneate. Stamens 3. Stigmas laterally exserted. Grain oblong to 
ore in embryo half the length of the grain or more; hilum 
Perennial, often very tall; leaves various ; panicle large, often silky and showy, 
i and den nsely branched, “ee = tracted to 'spiciform ; ee Se 
y long silky hairs from the 
Distris. Species about i ‘rope or subtropical, 
athe nly South African belongs to the Subgenus Eriochrysis (Hack.), 
aracterized by the s spikelets Sling slightly heteromorphous, and the pedicelled 
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oanum (Hack. Androp. in DC. Monogr. Phan. vi. 124) ; 
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