Andropogon. | GRAMINEH (Stapf). 343 
racemes 2-nate, 21-33 in. long, stout, strict, jomts and pedicels sub- 
equal and similar, “cuneate- linear, 21~31 lin. long, densely and 
shortly villous along the margins, tips hollowed, unequally toothed ; 
sessile spikelets laterally compressed, wedged in between joint an and 
pedicel, 33 lin. long, callus slender, 1-12 lin. hae, acute, densely 
bearded; glumes subcoriaceous, glabrous, smooth; lower linear, 
obtuse, tips hyaline, keels narrow, rounded, smooth, almost con- 
tiguous, with a deep very narrow groove (fold) between them; 
upper boat-shaped, 1-sub-3-nerved, cilia ate ; valves subequal; lower 
oblong-linear, 2-nerved, ciliate ; upper linear, deeply bifid, 3- nerved, 
lobes oblong, ciliolate, aw n stout, 2 2~21 in. long, kneed at the middle, 
pubescent below ; pale ovate, acute, 13 lin. long, nerveless, glabrous ; 
anthers 21 lin long; pedicelled spikelets as dorsally compressed or 
subterete, ‘lanceolate, 6-8 lin. long, ig often purplish; lower 
glume her on Rega rea one tooth often prolonged into a 
0); upp 
oblong, acute, 4 lin. as “Soumerel, ciliate 3 upper linear 1-nerved, 
glabrous, muticous ; pale linear, 2 lin. long, nervele ss; anthers 1 lin. 
long. Hack. Androp. in DC. Monogr. Phan. vi. 453 ; Durand & 
pice te ag > Fl. Afr. v. 712.  Heteropogon filifolius, Nees, Fl. 
Afr. A 103. 
user ee Port Elizabeth; E.S. bases Herb., 96! Alexandria Div. ; 
Zuur Berg Range, 2000-3500 ft., "Drege! Bathurst Div. ; near Theopolis, 
Burchell. 4096! between Port Alfred and Kaffir Dr ift, , Burchell, 3852 ! 
LAHARI voi : Transvaal; Houtbosch, ae 7 
Eastern Req : Natal; Riet Viei, 4000-30 "tb., gg teat 197! near 
Newcastle, piciamie 195 
9. A. distachyus (Linn. Spec. Plant. 1046); perennial, tufted ; 
culms erect, slender 1-21 ft. long, glabrous, terete, about 3-noded, 
simple or branched below; sheaths terete, tight, glabrous or, parti- 
cularly the lower, pais! lowest reduced a villous scales; ligules 
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long, pale green, tips often purplish, callus short, obtuse, bearded ; 
lower glum aceous, broad ate, ed, 
wings Sani us, whitish or purplish, intracarinal nerves about 
minutely 2-toothed with an interposed bri bristle, about as 
glume ; valves equal, 3 lin. long; oe pene a upper 
