Panicum.]} GRAMINEH (Stapf). 399 
lower floret 3 (always ) ; pcb like the upper a 1+ lin. long; 
(or Seis cada rade Sh a high power), il valve thinly 
chartaceous, 5-nerved ; anther : lin. long. 
ore REGION : Natal, between Pinetown and Umbilo River, Rehmann, 
804 
he closely allied to the fillowias species. 
16. P. hymeniochilum (Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 46); culms de- 
cumbent, very slender and weak, 1-12 ft. long, more or ia rei! 
hairy or glabrescent, many-noded, branched from some or t of 
the nodes, internodes exserted ; lekven finely hairy ; ‘Aialtie thin, 
rather tight, at length often loose and thrown aside, strongly striate, 
tubercled betwean the nerves ; ligule an ares ciliolate rim ; blades 
lanceolate to linear- Beene ‘tapering ane from the broad clasping 
base toa fine point, 1-3 in. by 1-3 lin., flat, flaccid, margins seabrid, 
sometimes eallously nib and often with a few bristles towards 
on base ; panicles very scanty, flaccid, 1-12 in. long, consisting of 
w 5-2-spiculate short branches, up to 3 in. long; axis, branches 
ee pedicels filiform, angular, finely hairy or glabrescent, sub- 
scaberulous, lateral pedicels very short; spikelets oblong, subobtuse, 
1; lin. long, greenish, glabrous, finely but prominently nerved ; lower 
glume lance olate to subulate from a broader base, 1-nerved, hyaline, 
equalling 4 of the spikelet ; upper glume thinly herbaceous, oblong, 
subobtuse, 1 lin. long, 7—9-nerved ; lower floret ¢; valve like the 
upper glume, 14 lin. long, 7-9-nerved ; pale slightly shorter, keels 
Scabrid above, evanescent below the hyaline tip; ¢ floret oblong, 
subobtuse, 1 lin . long, smooth, whitish; valve thinly sop ap 
5-nerved ; eutlis ers 2 lin. long. Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 83; 
Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Aft © 
Var. B, glandulosum (Nees, 47): more te blades up to 3 in. by 
3 lin., more ly hairy t joes; panicle oblong to long, 
much more divided ; axis, branche branchlets with scattered gland-tipped 
hairs, branches r spreading, up to m 5 pedi 
longer ; spikelets more tegen d. P. letum, Durand & Schinz 
Afr, v. 752 (in n part), not Kunth. P. letum (?) var. B Nees, lc. 45 
X EASTERN aye dtole ae, between the Umzimkulu River = the Umkomanzi 
River, pei i 4247! Var. 8: Natal; near the Umlazi River, below 200 ft., Drege, 
4292! the flats near Durban, Dréye, 4248! coastland, fatherland | ! 
17. P. equinerve (Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 40, in part) ; perennial ; 
culm suberect or ascendin , very slender, 1-13 ft. long, laxly bra bra nched, 
many-noded, glabrous, internodes usually exserted ; leaves glabrous 
or hairy ; Sheaths thin, tight, striate; ligule an obscure m nutely 
ciliate rim ; blades linear to lanceolate-linear from a suddenly con- 
Fa rate ae 
