Panicum.) GRAMINER (Stapf). 405 
very slightly shorter than the upper glume; pale oblong, obtuse ; 
floret equalling the ¢ or scarcely shorter, oblong, obtuse ; valve 
5- pee et finely transversely rugose ; anthers 1—% lin. long ; grain 
over } lin. long. Trin. Pan. G Yen, 180, and in Mém. Acad. Pétersb. 
ser. vi. lii. 268 ; Nees, Fi. Ah Austr. 36; Hook. Niger Fil. 560; 
Steud. Syn. Pl. ‘Glum. 1.72; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soe. xxix. 171; 
Baker, Fl.. Maurit. 436; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl.. Trop. Afr. 119; 
Durand & ee Consp. ’ Fl. Afr. v. 758; K. ee in Engl. PA. 
Ost-Afr. B. 81, C.103; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind: vii. 49. P. poly- 
gamum, Sw. "fan. Veg. Ind. Occ. 24. P. leve, gs Illustr. i. 
acm, F. Hay sesh Pers. Syn. i. 83; Kunth, Enum, i. 101; A. 
Rich. Tent. Fl, Abyss. ii. 373; Peters, Heise Mossamb, ii. 54 Sa 
ae Delile, Fl. Egypte, 51, t. 63, fig. 6, ex Barbey, Herbor. 
P 
evant, t. 8. P. amplemoussense, Steud. S) yn. Pl. Glum, i. 71. 
rr, hirsutissimum, Steud. le. 72. P. porphyrrhizos, Steud. 2. 
confine, Hochst. ex Durand & Schinz, le. 754. P.t ‘schon tau: 
K. Schum. in Engl. Veget. Usambara, 38 (name ‘a 
SouTH AFRICA: without precise locality, Drége, 4275 
Coast REGION: Stelle nbosch Div.; ces Pa a Ecklon ; Pane 
Div.; Plettenberg Bay, Mi und - Maire! Humansdorp Diy. ; near the Gamtoos 
River, Gill! Uitenha age Div.; near Uitenbage, Zeyher! near the Zowartkops 
River, Ecklon S Zeyher! hil near the mouth of the pre River, Drage! 
Alexandria Div.; Enon, 1000-2000 ft., Eeklon! Drég Bathurst Div. ; 
Port Alfred, “bigs ’ Albany Div.; near Grahamstow aes cOwan! Glen- 
Drip 1000 ft., Drége; Komgha Div.; near the Kei Sven below 
tab ReEcion: Jansenville Div . (?); near the Sunday River, Drége ; 
Sonn erset Div.; -near the Bl yde River, Burchell, 2976! Graaff Reinet Div. ; ; 
stony hills near Graaff Beinst, 2600 ft., Bolus, 674! Ecklon! Albert 
667! 
sane REGIon: Diamond Fields. Ne/son, 32. Orang: ide cl State; with- 
out precise locality, Hutton ! Transvaal, Houtbosch, Rehmann, 5702 
Eastern Recion: Griqualand East; Kokstad, 5000 ft., Tyson, 1410! Natal ; 
common between 2000 and 2500 ft., Buchanan, 263 ! Umpumulo, 2000-2500 ser 9 
Buchanan, 264! Hills near the Umlazi River, Krauss, 183! Durban, Drég 
McKen, 109! Buchanan, 30! by the Umzimkulu Rive r, Drege, and es che 
Umkomanzi River and the Umiazi River, Dréye ; Salagee Dey, Forb 
25. P. levifolium (Hack. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iii. 378); annual ; 
culms fascicled, erect or ascending, 1-21 ft. long, glabrous, com- 
es “Bade Ruen, Shortly ering a5. ‘@ very acute pis 3-8 i 5 
rect 
repeatedly and very laxly divided from 1-11 in, above the base, 
branchlets pat ab eRe to capillary, sing - ultimate 
