410 GRAMINEX (Stapf). [ Panicum. 
below ; branches solitary, opposite or 2—4-nate, distant, the lowest 
4—7 in. ‘long, filiform to capillary, straight or flexuous, poaely divided 
rom 3~21 in, above the base, scaberulous or smooth ‘below ; pedicels 
solitary or 2-nate, unequal, the longer 1-13 lin., with cupular tips ; 
spikelets scattered or in scattered clusters or more or less approximate, 
oblong, acute, 1-12 lin. long, eet green or purple ; lower glume 
very broadly ovate, acute, up to 2 lin. long, 3- to sub-5-nerved ; upper 
lume oblong, subacute, sonia 7T-nerved ; lower floret 33 
valve like the upper glume, sometimes very slightly longer, 9-nerved ; 
oret narrow, oblong, subacute, almost 1 lin. long, yellowish, 
shining, smooth ; valve 7-nerved; anthers {—$ lin. long. Kunth, 
G 
m. i. 
ser. Vi. lii. 270; Fig. et De ibe in Mem. Ace. Torin. sey ii. x1v 
355; Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum.i. 73; Aschers. & rnin & - Fi. 
Figypte, Se Suppl. 778; Daren & Schinz, Consp. Fl, Afr. v. 7483 
not Nees. 
(in pa 
ALAHARI ReG@ion: Bechuanaland; Batlapin Country, Holub! Transvaal, 
in — Nelson, 36*! 
eiet RN RuGion : Natal; banks of the Tugela River, 600 ft., Buchanan, 
Also in Egypt, Nyasaland and on the Lower Zambesi. 
The spikelets are very similar to those of P. repens, but on the whole smaller. 
This, together with the mode of growth and lag more graceful and ampler 
ramification of the ar a makes the distinctio of P. coloratwm from broad- 
leav orms of P. repens easy. . coloratum "of Ja acquin (Ie. i. 12), which is 
often quoted as synonymous with P. coloratum, Linn., is identical with P. 
virgatum, Linn., an American plant. 
. P. minus piles est culms densely tufted, mostly 
with intravaginal erect innovation shoots on an oblique, generally 
short, rhizome, erect or bhictttte,: slender, 1-11 ft. long, glabrous, 
-noded, internodes (at least the upper) exserted ; leaves 
sinkeokie or more or less beset with scattered fine rigid hairs, rather 
crowded at the base; sheaths tight, striate, g glabrous, rarely finely 
villous or silky at the nodes, the ‘lowest firm, fugaciously tomentose 
nih the base, persistent; ligule a fine ciliolate or ciliate-membranous 
;_blades linear, tapering to an acute point, gradually passing into 
the sheath, 3-6 in. by 1-2 lin., firm, usually tightly convolute, sub- 
over 1 to almost 1} lin. long, green tinged with purple, glabrous ; 
os glume membranous, bees broad, rotindate-ovate to ovate, ones! 
to subacuminate, equalling 1_2 of the spikelet, 1-nerved with © 
