Axonopus. | GRAMINER (Stapf). AIT 
771. O. loliaceus, Beauv. Agrost. 168 (O. foliaceus hie 5 eth y on 
p. 54); Humb. § Bonp 1, Nov. Gen. et Spec. i. 106, not Lam, O hirtellus, 
Roem. & Schult. Syst. ii. 481 (excl. syn. Mich.), not Schult. f. O. 
brasiliensis, Raddi, Agrost. Bras. 40. O. velutinus, Schult. f. Mant. 
li. 271; Kunth, Enum. lc. O. —— Steud. Nomencel. ed. 2, ii. 
260. Panicum hirtellum, Linn. Amen. Acad, v. 391 ; Sw. Obs. 35; 
Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 44 (the Wes t inlein plant). BP. loliaceum, 
Lam, Encycl. iv. 743 (the West Indian plant, not illustr.). P. afri- 
canum, Poir, Encyel. oo iv. 275. P. nelutinum, FE. Mey. Prin. 
Fi. Pe 51; Steud. lc. P. compositum, var. 1, Trin. wane Py ow 
#4. fe glee var. y, Trin. Gen. Pan. 124, - in Mém. 
‘ta Pétersh. sér iii, 212.. PB. ylvaticum, Steud. l.c. 45 (in 
part), not Lam. P. “compiti, Doell in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. ii. 146 
(at least in part). Orthopogon sp., 2 Br. Prodr. 194, in obs. O. 
hirtellus, Spreng. Syst. i. 306, not Nutt. O. loliaceus and O. 
velutinus, Spreng. l.c. OU. africanus, Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. i. 448. 
Var. 8, capensis (Stapf) ; poet ieog i ness Fogle in vibe clusters 
of 4-2 (often n 2 ot 1 of them ced t rhe upperm solitary, 
rather longer than in the type. we dhs gg Hochst irae, “1846, iid . se rams 
fraussit, Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i, 45; and. pipet iy 752, 
Var. y, simplex (Stapf) ; sre very slender and weak ; blades linear- 
fassinrihe to linear, 1-3 in. b in., acute or acutely and often finely 
acuminate ; itches Pita or the lowest an the upper solitary, rarely 4-3 
(of which sometime: or hy to an vices in clusters or very short 
Cao racemes ; piel elet ay lin, ong, glabrous ; Ie 13-2 lin, long. 
O08 , K. Schu in Bayh B eget. raha 48 (name 
‘ou REGION : ptt 8B: Albany Div.; in damp woods near Grahamstown, 
MacOwan, 1208! ieee Plaats near Graham wow, under forest a oe 
781! Knysna Div.; by streamlets in woods n r Kn nysna, Krauss 
Pein Williamstown pe 3; Dohne Mountain, in a papers kloof, 4400 ~y Galpin, 
‘TRAL REGION: ee B: Somerset Div.; Bosch Berg, in very shady 
RI scored : Var. 8: Transvaal; Houtbosch, rat 5735! 
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EastTERN REGION: Natal; between the Umzimkulu and Umkomanzi Rivers, 
Drége, 4336! between Mapumulo and Riet Vlei, escuhe 5000 ft., aig ore, 219! 
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The typical form also in tropical Africa and Picco and in the Sandeeak 
Islands; var. y also in tropical Africa and the Mascarene Islands. 
The European 0. wn ndulatifolius, Bea very much resembles the var. 
capensis, eg differs only in stg abseuce of tubercle Saw hairs on the heath and 
the axis of the inflorescence, and in the more numerous nerves of the glumes 
which are also, on the ‘while shiockar than in the ationn form 
XVI. AXONOPUS, (Beauv.) Hook. f. 
Spikelets ovate to lanceolate-oblong, mucronate or awned, slightly 
or ee patie: jigs ressed from the back, falling entire from the 
soli te or fascicled (and then very unequal) ticle of 
more or ag die itate or whorled racemes ; lower floret ¢, upper @. 
Glumes unequal, lower smaller, hyaline, 3-l-nerved, mucronate, 
acute or acuminate, upper equal or subequal to a 
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