Pennisetum. | GRAMINE® (Stapf). 435 
Holland Mountains, MacOwan, Herb. Austr. Afr., 1693! Riversdale Div.; by the 
Great Vals River, Burchell, 6555! Knysna Div. ; Vieigt, in water, 600 
2700! Uitenhage Div. ; by the Zwartkops River, 50-500 ft., Zeyher, 4468! Alb: 
Div. $ 
Shiloh, Baur, 918! 
CentRat ReGion; Clanwilliam Div.; Wuapperthal, Wurmb! Graaff Reinet 
Div. ; by streams near Graaff Reinet, 2509 ft., Bolus, 190! 
Also in 8. Helena and Ascension Island. 
glaucous ; sheaths firm glabrous, finely striate, tight or the upper- 
spikelet, one conspicuously stouter and much longer than the rest ; 
spikelets solitary, ovate-oblong, slightly over 12 lin. long, pallid, or 
purple at the tips, glabrous; glumes hyaline, lower very minute, 
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Eastern Reason: Natal ; Umpumulo, Buchanan, 172! 
_In many respects very similar to P. riparioides, Hochst. ex Rich., but dis- 
tinguished by smaller more ovoid spikelets, and long glaucous more rigid leaves 
with seabrid margins. 
excerted, the uppermost often very long; sheaths firm, lower 
crowded, short, at least on the innovation shoots, persistent, striate, 
glabrous, or pubescent along the margins and near the mouth ; 
lanceolate, acuminate to subulate-acuminate, 13-21 lin. lo 
pallid, tips usually purplish ; glumes very small, lower often sup- 
pressed, obtuse or acute, hyaline, nerveless or upper l-nerved ; florets 
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