444 GRAMINEH (Stapf). [ Tricholena. 
lower floret ¢ or barren ; valve equal and very similar to the upper 
lume ; pale more or less hairy; ¢ floret 1% lin. long, elliptic-oblong, 
obtuse, glabrous ; valve emarginate, faintly 5-nerved, membranous ; 
anthers over * lin. long; grain obovoid, brown, * lin. long. ees, 
Boiss. iv. App. iii. 15. T. tonsa, Nees, l.c.6; Durand & Schinz, l.c. 
T. fragilis, A. Braun in Flora, 1841, 275 (name only); Durand & 
Schinz, lc. 769. TL. sphacelata, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 559; 
rie nd § Schinz, lc. 770. DL. grandiflora, Hochst. im sah be 1841, 
. Intell. 19 (name only); A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 445; Engl. 
Hoohgabirgef Trop. Afr. 121; Hack. in Engl. Jahrb. xi. 409, and 
rn . Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 15; Durand Schinz, Lc. 769. 
T. dregeana, Durand & Schinz, l.c. ; Ha ck. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. Lc. 
T. ruficoma, Durand § Schinz, lec. 770; Haek. in Bull. Herb. 
Boiss. wi Rhynchelythrum dregeanum, Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 64. 
ma, Hochst. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i.120. Saccharum 
pacha 7 and S, sphacelatum, Walp. Ann. iii. 792,793. Panicum 
tonsum, P. roseum, P. sphacelatum, P. insigne, "Steud. le. 92. 
. Braunii, Steud. he .93; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 170. 
Monaehyron roseum and M. tonsum, Parl. Fl. Ital. i. 131, in obs. 
Sour AFRICA; without precise locality, Dré ége, 4319! 4320! 4321! 
Coast Recion: Ibany Div. ; without precise sai ty, ies soba 114! 
Centra Recion: Graaff Reinet Div. ; hillsides near Graaff Reinet, 4000 ft., 
Bolus, 251! Albert Div. ; near Aliwal North, Cooper, 1888! 
nn Reeron : Great Namaqualand ; Amhub, Schinz, 628. Keetmans- 
_Katanant Recion Abie pala West; Herbert Div.; near Douglas, Orpen, 
251! eh Div. ; Asbestos ay tains, Burchell, 2047/1! Kli ip Fontein, Burchell, 
2150! Orange Free State Gary onteins, Burke! Caledon River, Burke, 
198! Bechuanaland ; Maadji Mountain, Burchell, erty Shans of the Moshowa 
peak as — ae kon and Molito, peed phat, — siege Rokearie 2564! 
2578 ruman, pei reh hell, Piet Groot Kuil, 
ier "998 | ! i Houtbosch, heise 37231 near [ aeaiate: Wilms, 
Eastern ReEGton: Roby esrraa East ; near Clydesdale, Tyson, 3103! ragged 
near Devt: Plant, 98! Draakensberge, Rehmann, 7175! near Umpumulo ané 
Reit Vlei, counmon, eke nan, 298 in par ! ang oathoat precise localities, G rasa 
461! Buc n, 122! Delagoa Bay, Scot 
Pho tropical Africa, in i and South Arabia. 
extremely variable plant. Nees co nfounded two different plants under f. 
I have maintained the name for the species having generally flat leaves, 
hai i 
es 0 
Botanic Garden. It is also represented nj = , 4319 - 4321, which numbers 
he quotes under T. rosea. His T. tons suppos i 
hairs of the spikelets, we eaker culms ees more Pelee ue These characters 
are very little marked in ore 4320 (w met ‘ tee type), and gs entirely when 
tested by the sey material “* Ngad® oad-le: poe: Palen is re pat 
ake pecimens wn ree ibesa di t 
pontaneously on pen sides and in caltivaton and is S saabahly: ‘traly anna 
‘chike another extreme, which s o form small, dense tufts and has slender 
culms, and narrow, sometimes pene Se eave appears to be icin of dry 
and cane ground. According to Nees, the area of T. rosea extends towards the 
