448 GRAMINEZ (Stapf). [Melinis. 
awn of the lower valve very slender, cen up to 4 lin. long; 
$ floret % lin. long, glabrous ; anthers or 
Eastern ReGion: Natal; near cane hills, 2000-2500 ft., Buchanan, 
299 ! 
Also in Nyasaland and on Mt, Ruwenzori. 
ted pling form which is very common in Brazil and occurs also in tropical 
fri d Madag n> pee only differs in being completely glabrous, and in the 
Souiiienl absence of awn 
XXII. ARUNDINELLA, Raddi. 
Spikelets small, 2} lin. to less than 1 lin. long, acute or acuminate, 
panicled, co — uous with or sp age es on the pedicels; 
b MOF 6°, ae Glumes persistent, acuminate, membranous, 
strongly 3-—5-nerv upper usually longer. Low valve thin, 
equalling the lower clume or slightly longer, subacute or minutely 
truncate, 3-7 nerved; upper valve terete, rarely dorsally subcom- 
pressed, thin, finally ng entire or minutely bifid, 3-7-nerved, 
minutely scaberulous, lobes sometimes produced into fine bristles ; 
awn terminal or from between the lobes, agri kneed or straight, or 
0; callus very short, obtuse. Pales linear, 2 5 Cacled s flaps more or 
less auricled. Lodicules 2, cuneate, rather fleshy or 0 in the lower 
floret. Stamens 3 or 0 in the lower floret. Ovary glabrous, oblong 
or more or less arrested or 0 in the lower floret; styles distinct; 
stigmas plumose, laterally oxserted. Grain oblong to ellipsoid, 
terete or dorsally vicina. tightly embraced by the valve and 
pale, free; hilum punctiform ; embryo large ; albumen hard. 
Perennial, rarely cage leaves various ; panicles usually rather stiff ; branches 
stiff, divided from the 
About 25 species, dae in tropical Asin and America, 
1. A. Ecklonii (Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 80); perennial ; culms erect, 
23-4 ft., glabrous, 4-6-noded; sheaths rather tight, glabrous oF 
ciliate along the margins or hirsute ; ligules extremely short, ciliolate ; 
blades linear, tapering to a long fine point, from a few inches to more 
than 1 ft. by 2-4 lin., flat or convolute, rigid, glabrous, margins 
Ff : ai ? hf : 
up to 8 in. long, stiff, seabrid ; site Li sie be 2-91 lin. long ; 
Sas ene 9 bifid, 1) ie: tales iy, minutely snberals 
eallus minutely 2-bea rded : awn fine, column dark brown, 1} lin. 
long, bristle whitish, 1 lin. long ; pale linear, 12 lin. long, rnb 
