Achneria. | GRAMINEE (Stapf). 457 
or obscure. Pules narrow, 2-keeled. Lodicules 2, minute, cuneate. 
tamens 3. vary glabrous; styles distinct; stigmas plumose. 
Grain linear-oblong, ‘grooved in front, enclosed by the unaltered 
valve and pale, free ; ‘hilum short, linear-oblong ; embryo 1-2 the 
phn of the grain 
nial, at rarely mpage blades narrow, usually convolute or setaceous ; 
Liptay a ve f fine hairs ; panicles usually yee mua divided and a 
least tempo ay open ok, fine lengthened branches nchlets, rarely 
densely actioned or spike-like ; spikelets more or less ae or plies ng. 
Species 9, all endemic in aay ay South Africa. 
ria and Pentaschistis are very closely ng Kn the former being 
searcely more than the eit parallel of the The affinity oe 
i setifolia, where the uppe fie 
and provided with side hii: pia as in Pentaschistis, alt po on & 
much reduced scale. In Ach s well as in Pentaschistis and a few other 
genera, Keep glands occur frequent y on the leaves, the divisions on 7 
panicle and the keels of the glumes. a are usually pitted in the dry state 
owing fey rs shrinkage of the ee port 
ae pee) dense to compact; branchlets extremely 
sh 
le icle compact, rage like, area 1-25 in, mile 
satel s 14-1 lin. long (1) Ecklonii. 
Pan = dense, ovoid, or lin, ‘long, “lower ‘branches 
som s than 4 in. long; spikelets 
Lt fi long (2) curvifolia. 
Panicle t , loo ose and open ‘(at least temporarily) 
branches ~ or longer than 4 of the panicle, 
He the pee Pg and pedicels finely filiform to 
ry: 
Spikelets 1-13 lin. long ; leaves Pais small, pecs all 
(3) microphylla. 
biheets larger “leaves I onger 
Glu obtuse to suba tiie, 13-2 lin. lon 
i vi ace he elliptic ; glumes rebachied 
ently 9-1l-nerved; blades 
irl iin ce (4) aurea. 
Spikelets Maean oblong ; glumes obtuse 
valves obse ae 5-nerved; blades = finely , 
setaceous (5) capensis, 
Glumes lec B acute or ‘acutely acumina 
Valves much ig than the glumes spike- ; 
lets 12 in ong ... (6) capillaris. 
Vanes eaunling the glumes or almost so: 
any-noded ; panicle large, effuse ; 
sikelets lanceolate-oblo ong, 12-13 
ong. (7) ampla, 
Salina ——— spikelets “oblong, 
2-32 lin 
Panicle gests spikelets 2-21 lin. sie 
long ; blades a sag .. (8) setifolia.. 
Panicle 4-6 in. long and hy wide 
ipo 24-35 rth lone lades : 
t setaceo we ... (9) hirsuta. 
1. A. Ecklonii (Durand : igre Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 836), 
perennial; culms 1-1; ft. ending, wiry, many-noded, 
or a 8 
glabrous or the lowest Somiiow ews below ; leaf-sheaths rigid, 
