Avenastrum. | GRAMINEX (Stapf). 473 
Blades 9-20 in. by 2-24 lin., lower long 
ae ate Hd at the base; spikelets 
5-6 lin. long; rhachilla = long 
ete .. (5) Dodii. 
Blades 2-9 in. long, very ‘narrow ; spik 
lets 33-54 lin. long; rhachilla state 
glabrous or on and shortly hairy 
towards the (6) antarcticum., 
Panicle acne; vhavhilla long hairy valves 
thin, smooth (7) caffrum. 
1. A. longum (Stapf); culms 2-8 ft. long, ane. about 
3-noded, sheathed almost all along ; ; leaves 3-6 f near the 
base, 3 higher up; sheaths rather loose, zlota slightly rough ; 
ligule truncate up to 13 lin.; blades linear, long tapering to a fine point, 
6-10 in. by 14-3 lin., flat or more or 1 volute, flaceid, glabrous, 
quite smooth or rough above; panicle contracted, 9-10 in. long, 
nodding or flexuous ; branches fascicled, very un nequal, the longest up 
to 21 in. long, heanched from near ae base or simple, filiform, 
5-flowered ; glumes lanceolate, acuminate, the lower 33—4 lin., the 
upper 43-5 lin. long; rhachilla very slender, joints up to 1} lin. long, 
with long white hairs; valves long exserted, lanceolate, the lowest 
5 lin. long, glabrous, rather firm, smooth, pallid, sometimes purplish 
ow the scarious seaberulous bifid tips, lobes produced into fine 
bristles 2-3 lin, long; callus subulate, up to 2 lin. long, hairy ; awn 
rom above he middle, fine, column pallid, 3-4 lin. long, bristle 
7-8 lin. long; pales 32 lin. long; keels ciliate ; anthers 14-1} lin. 
long ; ovary Puberlous on the oblique nee? er top. Trisetum 
antarcticum n Lin cx. 264, nm Linnea, vii. 307. 
Avena longa, Stapf i in pig Bulletin, 1897, "299. 
R. B grande (Stapf) ; mee up to 23 lin. long; blades up to 5 lin. broad, 
sig rough on the upper side; panicle larger, denser; spikelets 8-11 lin. 
; glumes and valves phoheitineslly larger. 
5 ie REGION: Pte of Good Hope,” R. Brown! Cape Div. ; Cape Flats 
n Hoogte, Ecklon § Zeyher, 1807! 18078! Cape Peninsula; Klein 
Slangkop, Wolley Dod, 3004! upper northern slope of Lions Head, Wolley Dod, 
3571! Var. grande : ie iv. ; in eae rocky = - the side 0 
ntain, above Camps Bay, MacOwan, Herb. Aust.-Afr. 1 ape Peninsula ; 
plentiful above the road beyond Bed Point, Dod, 3128 ! Met “look Wolley Dod, 
! Smit itwinkel, rare, Wolley Dod, 300: 
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A. dregeanum iets 5 stems slightly bulbous at the base, 1 ft. 
log, glabrous, l-noded h below the middle; leaves about 4 from 
near the base, 1 thoathing the culm for the greatest part; sheaths 
rather tight, glabrous ; ligule truncate, 3-3 lin. long; blades linear 
With callous tips, the lower 12-21 in. by 1 lin. or less, flat or 
convolute, rather rigid, “subglancous, hairy above, glabrous beneath ; 
—s e me) noddi , 2-82 in. Jong, igs o0se, secund ; 
