482 GRAMINER (Stapf). [ Pentaschistis, 
pet ae —o 2-3 in. long, 
ery scanty; blades Ta fe 
ac penton convolute (9) colorata. 
cea ais very .. (10) curvifolia. 
**Spikelets 3-43 li 
7 Spikelets 33 ‘a is long; basal sheaths at length 
"breaking wp into persisten nt fibres ; culms slender, 
ery few-noded ; panic Some aialyy orgy, he: An 
delicataly brinched not flac 
to 1 lin. broad when eee oe 
r fili y ie convolute, pubescent abov 
ligule awns distinctly seseeieil race i. 
glum 
oe setaceo ous, subter ete, "folded, quite 
ace s; awns scarcely exserted from the 
umes 
Spikelets 3-4 lin, lon ng; basal sheaths not break- 
ing up into persistent fibres; culms 4- to many 
noded ; pan ec effuse or r flaccid : 
Panicle 6 i y 6i n knee 
and twisted hee sere ant Aey 2-2 2 jin. 
on 
Panicle 2-4 in., , flac cid; awn not kneed nor 
twisted, — flexuows, side-bristles 5-6} lin. 
long 
. (11) fibrosa. 
. (12) Tysonii. 
. (13) natalensis. 
. (14) eapensis. 
Section 2. Panicle eglandular; 3~2 in. long, very scanty ; 7 aon 34-8 lin. 
long ; blades 3-1} in. long, often spreading, and more or less subul 
Annual ; gar 3 7-8 lin, nee blades soft ... ... (15) triseta. 
Perennial 3 spikelets a lin. long ; ilates rigid : 
tog long-bearded ; blades very firm, 
conspic a _distichoas, spreading, glabrous, 
. (16) acinosa. 
Asie of penile elon blades erect or suberect, 
ner, hirsu .. (17) elegans. 
Sect Panicle or leaves or both more or less gland-tubercled, oF if 
vgusia, — the spikelets less than 3 lin. long. 
gee very slender, acute, about 5 in. long; blad 
f -convolute, up to o 1 ft. long, — rough tes 
pease minute t ubereles .. (18) Lima. 
Panicle obtuse in the contracted state, or if more or 
neien — then much smaller and the blades 
i 
Citi: erect, rather stout, 1-2 ft. long; blades 
4-3 ft. by 2-23 lin., rigid, often flat; panicles 
3-6 in. nai spikelets 3-34 lin. long ; peren- 
nia 
Panicle contracted, rather dense in the upper 
part; divisions ‘unequal and rapidly de- 
creasing upwards ; axis and lower branches 3 
be gence glan er (19) Zeyheri. 
Panicle open, very lax, rather ‘symmetrically 
icbtomone, all divisions (except the ulti- 
oa ng t 
