Pentaschistis.] GRAMINEX (Stapf). 
Axis and branches. of Sauer scabrid, 
without boeisonnen Pe nds bia es 
oth... 5 
t ann to) 
and broad sony No. 36, P. ousipes) + Se 
3 in. oe 
7 al more or less flat or subulate- 
se 
ae ding from an often many- 
noded toa ——- leafy base; spike- 
lets 3-4 ais 
Blades rather hot eres rigid, 
straight, length, 
ri or featily vigor slightly 
str) 
Calis es or densely and 
distichously leafy at the hate 
sheaths sun “tinge or 
conspicuous ; bla -3 in. 
long ‘. ves 
Culms 5-6- or more-noded ; lower 
ae capes _ more distant ; 
aths 
or less dull 
portih, ‘very conspicuously 
ong yee eee 
Blades thinner, less rigid, very 
ria 
er a fringed with nume rous 
cles : 
+ Blades” Shfeveecensdlute or setaceous, 
or flat; spikelets scarcely 23 lin. long: 
Blades firm, filiform or seta 3 
> for’ se > 
on d _ tufted with nume 
us short oma inno ee Ta 
apikite elets 25 me lin. long : 
mrt es 1 - each side of 
spikelets mO og ce 
bide terns gia 
n. Jon, 
ates 24-3 lin. leagit 
bh valves alike: 
‘whist rem 
it 
lous, 1-14 in. 
g, recurved 
Seba: — 
483 
. (20) hirsuta. 
(21) rupestris, 
.. (22) subulifolia. 
beard ligular fringe very 
consensus blades 2-5 in, 
... (23) leucopoger.. 
. (24) aspera. 
_ (%) Burchellii. 
. (26) tomentella. 
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