Pentaschistis.] GRAMINEE (Stapf). 503 
lin. long, finely and more or less adpressedly hairy near the base, 
rarely higher up, finely 7--9-nerved ; lobes distinet, usually acute or 
produced into an acumen or a minute bristle, free or more or less 
adnate to the lateral bristles, these 11~2 lin. bin equalling the 
spikelets or slightly exserted ; pales as “long as valves, minutely — 
2-toothe “3 3 anthers 1 lin. long. Danthonia pireniiies Nees, Fi. 
Afr. Aust 302 ; ray Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 240; Durand & Schinz, 
Consp. FI. ree 
te R. 8, micrathera ante intermediate and upper sheaths usually dotted 
with seriate gla nds; blades very scabrid at least u wards ; panicle 3-4 in. lon 
all the divisions somewhat longer and looser than in the type; lobes of valve 
obtuse, almost wholly adnate to the bristles, these 1- ie" lin. longs ay 4-5 lin. 
long. Danthonia angustifolia, var. micrathera, js Sealey 1. Afr. Austr. 302. 
Var. 7, cirrhulosa (Stapf); sheaths and sometimes also aM blades more or 
less ar spikelets 2 - Pept lobes of valves very short. Danthonia 
ctrrhulosa, Nees, Fl. a r, 309; Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. ea; Durand & 
Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 
5, albese oe leaves quite Lanois sheaths (except the 
lowest) dotted a pee patelliform glands upper part; blades ve 
rigid ; a singd very pallid and dense; spi vike let 32 vig po ost 24 lin. long; valves 
more or less suddenly contracted ab the le nie of oe insertion of the awn, 
lobed ; side-bristles very fine, 2-3 lin. long, long exserted. 
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Soura ArFrica: without See — Boivin! MacOwan, 1304! 
N: Uitenhage Div.; by t o Zwartkeps River, Zeyher, 4531! 
-, Herb. 
Port Elizabeth Div.; Port lizabeth, SS é : 99! 119! Alexandria Liv ; 
Zour Berg Range (Zuur Veld), Gill! near Addo, Drége. Bathurst Div.; 1 oct 
Alfred, Hutton! near Theopolis between Riet Fontein and the sou of the 
iver, Burchell, 4150! Al iv.; near Grahamsto 000 ft 
MacOwan, 1296! Glass, 769! Var. B ueenstown Div.; M untain, 
wege! Var. Swell iv.; Puspus Valley, Ecklon § 
Zeyher, 201 St. Petersb b.! Riversdale Div. ; near ks 
My l, 5! 6762! between the — Vals River and Zoeie.nelks 
iver, Burchell, 6562! Mossel ; ud Zout River, 
: Mossel B 
Burchell, 6328! Var. 5: Cape Div.; near U 7s North, Wolley Dod, 2u64! 
obertson or Caledon Div. ; Bosjes Wild ot or near Caledon, Thom! (intermediate 
between a 7 _ rl 5, glabrous Ps 
CENTR Var. raaff Reinet; on the eastern side of Cave 
Ree 4 
Moniate: i near Graaff Reinet, ao ft., Bolus, 700! 
28. P. heterocheta (Stapf); perennial, tufted with numerous 
crowded innovation shoots; culms erect, slender, $ ft. high, glabrous, 
smooth, about 2-noded, uppermost 1-2 internodes very long, 
minutely acute, 1—2 in. “long, pm longer, rather rigid, curved or 
subflexuous, glabrous below, pubescent on the upper side, smooth or 
ip 
branches 2-nate, like the filiform axis and the capillary branchlets 
and pedicels dark purplish, smooth or the scaberulous with 
scattered tubercles, glabrous except at the scantily hairy swollen 
