506 GRAMINEE (Stapf). [ Pentaschistis. 
32. P. imperfecta (Stapf); perennial, tufted; culms ascending 
from a sometimes decumbent and branched base, or suberect, very 
very narrow, tapering to a setaceous point, often very fine, pps: 
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lax or contracted and oblong, 2-3 in. long; branches 2-yeminate, 
like the finely filiform axis and the capillary branchlets and pedicels 
scaberulous, distinctly bearded at the axils, lowest up to 12 in. long, 
loosely and repeatedly dichotomous from 2-6 lin. above the base, 
1-14 lin, long. 
Coast Recion: Cape Div.; Tokay Mountain, Wolley Dod, 407! eastern 
slopes of Constantia Berg, 2000 ft., Schlechter, 449! 
> * ong ; 
axis and the branchlets very finely tiliform, dark purple, ignite 
coloured, about 2 lin. long, scarcely shining ; glumes lanceolate 12 
7 ous 
laxly hairy, obscurely 5—7-nerved ; lobes distinct, acute, with a fine 
bristle, + lin. long, from the inner side; awn 3 lin. long, kneed below 
