Pentaschistis.] GRAMINE% (Stapf). 507 
the middle and twisted; pale as long as the valve, 2-fid; anthers 
scarcely + lin. long; grain + lin. long. Liduthowin densifolia, a, 
Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 291; Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 239; Durand 
& Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 849 (in part). 
Var. 8, intricata (Stapf) ; Seinen ae tufts wit numerous weak, Pa cect 
prostrate or ascending, densely leafy branches; flowering culms 4-2 long, 
born genic culate ; sheaths very thin, pai, vaio: pole soft, | ioe the 
lower often twisting or curling ; panicle lax, divaricate, glands very minute, 
Denthonse densifolie B, N fae Fl. Afr. peers 291. 
Sour TH AFRICA: ene itn ne cna? in Liibeck Herb.! 
Coast ReGion: ad 3 oe arl Div. ocks near the woterfall of 
Simons Berg, 2000 ‘ft, Dian? Wecwnhes Div. : poi ra above Worcester, 
een a 2586 ! 
AL ReGion: Worcester Div.; Constable, 3000-3500 ft., Dréze. 
Although the habit of var. 8 is very different from that of the type, I hav 
little doubt that it is only a peculiar state of it, due to the conditions of the 
habitat. There is practically no difference in the spikelets. 
34. P. vine rcp! sarge perennial; culms erect, slender 
noded 
> ft. long, glabro mooth, 1-node ° the middle, uppermost 
teers 5 ex nsriads leaves arth e base ; sheaths tight 
upper slightly, tumid, lower Hy finely villous, upper 
glabrescent to glabrous, all with numerous gl on rves, 
at least in the upper sparingly bearded ; ligule a line of hairs; 
blades subulate-involute, tapering to a fine pungent point, up to 
13-2 in. long, rigid, tues finely villous, upper glabrescent or 
glabrous, at least on the back, margins and prominent nerves near 
the base glandular ; panicle contracted, very rere oblong, 1-114 
long; branches 2-nate, hairy at the axils, like the fili rw he axis pact 
the. - subeapillary aire —_ tubercled, closely branched from 
1-2 lin. above the b e, lowest up to 10 lin. long ; ; ultimate nsiinesieeg 
and pedicels short, thtine scaberulous ; spikelets very crowded, stra 
coloured, 2 lin. long; glumes finely acuminate, subhyaline, ginhiowes 
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obscurely scaberulous, “keels scabrid and minutely tubercled; body 
of valves searcely 1 lin, long he small ‘callus, 
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35. P. italy (Stapf) ; perennial, tufted ; culms fascicled, 
very slender, geniculate, ascending, 1-11 ft. long, glabrous, amooth 
* scaberulous close below the panicle, 3—5- ay y more) noded ; uppe 
2 internodes usually occupying more than } o Im, exserted ; 
leaves soft] hairy to villous, or glabr ns, sometimes minutel 
tubercled ; sheaths tight, rather thin and withering, conspicuously 
bearded at the mouth ; ligule a fringe of hairs ; blades very narrow, 
linear, tapering to a ’ filiform point, 1-4 in. by }-1 lin., rarely 
