512 GRAMINEH (Stapf). [ Pentaschistis. 
Cenrrat Recton: Fraserburg Div.; between Quagga Fontein and Dwaal 
River, Burchell 140 by the Dwa al Riv. tint “seagioe 1472. 
: Little Samaguaand er Fontein, near Ookiep, 2000 ft., 
Drie , Vanya Div. ; F aree Ber 1000 ft., Schlechter, 8176! 
According to Nees (Sem. Hort. Bot. a ratisl. l.c.), the original from which the 
ipdetis 5 was described, was aliectat x n the Zwartkops River ; he does, however, 
not quote this locali ity i Tr sah On the other hand, he in dicates it 
ss ig various ities 4 in “ Swellendam,” from which district I have not 
XXXVI. PENTAMERIS, Beauv. 
beyond the upper floret. Florets . g, much shorter than the 
um i i 
ase. Ives 
2-lobed, awned from the sinus; lobes with a fine bristle from the 
inner side, usually more or less adnate to it; callus very short. 
Pales 2-keeled, more or less equalling the valves, 2-fid or 2-toothed. 
Lodicules 2, cuneate, nerved, glabrous or ciliate. Stamens 3. Ovary 
obovoid, with a very dense deciduous tomentum, consisting of 
branched hairs at the top; styles distinct, short or very short; 
stigmas plumose, laterally exserted. Grain (known only in 
Thuarit) globose- pia ig truncate at the top, enclosed by the 
slightly hardened valve and pale; pericarp crustaceous, granulate ; 
seed free, except alon = ce hilum; hilum linear, half the length of 
the grain or longer, obscure on the outside ; - embryo sm 
Perennial ; culms fascicled, aoe a usually woody or suffrutescen nt base, densely 
eafy below or ms ~ all along; blades sian or wiry, usually long and fiform 
panicle open or acted, < daitly scan 
a 5, in jh poe Colony. 
The e of the ath is so rampeh in the 5 species of this genus that it is 
very probable ‘that t they agree also in the peculiarities of the e ripe fruit which : 
nown only in P. Thuarit. te ~The rsathen and valves are essentially like those ° 
Pentaschshs, and the branching of the panicle i is ie similar, although asualy 
uch scanti On sta other hand, there is in Penta aed no approach to 
atin racteristic structure of the ovary and the fruit of Pentameris. 
Valves and ‘ilies very broad; lobes of former rs om 
broad, dentate or ——— subulate-aeumi nate (1) Thuarn. 
Valves and pales narrow er long, n 
acute, adnate for 4-¢ ‘of their snore to the letra 
» ig? 
S$: 
ps “ lax, more or less open, 6-7 in. by 
~ spi ikelets a bows 10 lin. long 51 tbe of : ; 
ae: half as long as the bony (2) longighums 
cle j 
: =e age 
Spikelets 8-12 lin ong; awns 9-11 lin. 
ong; lobes of vie about oh as Cad as . 
the body . (ay eer 
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