Danthonia.) GRAMINEA (Stapf). 531 
= shortly ascending, very slender, from 2-9 in. Jong, glabrous, 
mooth, densely leafy at t the very base, 2-noded, internodes exserted, 
vied purplish ; ; Sheaths tight, strongly striate, rather firm, glabrous 
except oo the ciliate upper margins and a few coarse hairs at the 
mout ule a fringe of short hairs; blades setaceous-subulate, 
aati ae with a callou oint, 3-2 in, sei rigid, t e basal more 
subglobose, }—3 i his and all the divisions scaberulous, 
purplish ; branches baled unequal, filiform, aig seantily divided 
fr base or L-spiculate ; pedicels 1-2 . long; spikelets 
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2z-4 lin. long, crowded ; florets about & nce rudimentary ; 
thachilla glabrous, joints short; glumes lanceolate, acute, herbaceous 
and usually purple on the back with thin whitish margins, glabrous, 
it, obscurely 9-nerved ; lobes oblong, obtuse, 1 lin. long, each with 
3 distinet parallel nerves below the middle, hyaline and ciliolate 
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ciliate; anthers 2 lin. long ; grain obovoid, 1 lin. long. Roem. & 
Afr. v. 853. D. purpurea B setosa, Nees ex Drege in Linnea, xx. 
254. D. setosa, Nees, l.c.; Steud. lc. ; Durand § Schinz, le. 854. 
Aven sna purpure, Thunb. Prod. 23; Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 118; Linn. 
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MacOwan Herb. gn Afr., 1694! Bearaibets mange. oo rocks near Zuurplats, 
5000 ft. ato! Stormberg Mountains, 6000-7000 ft., Zeyher ! Table Mountain, 
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iia Veld Mow ok Drége! Graaff Reinet Div. ; Sneeuwberg Range, 
pia Sen aff bugs 5000 fi » Drége! Bolus, 520! Aliwal North Div. ; Witte- 
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like the upper except for a few hairs at the mouth ; ligule a fringe of 
short hairs; blades fine, setaceously involute, a nctita: 2—] in, long, 
soft, curved or straight, slightly seaberulous towards the tips, beset 
with ne spreading tubercle-based hairs; panicle very small, ovate, 
loosely contented: often reduced to 4-3 spikelets ; branches and 
lin. long ; spikelets light’ green, 2-3 lin. long; florets 4-5, 
Tmost rudimentary ; ; rhachitl glabrous, joints short; glumes 
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