538 GRAMINEX (Stapf). [ Cheetobromus. 
along the keel, lower much broader, sub-9-nerved, upper 5-nerved, 
nerves seabrid ; valves lanceolate- oblong in rofile, 7- to sub- 
9-nerved, lowest 2 lin. long, gor, suddenly contraeted into a 
rather flexuous bristle, about 22 lin. long, upper 14 lin. long 
eoonre of the callus), loosely pubescent, 2-lobed ; lobes acute, 
ciliolate, 2 lin. long, adnate toa fine bristle (up to 2 lin. long) from 
the inner ‘side ; awn 4-5 lin. long, kneed at } way up; callus } lin. 
long ; pales as ‘long as the valves ; anthers 11 lin. long. Danthonia 
involucrata, Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 244; not Sehrud., nor Trin. 
Gen. Gram. Suppl. 33, and in Mém. Acad. Pétersb. sév. 6, iv. 
ERN REGION: oie Namaqualand; near the mouth of the ucla 
itvor: iota 600 ft., Drége 
2. C. dregeanus (Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 343); densely tufted ; 
culms erect, slender, 1-1} ft. ong, glabrous, —— ie no ode d, 
fabrous lowest pallid, scarious or firm and persistent ; bic a fringe 
of hairs; blades linear, acute, 2-5 in. by 1-2 lin., flat, o f 
the innovation- shoots filiform- -convolute, soft, glabrous and smooth 
below, very finely pubescent or scaberulous and whitish on the upper 
side; panicle contracted, oblong to linear, erect or nodding, 1-4} in. 
ong; rhachis slender, stnooth and angular below ;_ branches solitary; 
2 in. long, angular, divided ee the base ; branchlets more oF 
less fascicled, very U neqnal, terete, seaberulous or smooth, or the 
branches much reduced, 5-2-spiculate from the very base ; pedicels 
unequal, deciduous part 13 lin, long, bearded below or plumose 
nearly all along, more or less exceeded it the hairs; spikelets 
6-71 lin. long, light yellow or purplish-green ; florets 3 ; glumes acute 
or acuminate, puberulous or scaberulous (at least the lower an 
callus to $ lin. ong : shes 22 Jin. tee, anthers 1? lin. long; 
pi 1} lin. long. Danthonia dregeana, Steud. Syn. Pl, Glum. 
244; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 849. 
CeNTRAL ReGIon; Clanwilliam Div. 1 Wappen hel. Wurmb. Lil 
WESTERN Region: Little Nam maqualan between Pedros Kloof and uy 
Fontein, 3000-4000 ft., Dr oe Asai Silver Fonte, Koper Berg and — 
Mountain, 2000-3000 ft. , Dreg 
3. C. Schraderi (Stapf); culms ascending from 4 geniculate, 
sometimes decumbent and branched base, 2 ft. long, glabrow® 
