Aristida. } GRAMINE® (Stapf), 565 
16. A. capensis ene Prod. 19); perennial, eompactly cespi- 
eae glabrous ; culms slender, erect, 1-2 ft. long, wiry, smooth, 
smooth below, Septic above ; panicle erect or nodding, con- 
prentell or effuse, 6-10 in. long; rhachis smooth ; branches solitary, 
2- (rarely 3-) partite near the base, the lo wins: 4-6 in. long, very 
remotely and sparingly ips finely filiform, smooth ; pedicels 
clavate-tipped, the lateral 1 as long as the spikelets ; spikelets sub- 
erect or nodding, brownish or aia, 6-8 lin. long; glumes 
subequal, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, minutely truncate, 3-nerved ; 
valve eylindric, smooth, 23-3 lin. long, greyish; callus tad lin. long; 
awn stipitate, tardily disarticulating from the valve; foot 4-6 lin. 
long, slightly twisted, scantily plumose or glabrous; bristles all 
plumose except at the tips, the middle one 8-12 lin. long, the side- 
ones shorter ; mass $ lin. long; ean searcely { lin. long, finely 
finely grooved ; hilum as long as the grain. Thunb. Fl Cap. ed. 
Schult. 105; Kunth, Rév. Gram. ii. t. 171; ag i, 195; 
Suppl. 151; Trin. § Rupr. Stip. 178; Steud. Syn. P 1. Glum. i. 
145 ; ~~ § Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 801. Avena capensis, 
ppl. 112. Arthratherum oaiperee, Nees in Linnea, vii. 
288 ; FT. Apr, Austr.176. Chetaria capensis, Beauv. Agrost. 30. 
Vaz. 8, Zeyheri (Trin. & Rupr. Stip. 179); saaeningh a or rather loo 
ain ep lowest ieee hes 2-4 in. long; glumes more unequal than in the 
t of awn 1- 14 lin yen hai iry. A. Zeyheri, Steud. Honea. ed, ii. i. 182, 
Ariat 2 yheri, Nees, F 1. Afr. Austr, 177. 
Va acropus (Trin. & Rupr. Stip. 179) ; panicle as in the type; spikelets 
yellow ek of awn 44-5 lin. long, Fatih 5 bristles densely plumose to the 
ery t 
Var es barbata (Stapf); culms sheathed all along; sheaths ee bearded at 
their months 8; blades very long, curled, overtopping the panicle; spikelets 
he i lin, ee: foot of awn 1 lin. i hairy ; bristles densely Avent except at 
AFRICA : without precise locality, Thunberg ! Bergius! Varig. 
Harve, 324! 298 
OasT ReEGIon: Clanwilliam Div.; Olifants River, Ecklon. Malmesbury 
Div; 3 meet Baur, 1176! Cape Div.; Table Mountain, Ecklon, 977! ead 
between Lions Head and Table Mou ratert; Burchell, 272! near Cape 
Burchelt, 890! Cape Flats, near Claremont, Schlechter, 557! Tulbagh a 
bagh Kloof, Ecklon &§ Zeyher! Worcester Div.; Bains f, 1000 ft., 
on Di Zouder 
Seite des 9105! Caled ves er , Drége 
between Bot River and Zwart Berg, Ecklon, mountain slopes near Genad ndal, 
Bolus, 7432! U nhage Div. ; Uitenhage, Bowt ar iv. 3 haan 
ite’ e ite / x 4 pe 
Bay, MacGillivray, 391! Milne, 255! near Tokay, Walley Dod, 1 
near Constantia Nek, stg Doll, 2235! Farmers Peak Valley, Woltey Dod, 
2361! Con nstantia, and Doorn Hoo gte, Ecklon. Tu ‘Tbagh Div. ; Witzenberg, Vogel 
Valle, Tulbagh Kloof pate Tulbagh Vallei, Ecklon. Worcester Div. ; moun = 
"Wotvester, Rehmann, 2669! Caledon Div.; Houw Hoek, t. 
Sato er, 7366! Var tr. y: Paa presser. Paarl carla ing ft., Drége! ; 
ar. 3; Uite nha ge Div:; on t owns between the Koega and the Zwartkops 
er — 5 Zeyher, 502! yh, 4501 ! Bathurst Div; Port Alfred, 
