Stipa. ] GRAMINEE (Stapf). 573 
nie smooth, internodes enclosed or more or oo exserted ; lowest 
obtuse, erose, up to 2 lin. lang ; TT iar froma — or slightly 
ae base, tapering to ery lon e point, up to 12-ft. 
= ., flat, rather firm, eee below, poo rough Fests “closely 
and pe finely many- -nerved ; panicle erect or slightly 1 nodding, oblong, 
contracted, eee open and pyramidal, 2 —] = ek 
or 3-2-nate, very bona the longest - —1 ft. long, undivided to 
+of their length or e, filiform, smooth; fies es the lateral 
shorter than | the a the latter light green, 23-31 lin. long ; 
glumes a ar 3-nerved, subhyaline above, glabrous, the lower lanceo- 
late, acuminate, the upper lanceolate- oblong, acute or te ae 
valve Slee cylindric, convolute, obseurely ee 2-21 Jin, long, 
shortly hairy all over, 5-nerved; callus minute, obtus aa, minutely 
lary; awn a Serene 5-6 lin. long, cna, slightly twisted 
below, bent 1-2 Hin. above “the base ; pale almost as long as the 
posterior arien ‘ pha lt fo ae naked : grain ee cylin- 
drie, 12 lin. long. Durand & eon biside Fl. Afr. S11. Lasta- 
grostis capensis, . Nees, Fl. Afr. A 167 ; Trin. Laer Stip, 88. 
Var. B, elongata mutiny) Sander carinii see ig he to 1} ft. long, more effuse ; 
lower branches usua ly 4-8 i Janae undivided for 2-6 in. 
above the base ; sikelts paet a sore: ena. S. peat oe, Steud. Syn. 
Pl. Glum. i. 132; vrand § Schinz, Cons. Fl. Afr. SI1. Lasiagrostis 
elongata, Nees, Fi. - Austr, 168. Z. capensis, var. pinnate. Trin. S§ Rupr. 
Pi 185. 
Stip. 
AFRICA: without precise locality, var. elongata; Harvey, 299! 
Mant g Maire! 
Coa 
eaiile Div. P a m2 eee. iba Riet Kuil dod Resa en hacde: 
near th i i in w 
Zeyher, 4499! Mossel Bay Div. ; r the Gauritz River, i oods 1 fe 
Maire, Ecklo itenhage Div. ; tl haggis River, Ecklo Zeyher, 
770! Alexandria Div.: in the forests of Addo, y Zeyher, ‘Koco m sunny, 
grassy places, Drége. Albany Div Gales, “SLA in tho ‘nbush near, 
Burnt Kraal, 2200 ft., MacOw wan, 1276! Var. elongata: Cape Div.; Cape 
Peninsula, Kloof on the western : si ’ the postles, Wolley Dod, 1201! 
Devils Pea y the waterfall, Wolley Dod, 2301! Swellendam Div. ; in 
forest at Grootvaders Bos h, Burchell, 7238! Port Eli h Di Kakakama 
Mountains, in virgin forest, Drége! King Williamstown Div. ; Dohne Peak, in 
forest, 4400 ft., Galpin, 2455! Komgba Div. ; near Komgha, "Flanagan, 90! 
Z 
Centray REGION; Somerset Div. ; igri ‘the uureberg Range and Klein 
Bruintjes Hoogte, 2000-2500 ft., Drege! at Blyde Ri th 83 | 
raaff Reinet Div.; shady places near Graaff Reinet, 2500 ft., Bolus, 707! along 
- os River, north of Monkey Ford, sae a. Var. elongata + 
Somerset Div. ; in forests at the foot of Bosch B , MacOwan, 1520! 
Ea astERN Rearo : Natal; Riet Vlei, in hae S000 he "Buchanan, 239 ! 
Var. elongata is inet an extreme shade form. 
Doubtful species. 
~ 8. pa arvala (Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 169); annual (?); culms tufted, 
et ong, branched from the base, glabrous; sheaths tight, 
parplish aie glabrous except the bearded ‘mouth ; ligules obsolete ; 
