578 GRAMINE& (Stapf). [ Tragus. 
a internodes ee uppermost 1 or 2 usually enclosed, 
m less than 1 to 4in. long; lowest sheaths short, broad, pallid, 
usually embracing the base of the panicle; blades ee to lanceo- 
late, acute, 1-2 in. by 1-2 lin., flat or wavy, rigid, very glaucous, 
closely striate ; panicle 1-5 in. long, slender; axis Sheuiaht or slightly 
saa oes scent 5 branches very elose or the lowest. distant, very 
laneeolate-oblong, apiculate or mueronulate, 1-12 lin. long, thinly 
Pek, 
membranous, very minutely pubescent, faintly | Senerved ; pale sub- 
acute, obscurely Danerved: anthers ellipsoid, in. long; grain 
oblong to obovoid-ellipsoid, subterete, } lin. long. Beauv. Agrost. 
23, t. vi. fig. 13; ; Nees, Agrost. Bras. 287; Fl. Afr. Austr. 73; Doel 
in Mart. FI. Bras. ii. ii. 122; Hack. a Engl. Jahrb, xi. 3975 
re § Schinz, Consp. FI. Afr. v. 733; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
97. . be ies I Schult. Mant. a. 205. T. berteroanus, 
Duta § Schinz, le. 738. T. occidentalis, Nees, ll.ce. 286, and 72 
(for on greatest part) respectively. TT. brevicaulis, Boiss. Diagn. 
Or. Sér. 1 
» Xl . Cenchrus racemosus, Linn, Spec. Pl. 1049; 
Schreb. Behe Se. 45, t. iv. i tee oe Honck, Syn- 
Pl. Germ. i. 440; Host, Gram. Austr. i. t. 36; Sibth. Fl. Graec- 
tie ¥. 101; " Kunth, Rév. Gram. t. 120; Enum. i. 170; Suppl 
124 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. i. t. 30; Steud. Syn. Pl. hie he 112 
L. aliena, Spreng. Neue Entdeck. iii, 15; Steud. Le. L. 
phleoides and L, rk Fig. De Not. in Act. ra "Tova 
1854, 360 and 387, t. 38, fig. 1-12, and t. 37, fig. 1-12. 
Coast ReGion: Uite a Div. ; without — oT Zeyher! Albany 
Div. ; Bothas Hill, MacOrsing 571! Quee n Div. ; plains near Que eenstowns 
3500 ft., Galpin, 2350! Wod se Div. ; inde, 3000 fe. Bar, 979! t 
CENTRAL EGION : Graaff ge Div. ; ; stony plac r Graaft Reinet, 
2500 ft., Bolus, 554! Albert Div.; without precise, locality, rye 640! i, 
CALAHARI REGION: =e ~ bebe Hay riqua Town, Burche 
1988! between Griqua Tow Water, Burchell 1973/2! sandy pisces 
near Siwherlay, 44000 ft, Maun. fa 858! Orange Free State, near r Boshol, 
Barber 
Eastern Region : Natal ; banks of Tugela River near Colenso, $000 ft., de 
4417! banks of lower Tagela "Rivas, 600 ft., Buchanan, 175! and without precise 
Tovatity, Gerrard, 673! —— Bay Forbes ! 
Throughout most warm regio 
The figure i in ‘mre deol ‘te c., represents oe anthers as linear and as lon, ise 
isin TJ. major; but this is evidently an error. never found t ail otherw 
eves Bod pre above, and so they are ter by all authors cited, 
Beau 
L. SPOROBOLUS, R. Br. 
Spikelets usually very small, variously panicled, continuous 0 et 
pedicels; rhachilla more or Paani readily disarticulating above 
except 
acetal at eee 
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