Eragrostis. | GRAMINEF (Stapf). 599 
very unequal, lanceolate to eblaarsete pet in profile, acute, 1-nerved, 
rather firmly me embranous , lower + lin. long, upper 1 lin. long; valves 
ovate-oblong in profile, obtuse or subobtuse, 1 lin. lon £ smo oth, 
firmly membranous, side-nerves fine; pales equal to the _— keels 
scaberulous ; anthers 1 L lin. long; grain 98 2 lin. ver + lin,, 
reddish brown. Nee. es in Linnea, vii. 344 ; Afr. Austr. 394 ; Steud. 
Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 271. Poa glabrata, aes Enum. i, 344, 
: Cape Div. ; Cape Flats, Krauss, 61; sand-hills along the shore, 
aeleircy, “404! wet wie above Simons Ba , frequent, Milne, 253! sands 
ig aarden Island, Wolley Dod, 3182! without precise loc: ality, Herb. Harvey, 
2, E. cxsia (Stapf); ars densely tufted; culms erect, 
slender, compressed, simple, 312 ft. long, glabrous, smooth, 1 -noded 
at or below t e middle, internodes shortly exserted, or oth or the 
upper alone enclosed ; ‘lower sheaths erowded, almost flabellate, 
strongly compressed and keeled, often pinkish with white margins, 
@| Upper tight or widening upwards, all quite glabrous and smooth 
thachilla disarticulating, smooth; glumes unequal, dec a0 
12-13 lin, lo ong, thin, smooth except on the scaberulous acute keels ; 
ad 1 lin. long, keels narrowly winged, scaberulous ; anthers } lin. 
ne 
bs Coast Recion: Cathcart Div. ; Glencairn, 4800 ft., Galpin, 2414! 
id ASTERN Region; Natal; Riet Vley, 4000-5000 ft., Buchanan, 240! 
90 
3 urvula (Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 397, excl. var 8) ; perennial, 
very dainty tufted, with numerous closely packed innovation-shoots 
S culms erect or geniculate, usually slender, simple, 1-2 ft. high, 
i) glabrous, smooth, 2-3-noded, internodes usually exserted, uppermost 
; hid ong; lower sheaths crowded, short, firm, strongly striate 
_ ““mentose at the base, gradually less hairy to glabrous upwards, 
q ‘Wicudggers upper tight, glabrous or rarely hairy, smooth; ligule a 
} “28° of short hairs; blades narrow, linear, long tapering and 
ssually capillary in the upper part, 3 in. to more than 1 ft. long, 
se ae wh e when expanded, more or less filiform- 
ie volute or convolute » at in the upper part, flexuous, somewhat 
t leas’ 
mm, glabrous, very geal hairy, scabrid on the upper side and all 
