Eragrostis. ] GRAMINE® (Stapf). 603 
membranous or hyaline, l-nerved, scaberulous on the nerve, lower 
z— lin., upper 1 lin. long; valves obliquely oblong in ‘profile, 
subacute to acute, 3—Z Ti mbranous, smooth, side-nerves 
rangular, } lin. long, brown ; embryo large. Durand & Schinz, Consp. 
l. Afr. v. 881. E. atrovirens, Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 400, not of 
Coast Region: Catheart Div.; between Kat Berg and Klipplaats River, 
ve ! S aggiomonatl Div. ; plains n ear ‘agains nstown, 3500 ft., Galpin, 2254! 
NT 
Katanart Raton : Orange Free State ; without precise locality, Cooper, 3348 ! 
Transvaal ; Houtbo: — Rehman, 5689 ! 5697 ! ! near ian ariel Nelson, 89*! 
ASTERN ReGion : Natal, near Ladysmith, Rehmann, 7130! = yipobere mhlanga, 
Wood, 6058! near Van Re even ‘Son 5000-6000 ft., Wood, 722 
E. nebulosa or 3 perennial, densely tufted on a short 
oblique rhizome; culms erect, rather slender, stiff, 2-3 ft. long, 
glabrous, smooth, about 3. aoded, internodes long, exserted, nodes 
slightly marked; lower sheaths compressed, more or less keeled, 
4-5 in. long, very firm, ee scarcely striate, quite glabrous, very 
tern = at length open and very We 3-]i ft. ne and 
cteachen: very s ae smooth ; glumes 8 suhag ‘inedlete 
acute in profile, 2—% lin. long i 
valves rt pe AA Se in profile, acute to subacuminate, > lin. long, 
membranous, smooth, slightly shining, side-nerves faint and aa 
pales equalling t the valves, keels smooth or almost so; waite 
lin, long ; grain oblong, 2 lin. by + lin., brown. 
OAst Recon: Swellendam Div.; right bank of the Zonder barra vibes 
ba ge: a Riversdale Div. ; Zoete melks River, Burchell, A with 
EGION: — re ee State ; Hoopstad, Herb. Gri valle tn with 
out preci loc: ality, Buchanan, 34! Basutoland ; between Harrismith and Leri 7 
eo rh 313 ee! Tra era marshy places in the Magalies s Bergen, : 
Reeton: Natal; on the Drakensberg Range, near Newcastle 
nasi 196! De Beers Pass, IVood, 992! Mooi River, 3000-4000 ft., Wood, 
