616 GRAMINE® (Stapf). [ Hragrostis. 
to oblong, obtuse, somewhat turgid, 23—4 lin. by 14-14 lin, closely 
7-15-flowered, olive-green to almost leaden-grey ; : thachilla persistent, 
smooth, joints very short ; glumes unequal, ovate, obtuse to sub- 
acute, upper longer, about 3 lin. long, keels scabrid valves broadly 
and obliquely ovate, obtuse to subacute, 1 lin. long, membranous, 
side-nerves more or less inconspicuous, keel scaberulous near the tip; 
pales * lin. long, keels spinulously scabrid; anthers about }—3 lin. 
long; grain subglobose to zie cubic, less ‘than 3 1 lin. long, brown ; 
embryo very large. Nees ss Austr. 389 ; ‘Drege in Linnea, 
xx. 255; Steud. Syn. Pl. ona . 270; Puvand § Schinz, oS 
Fl. Afr. v. 881. 'E. racemosa, Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 2715 
Durand § Schinz, Consp. Pl. Afr. v. 889. Poa racemosa, Thunb. 
Prodr. 21; Fl. Cap. i. 422; ed. Schult. 113; Kunth, Enum. i. 344. 
Poa chaleantha, Kunth, Enum. i. 339. 
Sout A¥rRica: without precise seeesttys ~Siaeliege ! oe 432 
ndam Div.; Pus Val 
Coast Reeion: Sweller ley ae & Zeyher 
Riversdale Div.; hills near Zoetem dis Sven” ‘Biook el, ‘6755! ‘eteen ae 
Vet River and Kampsche ig Burchell, 6885! Uitenhage ; Vanstadens- 
berg Range, Zeyher ! Peddie Div. ; Fredric pea on the Saaue River, Gill! 
Alexandria Div.; Zuurberg bai ie 000 ft., Drége! Albany Div.; near 
Grahamstown, MacOwan, 153! Komgha eS near Komgha, Flanagan, 912! 
between a1 peo hg Komgha, ag ft., Drége. Queenstown Div. ; 
Finchams Nek n /Maiatage sis 3900 ft., Galpin, 2376! Shiloh, 3500 ft., 
Baur, 910! Stockenstx om Div. ; near Philipton and on the Winterberg Range, 
Ecklon. 
bee Patel Orange Free State; by the Caledon River, near 
Komissie 4000 ft., Zeyher, 1835 ! Burke, 114! and without precise 
ere oes 3363! Transvaal; Moo ver near Potchefstroom, Nelson, 
i Ri 
2*! Wor onderboomport, near Pr etori ia, Bena nn, 4496! erry Rehmann, 
568 5685! Bosch Veld, at Menaars Farm, Rehmann, 4859! Apies River, 
Nelson, 98*! Blauw Bank, Ne <p ye near F hyaaatens,” Wilms, 1718! Apies 
Poort near Pretori sna Rehman 
area RN REGIO = Saab ak gre near Bazeia, Baur, 320! ees 
(Faku’ a Cesitery |, ‘Sutherland ! Natal; Durban Bay, Krauss, 295 ! Durban 
Hlats, Buchanan, 46! Umpumulo, common, 2000 ft. Buchanan n, 256! Rovelo 
ills, 7000 ft., Sutherland ! De Beers Pass, Wood, 5995 Shige an eae 
bhon 7230! Drakensberg Range, near Van Reenens Pass, 5000-6000 ft., Wood, 
1}~2 lin. (when ex colar more or less eonvolute, et suberect, 
