Eragrostis. } GRAMINER (Stapf). 631 
Western ReGion: Little Namaqualand ; sand hills on the right bank of the 
Orange River, near li eg ram, Drége ! 
LAHARI REGION: r.B: ‘Griqualand West, Herbert Div.; near St. Clair, 
Eastern REGION: : Var. 8: Natal; by streamlets, at 1000 ft., without precise 
locality, adi seg 276 
The typical sae m occurs sna in Angola (Huila, by the a ag ag Newton) ; 
the variety 8 seems to ra all over tro opica al Africa; both e easily dis- 
tinguished fro ae) fatevtipts, "aad v. (which is very Sedld 2 ot habit), by the 
perfectly sthouth keels of the pal 
Imperfectly known cote 
47. E. homomalla (Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 406) ; annual; culms 
fascicled, ascending from a decumbent a: simple, 2. noded, 
y 1 lin., flat, scabrid; e dense, 11-2 in. long; branches 
solitary or gathered in groups of 2-3, rigid, t 0 e side ereet, 
the other side spreading, triquetrous, divided almost from the 
1 
keel scaberulous ; pales shorter than the valves by 4, keels serrulate 
ae Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 279 ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v 
8 
Coast Region: Vanrhynsdorp Div.; in the sand near Ebenezer, Drége, 
48. E. hornemanniana (Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 395) ; perennial ; 
culms with numerous barren branches near the m iddle ; she aths 
base, divided from below nic verre pedicels short; spikelets 
es 
shorter than the valves, keels rigidly ciliolate. Steud. Syn. Pl, 
Glum. i. 27 1; Durand § ’ Schins, Consp. Fl. Afr. v 884. 
pe istaae Recion: Natal; between Umzimkulu and Umkomanzi Rivers, 
ege. 
49. E. planiculmis (Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 391); perennial ; 
culms branched at the base, erect, straight, compressed, * glabrous 
Sheaths smooth ; ligule a qnute fringe of apap blades tapering to 
i i ; panicle decompound, 
subcontiguous ; pedicels short ; spikelets linear, compressed, aati 
Srey, shining, loosely 4—8-f1 low wered ; glumes su , obtuse, 3- 
Nerved, S¢ eee Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 270 : Durand & Sehinz, Conip. 
Fi, Afr. vy, 
Coast joe Alexandria Div, ; wet places on the Quaggas Flats, Eeklon. 
