656 GRAMINEX (Stapf). [ Lnneapogon. 
304; Fl. Afr. Austr. 233. Pappophorum cenchroides, Licht. ex 
Roem. § Schult. Syst. u. 616; Trin. Gram. Gen. 92, and in Mem. 
Acad. Pétersb. sér. 6, i. (1830) 92; Kunth, rica a 254; Steud. 
Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 199 ; Durand & Sching, heise l. Afr. v. 870 
P. molle, Kunth, oe ‘O55 ; Steud. l.c.; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. 
Boiss. ii, App. 36; Durand § ere Le. P. abyssinicum, 
Hochst. in fora, 1855, 202 ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 
869. P. robustum, Hook. f. Fi. Brit. Ind. vii. 302. 
CrentRAL Ree@ion: Beaufort West Div., Ecklon 
: Great Namaqual d ; Arasab pene, between Aus and 
4 
: vi uglas 
Orpen, 253! right cee of the Vaal River, at Blaau wbosch D Drift, Burchell, 
1743! between the | River and Leenwenk, Lichtenstein. Bechuanaland ; 
on rocks at Chue Vly, ‘Burchett, 23 
Also in Eastern tropical Africa, in ae Arabia and the Punjab. 
The specimens distributed by Drége and by ——. iene ben E. mollis bin 
E. agp Where the original specimens of Lehmann’s E. mollis are, I do 
kno t from his description, it is almost certain ‘hat ‘ti meant the plant 
describ ee as Ate ollis, Li a a spec of P. cenchroides are 
also unknown to oa their identity with E. m ollis is assumed from the very 
short Smiciet pg the locality, eich, poretnt with that of Burchell’s 1743. 
Nees records E. mollis also from the Sunday River in Jansenville Div., and the 
Springbok Flats in Uitenhage Div 
3. E. scoparius (Stapf) ; er culms fascicled on a ve 
short rhizome, erect from a subbulbous base or slightly geniculate, 
wiry, very slender, 1-2 ft. long, more or less branched, glabrous oF 
finely pubescent below the no few- to 6-noded, internodes 
usually exserted ; sheaths very tight, glabrous or finely pubescent, 
at least at the nodes, the bases of. the lowermost persistent ; blades 
very reine linear, finely attenuated, usually setaceously convolute, 
2-5 in. long, rigid, Les rarely pubescent, smooth ; panic 
CENTRAL ‘ies Graaff Reinet hg te ; stony hills nea Graaf : 
2600 ft., Bolus, 691 ! “Coles esberg Div. ; ; Colesberg, Shaw! Phillipstown Div.; 
a the Orange River near Vissers Drift, Burchell, 2674! Albert Div., Coope?» 
ae art ReGion: Orange Free State, Buchanan, 248! 271! Transvaels 
Bosch Veld, Klippan, Rehmann, 5361 ! 
Also in the tropical part of Transvaal, and in Abyssinia (Schimper, 2235). 
4. E. scaber (Lehm. Pug. iii. 41); perennial, glandular-pubescent 
all over and often seabrid besides ; culms tufted, ereet or peniculaiely 
ascending, often zigzag, 3-1 ft. long, rather slender, branched below 
Se AO bonnet eoee eee 
