— 
Ehrharta.] GRAMINE (Stapf). 
near Cape Town, Harvey ! ee Ecklon. Tulbagh Div.; Tulbagh Water- 
fall, Ecklon. Stellenbosch Div. ; Ho tent ge Holland, Eeklon. Caledon Div.; 
Zwart Berg by the Steenboks iccver, Eck 
6. E. capensis (Thunb. in Vet. Acad. Handl. Stockh. 1779, 216, t. 
8); perennial ; eo tufted, erect, sometimes nesaon 1-2 ft. lone 
void-bulbous at the base, glabrous, smooth, 2-noded ; basal leaves 
58 3 sheaths loose, glabrous, s amooth, the lowest pallid, more or less 
n; ligules very short, ciliolate ; blades linear, from a aa ee 
(often fimbriate) base, ¢ gradually tapering to a fine point, 3-8 in. by 
> lin,, flat or ¢ onvolute, rigid or subflaccid, rather thick, glabrous 
or hairy, margins per is often wavy; panicle erect or slightly 
flexuous, 2-6 3 in. long, sometimes secund ; rhachis glabrous ; branches 
usually paired or solitary, up to 1} in. long, “subereet, scantily 
branched or simple, filiform, flexuous, glabrous ; pedicels 2-8 lin. 
long ; spikelets oblong, 5-62 lin. long ; glumes subequal, pao, acute 
or acuminate, 2-3 lin. es; glabrous, often purplish, 5-6} lin -e long, 
om- 
5-T-nerved; empty valves equal, lower ovate-oblong, muc 
pressed, obtuse or subacute, usually mucronate, 7-9-nerved, obscurely 
Acer below, glabrous or pubescent above on the sides, ciliate along 
© Margins and the straight or concave keel, bearded at the base 
in Bent and behind; upper empty valve linear, sometimes curved, 
usually mucronate, strongly transversely rugose, glabrous or pubes- 
lin 
3-37 lin. long ; stigmas plumose. 7 "hunb. Prodr. 192; Fl. Cap. ed. 
Schult. i, 335. EE. Mnemateia, Linn. /. Slt 209 ; Thunb. oe 
66; Durand § Schinz, — Fl. Afr. v. 793, "EL mn 
Sir. in Trans. Linn. Soe. vi. 44, t. iii, fig. 1; Sehvad. in "Scull. ri 
Syst. vii. 1366: Nees, Fl. i Austr. 198. HE. Mnemateja, Trin. 
Phalar. 21; Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 7. E. nutans, ae Tncye. 
tl. 346 (excl. Syn. Toitreay Tllustr. ii. 397, t. 263, fig. 2. 
E. sertlteies Sm. Pl. Ic. Ined. sub t. 33. 
Soura Arrica: without precise sanety. Thunberg ! 
Coasy Region: Malmesbury Div.; Eikenboom, 1000-5000 ft., Dreg : Pole pe 
Biv. i Harvey! Aewasiiee Constant, Wolley it 2125! aar 
Div rl Mountains, [000-1500 ft., ulbagh Div.; Tulba bebop 
full, i200 ft., Sier echter, 9060 ! Tulbagh Soucek Talbagh Kloof, = ene 
Mou ntain ft., Ecklon. Wordester Div.; on ecaying wood, 
Ecklon. Stallcathoaish Ay : between Hottentots Holland Kloof and Han Hoek, 
i Dré 1 Div.; Pus: 
rr / Caledon alg ade Hinde ‘kal Drege. Swellendam D: Hetion 
r Zoe 
Great Vals Sever: aa Sustenedkes tien, ‘Der “chell, 
. E. longifolia (Schrad. in Goett. Gel. Anz. iii. (1821) 2077, “_ 
in he f. ee vii. 1965); perennial, tufted, simple from a more 
or less tuberous base, 11-2 ft. long, glabrous, smooth, 2—5-noded ; 
basal leaves rae : sheaths loose or ‘ight or the lowest open, firm, 
