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Lhrharta.) GRAMINER (Stapf). 669 
the lower very small, tent mucronulate, thin, almost 1 lin. 
long, with a stout middle and 2-3 very short side-nerves 
below, upper oblong, very frit coriaceous, obscurely 5—7-ribbed, 
finely tubercled along the ribs, ‘prin , base quite plain; fertile 
valve similar, somewhat shorter ; todivals s denticulate, glabrous, 
< lm, long; stamens 6 ; 5 anthers in, ais stigmas plumose. 
yees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 227 ; — Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 73 Durand § 
Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v 
Coast Reeron: a pent Div.; Genadendal, 3000-4000 f »_ Drege! Swel- 
lendam Diy.; on a mountain peak near Swellendam, Buroketl, 7i19 
E. setacea Mae Fl. Afr. Austr. 228) ; perennial; culms tufted, 
cies or su , 1-1} ft. long, slender, almost woody, smooth, 
the Tae very many sti pt or plaetuid ong signs near 
raver fy at the mouth, smooth, striate, exceeding the internodes except 
the uppermost, the lower persistent, throwing off their blades ; ligules 
redueed to a minutely ciliolate rim; blades setaceously subulate 
ty a linear base, involute or convolute above, with a eallous base, 
very rigid, striate, glabrous, smooth below, scabrid above; raceme 
erect, straight, usually 1-2 in. long, 6- gs aoa et | ug as very 
slender, smooth ; pedicels filiform, smooth, ereet, lin. long, tips 
thickened ; spikelets oblong, 23-3 lin. long,’ pI ae seeund, 
erect ; glumes subequal, ovate- oblong or oblong, very obtuse, }—* 
the leng th of the spikelet, searious, glabrous, smooth, shortly 
5-9-nerved, often Pe arren valves Pied unequal, lower 
in, 
3-D-ribbed, upper oblon ng, very obtuse, narrowed below, coriaceous, 
7-ribbed, tibs tubercled, rough, base quite plain; fertile valve 
Similar to the prec ceding, spices t smaller ; lodicules obliquely 
obovate, denticulate, % lin, long; stamens 6; anthers 1 lin, long. 
ne Ss) yn. PI, Glum. i. 7; Durand § Schinz, siete Fl. Afr. v 
VAR. scabra (Stapf); leaves very rough, sheaths distinctly bearded at 
mouth ; spikelets up to 3} lin. long; intermediate and upper fertile valve 
har rower, granular, searcely “ribbed. 
Coast Region: Cape Diy r Capetown, Harvey, is 136! by a stream 
iy the. i a of Was Vier, “Wolley Dod, soy on e Mountain, 3000 ft., 
Dréye! Tulbagh Div. ; Witzenberg and Vogel Vie Belton. Var, B: Swed. 
lendam Div.; ; ona mon ntain wadk near Ai "anthetl, 7312! 
10. E. tricostata (Stapf) ; fypm culms gg 8 or fascicled, 
~~ e or subereet, branched, filifor 1, 4-H t. long, glabrous, 
above mostly much shorter excepting some of the uppe 
% thinute ciliolate rim; blades linear, pl tapering to a subsetaceous 
