670 GRAMINER (Stapf). [ Fhrharta. 
point, -~ or finely setaceously convolute, 14-23 in. long, 3-1 lin. 
wide at the base when expanded, somewhat rigid, glabrous, quite 
aa, uppermost very short and fine; spikelets 2-9, in erect 
slender racemes (up to 1+ in. long)» shortly seiasile, adpressed to 
the filiform oe somewhat w avy axis, linear-oblong, 23—3 lin. 
long as the s rkelet, subherbaceous and obscurely 5-7-nerved at 
the very base, otherwise ginning white ; lower barren valve 
ovate, strongly concave, 1 lin. long, strongly 3-ribbed, otherwise 
delicately hyaline ; upper linear obtuse, equalling the spikelet, 
fie: fin : 
slightly shorter and less obtuse, 7—9-ribbed ; pale over 1+ lin. long, 
es 2-nerved; lodicules obliquely ovate, denticulate, over 
4 lin.long; stamens 6; anthers 1 lin. long; stigmas densely plumose, 
stb. sessile. 
Coast REGIon: Paarl Div.; French Hoek, 2400 ft., Schlechter, 9292! 
11. E. Dodii (Stapf); perennial; culms tufted, geniculately- 
ascending from a subdecumbent base, branched, very finely filiform, 
about 6-8 in. long, glabrous, smooth, — -noded, lower internodes 
several times as long as the upper; branches rather contracted ; 
sheaths very tight, terete, glabrous, minutely rough, lower usually 
shorter than the internodes, upper longer except “the uppermost ; 
ligules short, truncate, ciliate; blades very fine, setaceously con- 
volute, 1-12 in. ( (rarely 3 in.) by 3 22 lin, when expanded, glabrous, 
smooth or obscurely rough, finely striate and seantily seabrid on the 
upper surface ; spikelets solitary, terminal, linear-oblong, 2 lin. long, 
glabrous; glumes subquadrate, equal, scarcely equalling } of the length 
of the spikelet, herbaceous and 5—7-zerved near the base, otherwise 
hyaline, usually purplish; lower barren valve ovate, hyaline, 
5—7-nerved, scarcely exceeding the g umes ; upper linear-oblong, 
obtuse, equalling the spikelet, coriaceous in the upper part, light 
green, 7-ribbed, ribs fine and minutely tubercled ; cee valve 
very similar to the upper barren valve, but slightly sh ; pale 
1} lin. long, 2-nerved below ; lodicules obliquely Ti moa 
nerved, } lin. long; stamens 6 ; anthers 1+ lin g 
Coast REGION: Cape Diy. ; rocks on Constantia Berg, Wolley Dod, 1961! 
12. E. uniflora (Burch. Trav. i. 57; name only) ; Sear 
culms tufted, filiform, very weak, ascending from a decumbent 
simple in the lower part, abundantly branched above, over 1 lin. 
long, smooth, glabrous, many-noded, lower internodes often several 
times longer than the upper; leaves quite clabrous, smooth ; sheaths 
upper) ; ligules very short, — ciliate; blades linear, acute, 
very cerca setaceously convolute, 2 ~12 in. by almost 1 lin. at the 
base when expanded, striate ; cia He solitary or in 2-3-spiculate 
racemes, terminal on very fine smooth peduncles, scarcely exse’ 
