Phalaris.] GRAMINE® (Stapf). 683 
membranous, hairy with’a callous base, up to 2 lin. long; fertile 
valve scantily silky ; pale ciliate on the back, Lis gem 2-nerved or 
almost nerveless ; anthers 1— lin, ong; grain } lin. long. Kunth, 
Enum. Pl. i, 325, Trin. Spec. ‘Ora am. i. t. 79; Phalar. 8; Nees, Fl. 
Austr. 5; Steud. Syn. Li. Glum. i. 11; Durand §& Schinz, 
er, Eo i 
Fl. Atl. i. 55 (not Linn.). P. ambigua, ‘Fig. & De Not. in Mem 
Ace. Torin. ser. 2, xii. 326. 
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Eastern REe1on: Tembuland; Gatberg, 4000 ft., Baur, 1148 
A native of the Mediterranean countries ; introduced in many other parts of 
the world, 
arundinacea (Linn. Sp. Pl. 55); perennial ; rhizome short, 
premorse, stoloniferous ; stolons with firm scarious sheathing scales ; 
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copiously and densely branched, glabrous, smooth or scabrid; spike- 
lets ovate- lanceolate, 23-3 lin. long ; ty es subequal, whitish-green 
or purplish, acute, 3-ner ed, keel not or = ‘arg winged, 
lin. long; fertile valve Seattle silky, 12 lin. long ; pale ciliate on 
the back ; lodicules obliquely ovate- lancoalate.; gathors 15 lin. lo ~~ 
Fi, Bon. t. 259; Host, Gram. a it; 33; Sehrad. FI. 
1. 180,.¢. 6, fig. eS Engl. Bot. t. 2160, fig. 2; Kunth, Enum. “PL 
1. 33; Trin. Phalar. 11; Steud Spe. Pl. Glum. i. 11; Baill. Hist. 
Pl. xii. 169. P. cesia, Nees Afr. Austr. 6; Steud. Syn. Pl. 
Glum.i.10; Durand ie Bae ty Fil. Afr. 795. 
Coast REGIon : Vit e Div. ; Olifants Hoek Mountain, by the Bosjesm 
River, in virgin fbiedia (hatte n § Zeyher he — rd Div.; Bedford, Hutton | 
Fort Be aufort Diy. ; by the Kat River, Zeyher by the Great t Fish River, 
Bowie } a the "Bishi River and Fort Be Boek in copses. ége! 
Cathear 3 Gleneair n, 4800 ft., Galpin, 2416! British Catfraria, " Cooper, 
