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Melica.] — GRAMINE® (Stapf). 687 
acuminate, a longer ; valves equalling or slightly exceeding the 
glumes, the fertile oblong, subobtuse, almost sm a on the back, 
Baiey along t he sides lin. or slightl e long, innermost 
side-nerves very faint, body barren gar ‘davies to oblong, 
glabrous ; anthers over 2 lin. lon 
Same REGION: hind! weak Div.; near Weltevrede, Drége, 752 in 
one different plants have been distributed by Drage under the name of Melica 
Caffrorwm Af decumbens (a). One, which is represented in Bentham’s herbarium 
andin Dré erbarium, now in Li , Is Mf. Neesti, whilst the other, 
represented in the ao herbarium, A wee mila Pi quotes under 
lis var. heli oe . Cafrorum vie pecimens from the —— 
between Gat and Bock P “Ge tort West Div.) a from 
Stylkloof ( hoon any but, not fancies seen either, J do not eosen i f they 
arr he o M. punila or M. Neesii. M. pumila differs rom M, racemosa mainly 
n the habit. the inphaas stature, the short sookialy rough leaves and the 
nadie smaller spikele 
very scabrid all over ; sheaths very tight, striate; ligules 1 lin. long; 
blades tightly convolute, ieee Soe subulate, acute, 1-2 in. long, 
very rigid; panicle reduc e 4—7-spiculate secund raceme 
(or the lowest ‘iit 2- #-picuate) 1-2 in. long, tips of — 
pedicels thickened, pubescent; spikelets nodding, 4 lin. long, pallid ; 
fertile florets 2; glumes very unequal, both subhyaline, the lower ovate, 
acute, 2-22 lin. “long, the upper oblong, subacuminate, 4 lin. long ; 
valves shorter than the glumes, the fertile oblong, obtuse or sub- 
emarginate, 7-nerved, ‘iaiey ye iene body of barren valves clavate, 
hairy ; ; anthers 3 lin. long Caffrorum, var. decumbens, Nees, Fl, 
Afr. Austr. 418 (in part ?). 
POS ais Reeion: Beaufort West Div.; near Weltevrede, Drége, 752 in 
oe distinct from M. racemosa in the habit and in the valves, being hairy all 
over, (See note under M. pumila.) 
M. decumbens (Thunb. Prodr. 21); culms tufted, suberect or 
ascending from a usually short (sometimes slender) base, 3-1} ft. long, 
simple, scabrid, many-noded, internodes enclosed, except the upper- 
most ; leaves somewhat crowded above the base, glabrous, very seabrid, 
green. to glaueous ; sheaths rather tight, striate; ligules up to A 
long ; blades linear, acute, 1-3 in “b 12 lin., usually convolute, 
rather firm and rigid, sometimes almost pungent, strongly striate ; 
panicle linear, secund, 11—4 in. long; branche s erect, 4-l-spiculate, 
unequal, ovate-oblong to oblong, purple, rarely pallid, firmly 
membranous, the lower broader, acute or subacute, pase, 3-4 lin. 
