SNE eee PLE IME ee Py NEP, TAY EER I,m) ial oS a 
deltas loa hide 
ee ee ee 
Fingerhuthia.] GRAMINEH (Stapf). 691 
aps broad. Lodicules 2, cuneate. Stamens 3 Ovary ry clabrous, 
slightly constricted below the apex (at least after fecundation) ; 
styles distinct, rather long; stigmas ~~ slender, finely plumose, 
subterminally eatenten Grain unknow 
Perennial, czespitose ; innovation shoots intravaginal ; blades narrowly linear ; 
ligule a dense tite of silky hai airs ; panicle compact, spike-like; the lowest spike- 
lets barren, consisting of a few empty glum 
: ee 2 in South Africa; 1 of which is also found on the Afghan-Indian 
rontier 
lume es long and softly ciliate along the keels and bate 
argins, fin nely awned . (1) afric 
ends rigidly ciliolate along the keels, mucronate ji) ninlarlidtaemtst 
1. F. africana (Lehm. Ind. Sem. Hort. Hamb. 1834 ; and in 
Linnea, x. Litt.-Ber. 112) ; densely tufted, glabrous; culms slender, 
about 1 ‘tt. long, erect, simple e, smooth, 2-noded, internodes exserted ; 
sheaths glabrous, smooth, tight, the lower short, firm, whitish, per- 
sistent ; blades linear, acute, -6 in. by 1-2 lin., flat or usually 
convolute, eg below, finely scaberulous above, striate ; panicle 
ellipsoid t > Ses 4-11 in, by 4-6 lin., sometimes purplish ; 
spikelets 2-21 lin, Jo ong, 2—4-flowered ; glu nies linear-lanceolate in 
profile, 11— 2 lin. long, long and softly ciliate along the keel and 
upper margins ¢ ; awn fine, 1-13 lin. long; valves ovate-lanceolate i in 
profile, abruptly mucronate, 2 lin. long, rather firm except at the hya- 
line margin and obtuse tip, grooved below parallel to the keel, dead 
hairy near the margin below the middle, 7—9-nerved, side-nerves 
conniving and joining the middle nerve below the tip, the inner 
; stigmas ‘lin. 
373; Durand & Schinz, ‘Consp. Fi. Afr. v. 873 ; Aitch. in Journ 
Linn. Soe. xix. pore F. ig ee Lehm. ex Nees, Fi. — Aus tr 
136. F. ciliata , lic. F. affghanica, Boiss. FI. Or. 
Hook. f. Fi. Brit, re ii. 306 
Soorn Arrica: without precise pinata: Zeyher, rang 
Coast Region: Be hynsdorp Div.; Attys, "4000 f , Schlechter, 8333! 
in 2 asus. near the Gauritz River, fie 1000 ft., Ecklon. 
Mai 
EN 10N: Prince Albert Div.; Jackal mer ar Burke, 23! Zwa 
bulletje, near the Gamka River, gone fa t., Dreg ? Graaff come ‘Dives 
Mountain sides near Graaff Rein in Pig Bolus, b73! Ceres Div. ; 
River, near Yuk River oogte, Bur 1, 1269! ! Breeerture Div. ; bet tween cs 
River and Klein Quaggas Fontein, Durch 14 
Western Recion: Little Namaqualan d : on ae near Noagas, North of 
va Bpipecig eager 5 ft;, Drie. 
RI Ree Griqualand West; Herbert Div., on the right bank of 
se Vaal Seg i "tase a Dan, Burchell, 1745! and between the Vaal 
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