694 GRAMINEM (Stapf). [ Schismus. 
agg (Stapf) ; ees and blades very — panicles linear, usually 
spikelets very gnlany glumes narrower anc eae sscuminate enuis, Steud. 
Syn. Pt. Glum. i. 295. 8S. s se pel s, Nee tl. Afr. Austr. 423 (in ¥ part). 
8. calycinus, var. tenuis, Durar ag! Schinz, Danian, Fl. Afr. v. 907. Hemisacris 
gonatodes, Steud. in Flora, 1829 
VaR. 7, flaccidus ey: cas we 103 in. one blades up to 6 in, long, flaccid, 
‘sidalie Ve to 1 lin. broad ; icles flaccid, flexuous, linear, 1— 3 in. long, 
lax ; lower prenitilete sometimes u p ie Li in. long, : all fine ly ie erect or slightly 
ene: ; spikelets as in the preceding var me or aaa lon 
Var. 6, perennans aha Ok dwarf, 14- lon ie and innovation 
hire ‘from a prt Sie rhizome- ae rere ie filiform, gee 
lon rved, subrigid ; panicles contracted, ee to ovate, 4-3 
i diame ; “eles as in nh type, but smuller in ¢ ull p 
Coast REa@ion: Worcester Div.; roadside near Hex Ri ver East Station, 
doth Bs 8705! Var aes a ed Div. ; Ebenezer, Drége / Uitenhage 
r Uitenhage, Zev er! Var. y: Sw ellen dam Died 3 mountain ridges 
ine the eter part of the Zonder Hinde River, Zeyher, 4579 
CEN EGION: Beaufort West Div. ; on the Nieew Feld, near Bok Poo 
: 0 , omerse ; 
3500-424 ft., Drége ! Somerset Div.; near t, Bowker! Graaff Reine 
Div. ; by the Sund near Graaff Reinet, 2500 Bolus, 461 partly ! 
738! Var. 8: Somerset Div.; Biesjes Fontein, near Loo oof, 2800 ft., 
MacOwan, 1611! Var.y: Somerset a 3 in woo ds nish ~ foot of the Bosch Berg, 
t., MacOwen, 1495! Graaff Reinet Div mon on sandy ground on 
eae bas one Graatf Reinet, 2500 ft, "Bolus ‘fer yoann the he ! naan 
Div.; on the rocky hill at Dwaal River Poort, Burchell, 1483 
at Ongeln ks River, Burchell, 1227! hee 6: Colesberg Div. ; Golesbot 
Shar 
eae iidi Reeion : Griqualand West, Mis. Barbe ; 
WESTER Aevhibest Var. B: Little emaguata ear the erent a 
River, 200 10-2500 , Drége! under shrubs Mieren — , 1000 ft., 
Drege! ! Seki dae Div. ; Zout River, 450 ft. Schlechter, 8 107! 
L have very little doubt that these Meine are (with perhaps the a 
the last) entirely dependent on the conditions of the habitat, and als 
hr (Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. = mg an nd. Bs scaberrimus (Nees, l.c. ee 80 aes as 
on of 
tha 
The atin = by Nees for tl: atch 1 
8. —Coast Region: Robertson Div. ; between Kochmans Kloof ant 
Gantita River aun with the type, Ecklon. 
us— = CEx mee Recion: Beaufort West Div.; between Ganze 
Fonte cvig Bok Poo 00 ft., pra WesteRN Region: Little Namaqu 
land ; Kamies Bergen, ‘3500 ft. , Drég : the 
: . atte var, sauoodenvaik Recion: Richmond Div ; near r 
oe Riv. Beas e. Western Reaton;: Little Namaqualand ; nea 
orth on the Orange sheik Drége. 
2. S. kelerioides (Stapf) ; subperennial ; innovation shoots and 
culms in dense tufts, the latter 6—9 in. long, erect or suberect, veTy 
slender, smooth, $8 noded, internodes exserted ; leaves glabrous; 
lowermost sheaths rather firm, pallid, closely striate, the upper very 
tight ; cilia of ligule over 2 Jin, Jon ng; blades fine, setaceously 
in. lon : 
erect, the longest up to } in., racemose or alm < so ; lateral sen 
very short; spikelets seareely more than 2 lin. long, — 
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