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“Schism us. | GRAMINEA (Stapf). 695 
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the upper oblanceolate, acute, 5-nerved, 2 lin. long; valves obliquely 
oblong in profile, over 1 lin. long, shortly and acutely bifid, mucro- 
nate, hairy all over below the broad hyaline sometimes purple tip ; 
hairs long, very fine, acute; callus shortly bearded; pale equalling 
the valves; anthers about 2 lin. long ; grain obovate-oblong, over 
s lin, long. 
Coast Reeton: Uitenhage Div.; near the mouth of the Zwartkops River, 
«Ecklon §* Zeyher, 411! 
3. S. aristulatus (Stapf); annual, in small dwarf tufts, scarcely 
more than 1} in, high ; culms sheathed all along, overtopped by the — 
glabrous leaves; basal sheaths thinly scarious, glistening, few- 
nelved wit e blades reduced to bristles, the upper very tight, 
suddenly contracted at the mouth ; ligule a ¢ rim; blades 
upper broadly oblanceolate-oblong, acute, 5-nerved ; valves obliquely 
oblong in profile, 13~12 lin. long, shortly and subacutely bifid, with 
fine short bristle from the sinus (bristle twice to three times the 
CENTRAL ReGion: Sutherland Div. ; between Kuilen Berg and Great Riet 
River, Burchell, 1333! 
The specimens represent probably a dwarfed state ; but they differ from all 
other species of Schismus in the comparatively long linear anthers, and in the 
Presence of a distinct (though very fine) awn. : 
LXXVIILI. DACTYLIS, Linn. 
the valves or quite tough. Florets 3-7, ¢, or the ppermost 
tudimentary, exserted from the glumes. G/umes rigid, more 
hyaline, strongly keeled, subequal or the lower shorter, gentle 
Valves oblong, rigid, subherbaceous, mucronate or shortly aw “i 
5-nerved, keele , keel ciliate ; callus 0 or obscut Pales slightly 
Ovary glabrous ; st yles distinct ; stigmas plumose, laterally exserted. 
Grain enclosed by the valve and pale, oblong, strongly convex on 
