706 GRAMINE® (Stapf). [ Brizopyrum. 
than 1 lin. broad ; panicle reduced ac a one-sided, 2-ranked, usually simple spike ; 
-glumes hairy ; hairs fine , long, flex 
estat igbanes without precise testy, recta 5 
illiam Div.; Ceder 
<a ation: Clanw g Range, on sandy flats, 
Eeihank, Dre ége. Cape Div. ra ble of Teeny "Eek klon 960! 1 lac geen 4 peel 
Herb. Nor wn, Aust. Afr; 794! seg ais ray, 394! Mil ne, 245: between Cape- 
town and Table Mountain, Burchell, 29 ! r Capetown, Harver 3! ‘Burchell, 
491! Dido Valley, ee Dod, 2829! 2904! Lion Mountain, 0, Dit eye, 33! Devils 
Mountain, Ecklon, Vilas 875! 3877! near Constantia, Eckl Simons Bay, 
Wright! Paa rl Div. ; in hae men by the Ber a Rives near * Pad. Drege! 
Paarl Mountain, 1000-15 00 ft., Drége. Tulbagh Div.; top of Winterhoek 
Mountain, 5000 ft., Ecklon, Patbagh Waterfall, Ecklon. oo Div.; Hex 
River Mpa b at Els Kloof, Woll ey Dod, 8711! Swellen and George 
Distr.,” Mund S§* Maire ! Swelle ndam Div. ; Zonder Kinde hoe pe Rivers- 
dale ie, ead Vals River, Burchell, 6546 | between oth t Vals River and 
Zoetemelks River, Burchell, 6563 ! Oudt mpaes Div. ; Can ae ni § Mat os 
rp a Bay Div.; between Duyker River and Ga uritz i beh dag 6403 
t 
Port Elizabeth Div. lizabet h, 195 
Zuur Berg, ses ft., reed 2701! Yon 'B: Cap e Die ; near fe rae 
Wolley on 3110! 
V’s 6516, Bolus’ Ces and Zeyher’s specimens from Koegas Kop, h 
dere speating bla se ae n. long) sal “ gh ly differ je habitat, but ony 
are cted vy he typi al long-lea by C. Wright’s and one of 
Mund & & Maire" 8 pric aan that I consider fetig big as a Pe occurring in dry 
stati 
hage Div. Wit sea Rael tet Maeda oe Koegus pn Zeghe 
; E S.C.A 
6. B. alternans (Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 369); perennial; innova- 
tion shoots long-leaved ; culms simple, ascending, ig 2 1 ft. long, 
slender, about 4. noded, internodes shortly exserted ; ves more OF 
less spreadingly villous all over with fine tubercle- “ane ae sheaths 
tight except the lower, striate; ligule. a line of long stiff hairs ; 
biseriate, ovate, 34—4 e long, pallid, 4- Dhieored: glumes aes 
cutely_ or cuspidately acuminate, 3-33 
ae scaberulous ; lodicules ciliate; grain not quite } lin. by 3 oar 
nd 
Steud, Syn. Pl. Glum. i. eae Desmazeria alternans, Durand $ 
Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v 
Coast REGION: Wopsites bat Datoits Kloof, 1000-2000 ft., Drege! 
The narrow lobes on se angles of the rhachis have been erfoneously = 
scribed as bracts by Nees. I suspect they are the product of some abnormal 
piece 
