Poa.] GRAMINEA (Stapf). 715 
1-1 lin. long, l-nerved; keel scaberulous, upper ovate, acuminate, 
12-2 lin. lon g, 3-ner ved, side-nerves usually very short ; valves 
oblong, subacute to acute, Jower 2 lin. long, glabrous or minutely 
pubescent below along the keel and the pik nerves, not connected 
by wool; tips brag nerves prominent; pales "13 lin. long, 
keels scabrid ; anthers 1-11 lin. long. Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i..257 ; 
Durand & Schina, bee Fl. Afr. v. 908. 
Coast Raion : Albany Div. ; Howisons Poort, near Grahamstown, coming 
up after a fire, 2000 on P "Macow reid “a Zeyher, 4598! on cultivated land, 
ear ndagroirsitl Glass, 775! A pe "y Zeyher, eke atheart Div.; 
“sora een Kat B and Kli pplaat Rive, Comgha Div.; 
hear Komgha, Plana gan, 934 ! acount Div.; Table “fountain, 6000. -7000 ft., 
Drége 
KAaLawart REGION : Coane Free State; on the Drakens Bergen, near Harri- 
ar ee sin 
RN R  Temb uland ; mountains near Bazeia, 4000 ft., Baur, 526! 
6000 
Natal ; 0 on sntiatitatie about 100 miles inland, ft, Sutherland! sae 
Vlei, 4000-5000 ft., Bu chanan, 284! near the Mooi River, 3000-4000 ft., Woo 
7326! Mason, 68! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 28 
Very closely allied to the aed gee es simensis, Hochst. a Rich., which 
differs mainly in having narrower, more acute valves and oi ligules. Both 
Species belong to the group of P. pi imino Stapf. 
6. P. annua (Linn. Sp. Pl. 68) ; mim or pms eesire tufted, 
glabrous ; culms erect from a geniculate often ng base, fro 
a few inches to 1 ft. long, slightly ene het ue ; inter- 
nodes exserted or enclose ; sheaths rather loose, slightly peaetalnis 
smooth ; ligules oblong “aban up to 1} in. broad ; blades linear, 
along the keel and the outer side-nerves, rarely pre alos without 
connecting wool (in the type) ;. pales slightly shorter than the valves, 
keels ciliate saat: 2 lin, mg 5. grain oblong, 3-1 lin. long. 
. 64; t. 1686 ; - Engl. Bot. ¢. 1141; 
Reichb, Ie. Fl. ae it 82; Nees, FL vr Austr. 378; Steud. Syn. 
Pl. Glum, i. 250; Du rand. Schinz, Consp. FT. Afr. Vo, SONS 
Hook. f, Fl. Brit. Ind. vii, 345. 
Coasr Region: Cape Div.; near Capetown, Ecklon, 955! Devils Peak, 
Wilms, 3895 ! ebosch, Drége; Table Mo untain, “ the top, Bergius ! near 
pen Bridge, Wolley Dod, 
Throughout cern 6 and eo ee Asia, introduced into most other temperate 
regions, rare in the tropics. 
