Vulpia. } GRAMINEZ (Stapf). 725 
no. 1082. V. bromoides, var. ge Nees, ab Afr. Austr. 441. 
Festuca Myurus, Linn. Sp. Plant. 74; Leers, Fl. Herb. 33, t. 3, 
jig. 5; Host, Gram. Austr. ii. 66, : 93; "Engl. "Bot t. 1412; Kunth, 
Enum. i, 396; Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 303; Durand & Sohins, 
Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 916 (exel. syn. Festuca nen: 
South Arrica: without precise praca) Drége, 205: 
10 EGION: Clanwilliam D 5 Chania, ad ft. Aelorliconicod. 8587! 
Vanrhynsdorp ng 5 Hag oa. 500 ft., D rege. : . iv.; Tab ountain, 
ee 972 in Herb, partly! near cultiva und at oaieue 
00 ft. , Bas, 7028! Uitenhage Div.; by the seen a River, Ecklon §¥° Zeyher, 
in the La bee 
ENTRAL pee nN: Som i sic 3; between Zuurberg Range and Klein 
pai ces ee pl 0 ft., 
nR : Little Ramayana near Kuil, between Pedros Kloof 
and iy Fontein, 3500 ft, Drég 
igh, “glabrows, smooth, 2-3-noded, uppermost ritenipae usu ally 
occupying more than 1 of the culm, long exserted 5 sheaths somewhat 
loose, gubaeite smooth ; ligules extremely short ; blades linear taper- 
ing to a very acute point, l tom § then 4-1 lin., flat or 
0) 
involute or convolute when fee “Sab eid ee phe finely and 
prominently few-nerved, scabrid to inherits on the upper surface, 
otherwise glabrous and smooth; panicle erect or nodding and 
flexuous, very row, more or less secund, 1-3 in. long, rarely 
spikelet, erect or nodding ; lateral pedicels about 1 lin. long, smooth 
or almost so; spikelets 4—6 lin. 1088 (exclusive of re awns), ytd 
1-2 lin. long, 1-nerved, upper 2-33 lin. long, canal Seats 
n 
ng y 
5-nerved, seaberulous at least above; awn as long as the valve or 
longer, up to 6 lin. long, very fine; stamen 1; anther 3-1 lin. 
eerelyr 3 z lin.) long ; grain about 2-25 lin. long. Link, Hort. Berol. 
147, ii. 271; Reichb. Fl. Germ. Ficcurs. 37; Ic. Fl. Germ. i. t. 
60 , Jig. 1529; Nees in Linnea, vii. 324; Fl. Afr. Austr. 440 (ezel. 
var.d). V. sciuroides, Reichb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 37; Boiss. Fl. 
28. 
Sp. Plant. 75; Thunb. Prodr, 22; Fl. Cap. 426; ed. Schult. 114; 
Pi Bot. t. 1411; Kunth, Enum. i. 396; Steud. Syn Pl. Glum. i. 
3. F. sciuroides, Roth, Bot. Abhandl. 43; Catal. Bot. ii. 11; 
pale farce Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 919. 
Coast Recion: Malmesbury Div.; Zwartland, Thunberg. Cape Div. ; Agee 
shrubs and by the roadside le — Mountain, Ecklon, 972 partly! 
Mountain, Pappe! mouth of tunnel, Orange Kloof, Wolley Dod, ees 
Kaapenberg View, Walley Dod, 2751! Old road to Constantia Nek, Wolley Dod, 
3486! Tulbagh Div.; near ‘Tulbagh Waterfall, Ecklon. Paarl Div. 3 by the 
