730 GRAMINEE (Stapf). [ Bromus. 
recurved, 5-7 lin. long, fine; pales 4-4} lin. long, keels distantly 
ciliate; anthers elliptic, 1—} lin. long; stigmas 1 lin. long; grain 
4-5 lin. long tightly adhering to valve and pale, strongly convexo- 
concave, nth, Enum. 1. 55 —. Ie. Fl. Germ. i. t. TA, 
Jig. eae Steud. “Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 325 ; Stapf in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. v i. 36 l. B. japonicus, Thunb. Fi. Jap. 52, * a Ki unth, lc. 
418; Steud. lc. 326. B. os Host, Gra Austr. i 11, not 
of Smith. B. pectinatus, Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 459 (in part), not of 
hund. 
R. B, Ragedoygies (Stabe) 5 ping. apie up 6 more ge 2 ft. high ; era 
up i 8 in. by 3 3 panic in. lon lowest branches someti 
Seaceies auicohaie 1-14 in. iets “all parts proportionally er waves er 
8 lin. long. B l. Cap. i. 482; ed. Sc 
ie Ne . St : 
lum. i. 321; Durand & Schinz, Consp, Fl. Afr. v. 926. B. erectus, Durand 
ie “pga l.c. 928 (in part), not of Huds. B. erectus, var. equifolius, Nees, l.c- 
VaR. y, vestitus (Stapf) : bigs io the type or of ek germane: or sometimes 
rather dead spikelets 4-1 in ; gi mes and vy: r than in the 
type, pu ent to villous ; ; vet hn le 6 lin ong. B. poriray “Sehrad. in Coett. 
Gel. et iil. (1821 oe keg ay Mant. ii, ore % Nees in ree vii. 319; Fl. 
Afr. A Kunth 415; Steud. Syn. Pl. ae i. 326; Doraney. 
Sekine, Conep Fl. Afr. ¥ "B. mollis, “Thunb, Prodr. 22; Fl. Cap. i. 4315 
ed. Sch 6, not of L B. capensis, expe s in Pah § 1829, "491. B. 
ately tt F Helar. in ig aa Diagn. sér. 11. 63. 
Sourn Arrica: Var. ak without precise locality, Drage, 2525! 
Coast REGIon : Mossel Bay Div.; on dry hills on the eastern side of the 
Gauritz River, Burchell, 6455! in a dry channel of an arm of the Gauritz River, 
sa chell, 6499! Port Eli inte Div. Fale Elizabeth, E.S.C.4. Herb., 104! 
r. si Cores esbu: oy. Div. ; near Groene Kloof, and in the sand of Saldanha Bay, 
The ! Cape Div. ; voutaide leneiiete High Constantia, Wolley Dod, 3 3189! 
Prasides “Tsland, Wolley Dod, 3209! Queenstown Div.; Table Mountain, 5000- 
i] 
u 
= ar seiner Ecklon! Lion Mountain, above Sea Point, Wolley Dod, 1606 ! 
wards High Constantia, Wolley Dod, 3489! by Hout Bay Hotel, 
Walley: Dod, 3207 ! Paarl Div. ; G reat iraskindhcte Mountains, Drége / Worcester 
v.; by the Hex Rive r, 1000-2000 fei. Drége, 2524! Swellendam Div. 
Hottentots Holland, Ecklon. Uitenhage Div.; in cultivated ground by the 
Zwartkops River, Ecklon! Albany Div. ; ; among shrubs near Grahamstown, 
2000 ft., Bolus, 1280! 
CenTRaL Reeion: Carnarvon Div.; Klip es ans Bs Burchell, 1527 ! Graaff 
Reinet Div.; in cultivated ground, near Graaff Reinet, 3200 ft, Bolus, 680! 
! Var. Sok 
Colesberg Div. ; near Colesberg, Shaw,1! Var. B: set Div. ; io prapenierts 
East, Bowker! Var. y: Sutherland Div.; Klein Baggorelss —- 1295! 
Clanwilliam Div.; Wupperthal, Wurmb. Beaufort West Div. ; Nieuw Veld, 
3000-4000 ft., Drég erset Div. ; by the Little Fi River and Great Fish 
River, 2000-3000 
adrian REGION : Little Namaqualand; Kamies Bergen, between Pedros 
Kloof and Lily Fontein, 3000-4000 ft., Drage! Vanrhynsdorp Div. 5  Karree 
Bergen, 1500 ft., Schlechter, 8235 ! 
The typical form is common in the Eastern parts of the Mediterranean region 
and in the Western Himalaya, elsewhere (Europe, Chins Japan, South Africa) 
evidently introduced. Forms very similar to the var. pectinatus occur in 
