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70. A. amplectens (Nees! Fl. Afr. austr. p. 104); laminis cul- 
meis e basi late cordato-amplexicauli sensim angustatis; spiculæ 
sessilis gluma I" lineari-oblonga acute bidentula dorso sulco angusto 
profundo intus in carinam prominente exarata. 
Innovationes extravaginales. Culmi 50—90 cm. alti, graciles, sim- 
pliees v. e nodis 2—3 superioribus ramos solitarios v. binos elongatos 
graciles simplices subfastigiatos edentes. Ligula brevis, rotundato- 
truncata, membranacea, glabra. Lamin& innovationum basi angustata 
rotundata, 8—10 cm. longs, 2—4 mm. late, culmex basi cordato- 
amplexicaules, 10—18 em. longs, 6—10 mm. latz, omnes setaceo- 
acuminat&, vernatione convolutæ, demum plans, rigidule, virides, 
glabrz v. basi pilis adspers&, inferne utrinque læves, superne ssepius 
scabr&, costa media inferne crassiuscula, superne tenerascente, supra 
albo-striata, nervis lateralibus parum prominulis. Racemi 5 em. longi, 
crassi, densiusculi : articuli pedicellique spicula sessili '/, breviores, 
lineares, sursum vix dilatati, cupula obliqua membranacea dentata 
coronati, utroque margine (altero manifestius) ciliis albis articulo 
pluries brevioribus vestiti. Spiculæ sessiles 8—9 mm. longe, lineari- 
oblong&, inferne pallide virides, superne rubescentes : gluma I» 
coriacea, marginibus non nisi superne implicatis, præter nervos cari- 
nales nervo utrique carin: valde approximato notata, dorso glaber- 
rima; II^ P~ :quans, subcoriacea, oblongo-lanceolata, navicularis, 
minute mucronulata, carina obtusa superne scabra, 1-nervis, margine 
hyalino angusto ciliata ; III '/, brevior, lanceolata, binervis, margini- 
bus implicata, ciliata; IV‘ quam II? */, brevior, lineari-oblonga, in 
!/, superiore bifida, lobis acutis ciliatis, 1-nervis; ariste valide 32— 
44 mm. longs: columna jam in glumz '/, inferiore concrescens, albo- 
pubescens. Palea 0. Spiculze pedicellate 10—12 mm. longze, lanceola- 
tæ, virides : gluma I™ herbacea, acuta, nervis quam 17 pluribus, cari- 
nis aculeolato-scabris, ceterum glaberrima, bidentata, dente altero 
minuto, altero in setam gluma 2—6-plo breviorem abeunte; II" 
membranacea, acuminata, 5-nervis; III* '/, brevior, lineari-oblonga, 
eiliata ; IV* adhuc brevior, 1-nervis; antherz 4 mm. long. 
In terra Caffrorum inter Omtata et Omgaziana (Drege); pr. Port 
Natal (Gueinzius in h. Vindob.). 
angustissime lineares (0,5—1,5 mm. late), setaceo-acuminate. Spicule sessilis 
pro 3—4 mm. longus ns pus subeurvatus aentissimus antice glaber sulco 
rofundo aa postice la se albo-sericeo-barbatus. — Culmi graciles, 
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simplices (n. 71, 72). 
71. A. filifolius (Steud. Synops. 1, p. 374); perennis ; laminis - 
