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nerves, 3 — 7 cm (summum vix 0,5 cm) lg., ad 2 mm latae, vetustse mox 

 delabentes. Racemus in apice ramorum solitarius, a folio summo haud 

 spathiformi plus minus remotus, 1,5 — fere 3 cm longus, densiflorus, 

 sericeo-villosus, 4 — 6-articulatus, articulis subgracilibus v. crassiusculis 

 2/3 spiculse 36quantibus, apice appendice brevi irregulariter cupuliformi 

 dentato instructis margine dorsoque dense sericeo-villosis, villis summis 

 articulo longioribus. Spiculse sessiles lineari-lanceolatae, 6 mm lg., violas- 

 centes, glabrae (etiam callo) : gluma I""^ chartacea, brevissime bimucro- 

 nata marginibus anguste implicata, binervis, dorso parum depresso Ige vis, 

 carinis scabra ; Il^a Jam subsequans, lanceolata, in aristam ea duplo bre- 

 viorem abiens, uninervis, superne ciliolata, acute carinata; 111^ quam 

 I^ Vs brevior, lineari-oblonga, obtusiuscula, enervis, superne ciliolata, 

 marginibus implicata ; IV^ quam Il^a parum brevior, oblonga, in V* supe- 

 riore biloba, aristam exserens perfectam circ. 15 mm longam gracilem, 

 cujus columna glabra, haud e glumis exserta quam subula basi laxe torta 

 triplo brevior est. Pedicelli spicularum neutrarum spiculis § duplo bre- 

 viores, articulis graciliores, apice haud cupulati, dorso glabriusculi, mar- 

 ginibus longe villosi, villis spiculam sequantibus. Spiculse pedicellatse circ, 

 6 mm lg., lineari-lanceolatse, purpura scentes, neutrse : glumse I et II 

 3 — nerves, breviter aristatse, III'^ ut in §, IV» angustissima, breviter aris- 

 tulata. Reliqua 6. 



Somal-Land : Tujusteppe Keller 156; Ogadeensteppe (Keller 129, dif- 

 fert aristis pauUo hrevioribus). 



Species peculiaris, culmo pennse corvinse crassitie fere lignoso, longe 

 laleque prostrato ramorum fascicules densissimos plus minus distantes 

 procreans, vagina summa non spathiformi sed a racemo distante et 

 laminam parvara sed reliquis similem ferente distincta. Spicularum struc- 

 tura affînis videtur A. pukhello Don ceterum habitu etc. valde diverse. 



Panicum (sect. Digitaria) macroblepharum HÂGE. 



Pererme? Culmus erectus, superne longe nudus, simplex, prseter nodos 

 paucos appresse pilosos glaberrimus. Folia glabra ; vaginse teretes, arctse, 

 internodia superantes; ligula membranacea, brevis, truncala, denticulata; 

 laminse lineares, sensim acutalsG, brèves (3 — 6 cm lg., 2 — 3 mm lt.), 

 planae, rigidulse, Iseves, glaucescentes. Raceini 3—5 digitati, 4—6 cm lg., 

 rhachi tenui trigona glabra, ad racemorum ortum dense sericeo-barbata. 

 Spiculœ laxe dispositse, in quovis nodiolo binse, insequaliter pedicellalse 

 (pedicello altere spiculam sequante, altero ea 4plo breviore), 3—5 mm 

 Ionga3, lineari-lanceolatüi, pallidc virides, lanalae: gluma I"'» minuta, 11''» 



