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Affinis a abyssinicœ Höchst., qu^e dilTert rhizomate perenni, culmo elato- 

 foliis linearibus non undulatis; A. elegans Schreb., species annua ditfert 

 gluinis involucrantibus ovato-lanceolatis acutis nee subulato-acuminatis. In 

 A. pubescente Nees, glumae involucrantes iis .4. undulatif'olice similes, sed 

 totae villosae; diflfert etiam foliis linearibus, rhizomate perenni. 

 Monelytrum Luederitzianum Hack, in Verb. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brand., 

 XXX (1888), p. 140; Dur. et Schinz, Consp., V, p. 733. 



HER. : Lüderitz, 40 !. 

 Tragus Berteroanus Schult. Mant. pl. II (1824), p. 205; Schinz et Dar., 

 Consp. V, p. 733. 



AMB. : Olukonda, Schinz 644. 



Kapkolonie, Oranjestaat, Abyssinien und Nordafrika. 

 Anthsenantia glauca Hack, in Verb. Bot. Ver. Prov. Brand., XXX (1888), 

 p. 237. 



GR. NAM. : Tiras, Schinz 673 ! ; sandige Ebenen in den Tälern zwischen 

 •^ Ausis und 4: Kuias, Schenck 80 !. 



Die Gattung ist sonst nur aus Amerika bekannt. 

 Panicum appendiculatum Hack. 



(Sectio BracJtiaria). Perenne. Culmus erectus, simplex (circ. 30 cm long.) 

 glaberrimus, inferne dense foliatus. Foha glabra : vaginte inferiores sese 

 araplectentes, subcompressse ; ligula ciliaris, brevis; laminoe lineari-lanceo- 

 latae, acuminatae, sessiles, basi utrinque in appendicem lineari-subulatum 

 1 cm longum protractœ, inde laminte basis profunde acutissimeque sagit- 

 tata? ; ceterum lamina scaberula, margine subundulata, nervis crebris 

 tenuibus percursa, 10 — io cm long., 1 cm lata. Panicula linearis, stricta, 

 8 — 12 cm longa, densa, rhachi glabra, e racemis crebris sese tegentibus, 

 erecto-patulis 1 — 15 cm longis formata, quorum rhachis tenuis, glabra, in 

 apicem nudum excurrit. Spiculse biseriata?, subimbricatce brevissime pedi- 

 cellatse (pedicello pubescente), et sœpe, sed non semper seta (rhacheos 

 ramulo sterili) spicula breviori vel longiori fuit«, 2 mm longse, ovatae, 

 obtusae et apiculatee, subgibbce, viridi et purpureo-variegatse. Gluma I^a 

 quam spicula dimidia subbrevior, latissime ovalis, obtusa, 3-nervis; II da 

 spiculam subasquans, ovalis, obtusa, 7 — 9-nervis, Illa spiculam sequans, 

 ovata, apiculata, dorso medio leviter sulcata, 3 — 7 nervis, paleam floremque 

 (^ fovens ; gluma fertilis (IVa ) spiculam subœquans, elliptica, dorso vix 

 gibba, mucronulata, transverse rugulosa. 



GR. NAM. : ad fluviura Onanis, leg. Belck 63 c !). 



Affine P. sagittœfoUo Höchst., cujus laminœ vero non solum sagittatae, 

 sed etiam petiolatœ sunt; laminae lobi basilares in hoc triangulari-lanceo- 

 latse, in P. appendiculato subulatae; in P. sagittœfoUo spicula unaquoque 

 seta quam ipsa 3 — 4-plo longiori fulta, in P. appendiculato hse setœ ssepe 

 aboriuntur et spicula ssepius breviores, raro ea longiores sunt. Spiculse in 

 P. sagittœfoUo valde gibbee, in P. appendicidatce minus. Ese species inter se 



