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florifera triplo brevioribus superne pubescentibus. Glunue steriles 

 Bubaequales, flores contiguos ad V 1 usque tegentes, 4 mm. 1g., lineari-lan- 

 ceolatœ, apice (saltem superior) bidentulaeet inter dentieulosinucronatœ, 

 1-nerves, carinata), glabrse v. parce ciliatae. Glmme floriferse lanceolato- 

 lineares, 3 mm. lg., villis albis patulis ciliatae, carinata}, 3-nerves, ner- 

 vis in aristulas rigidulas excurrentibus (quarum laterales 1 mm., media 

 1,5 mm. lg.), aristula media basi denticulis 2 minutas aucta, patula, 

 scabra; palea glamam suani subsequans, linearis, binervis, minute 

 bidentula, glaberrima. 



Republica Oranjensis : Blceml'ontein (Rehm. 3733), Draait'ontein 

 (Rehm. 3622). 



Affinis videtur Dipïachni andropoejonoidi Nées, nimis breviter 

 descripta?, quam ad Triraphis genus pertinerc suspicor. Hœc ex 

 descriptione differt culmo ramoso, vaginis ore barbatis, spiculis lon- 

 giuscule pedicellatis, gluma florifera rhachillaque patenti-hirsutis. 



Eragrostis micrantha HACK. 



Perennis, cœspitosa, tota glaberrima. Culmi erecti v. ascendentes, 

 30-40 cm. alti, graciles, compressi, simplices. Vaginae compressa?, 

 arctœ, internodiis breviores, ad os pilis paucis barbatae. Ligula minute 

 ciliaris. Lamina? angustissime lineares, 1ère setacea?, capillari-attenuatse, 

 8-12 cm. lg., explanatœ basi vix 1 mm. lata?, siccitate sa?pius compli- 

 cata?, stricta? v. apice curvula?, erecta?, flaccidula?, tenuinerves. Panicula 

 ovali-oblonga?, cire. 12-15 cm. lg., patens, lucida, rhachi glabra, ramis 

 inferioribus 3-5 nis , primariis mox supra basin repetite ramulosis, 

 ramulis capillaribus patulis in axillis glabris, scaberulis. Spicula? omnes 

 longepedicellata? (pedicello in spiculis subterminalibus ipsas superan- 

 te), 3-4 flora?, 2,5-3 mm. lg., lineari-oblonga?, plumbeo-virides v. sub- 

 fusca?, rhachilla articulatim sejungente. Gluma? steriles suba?quales 

 (inferior parum brevior), hyalino-membranacea?, lanceolata?, acuta?, 

 inferior acuminata, tcnui-1-nerves, inferior dimidium florem contiguum 

 superans, superior eo brevior. Glimia? florifera? laxe imbricata?, oblonga?, 

 obtusiuseuhe, tenui-membranacea?, la?ves, suhearinata?, nervo lateral i 

 utroque tenuissimo vix l /a glumae percurrente. Palea glumam tloriferam 

 a?quans, lineari-oblonga, obtusa, carinis laevibus. Anthera? 0,8 mm. lg. 



Republica Oranjensis : Draait'ontein (Rehm. 3645, 3675). 



Affinis E. bifione Hack., sed perennis, spiculis lineari-oblongis, con- 

 stater 3-4-floris, glumis sterilibus quam florentes contigua? multo bre- 

 vioribus, etc., diversa. 



