PLATE 496. 



Andeopogox traxsvaalexsis, Stapf. (Fl. Cap., Vol. VII., p. 363). 



]Si"at. Order (rramineiP. 



Perennial, tufted. — Culms erect, ssubgeiiiculate, simple, slender, over 3 feet 

 long, terete, glabrous, 5-noded below the panicle ; sheaths tight, glabrous, the loicer 

 firm, short, persistent, keeled above, fugaciously and adpressedly hair}', the vpjier 

 much shorter than the internodes ; ligules membranous, rounded, up to 1 line long ; 

 blades narrow, linear, tapering to a long setaceous point, up to 1 foot, b}' IJ line, 

 flat or convolute above, rigid, glabrous, scabrid in the upper part. 



Panicle consisting of about 12 erect 2-3-nate sim^sle, long filiform branche.s 

 from long narrow spathiform sheaths bearing filiform or setaceous blades ; spathes 

 finely linear, acute, 2 to 2J inches long, glabrous, reddish : connnon peduncles filiform, 

 exserted near the tip of the spathe, the exserted part flexuous, J to 1 inch long, 

 pubescent and bearded with long tubercle-based hairs, dark purple. Racemes con- 

 tiguous, 6 to 8 lines long, one sessile, the otiier on a fugaciously hairy purple 

 peduncle, joints filiform, obliquely truncate, IJ line long, dark purple, densely ciliate 

 with rigid white hairs ; pedicel very similar, usually produced into a fine subulate 

 membranous appendage, facing the upper glume. 



Spikelets, sessile ones 2 to 4 in each raceme, perfect with the exception of the 

 lowest, which is male like the pedicelled ; perfect spikelets linear-oblong, 2^ lines long, 

 purple, hairy, callus acute, bearded, up to |- line long. 



Glumes, lower subchartaceous, truncate, dorsally flattened, sometimes shallowly 

 pitted, intracarinal nerves 5, prominent above almost throughout or e^•anescent below, 

 hairs scattered all over or mainly near upper margins ; upper obtuse, 3-nerved, hairy 

 above ; lower valve almost equalling the glumes, linear, obtuse, sub-2-nerved, scantily 

 cihate ; upper shortly 2-lobed, ciliate, 3-nerved near the base, awn about 1 inch long, 

 slender, pubescent and kneed below the middle ; pale ; male spikelets narrowlv 

 lanceolate, up to ?>-2>^ lines long, muticous, hairy or lowest glabrous, 7-9-nerved, 

 keels scantily and rigidly ciliate above ; upper acute, hairy or glabrous, long ciliate ; 

 valves almost equalling the glumes, ciliate, lower 3, upper 1 -nerved. 



Intermediate between A. Dregeanus and A. filipendulus. 



Habitat : Natal. Dundee, IV. E. Green 88, March, 1899, 4000-5000 feet alt. 

 (Government Herbarium 8107) ; same locality. Green 50, December, 1898 (Govern- 

 ment Herbarium 8120). 



Fig 1, Spikeletf. Sessile spikelets — 2, Lower glume ; 3, upper glume ; 4, lower valve ; 5, 

 pale ; 6, ovarj' and Indicules ; 7, upper valve with base of awn. Pedicelled spikelets — 8, 

 Lower glume ; 9, upper glume ; 10, lower valve ; 11, upper valve. All enlarged. 



