288 
This species belongs to R. Brown's genus Ataxia which has 
been reduced to Hierochloe, but wrongly, as it has much more in 
common with Anthoxanthum. It is very near the South African 
A. Ecklonii, Stapf (Hierochloe Ecklonii, Nees), which has, how- 
ever, larger and pale green spikelets and sometimes a male flower 
ith glume iii. 
570. Ehr = delicatula, Stapf  [Gramines - Phalarid eel ; 
nis E. ?recte, Lam., sed differt duratione annua, spiculis 
minoribus, nia 3. 
Annua, ad 14 ped. alta. end reip graciles, glabri vel 
minute Ete circiter 3-nodi. Foliorum vaginæ arcte, 
glabre vel pilose ; ligulae preva truncate ; lamine lineares, 
1-34 poll longs, 1-2 lin. late, flaccida, minute pilosule vel 
glabrescentes. Panicula angusta, subsecunda, 1-34 poll. longa, 
rhachi glabra filiformi, ramis — patulis simplicibus vel 
lin. 1 
ce ramulosis. Spicule iepen utantes, 1-1} li n. longe ; gluma 
i. lanceolata, acuminata, t lin. longa, 3-nervis, pilosula vel glabra ; 
ii. similis, 1 lin. longa ; i i. and iv. anguste oblongæ vel obovato- 
, Subacuminatæ val acute, 5-nerves, transverse rugoss, 
ebarbate ; iii. paululo brevior; iv. basi utrinque appendice 
semiorbiculari ornata; v. elliptico-oblonga, minute truncata vel 
subacuta, 5-nervis, iv. aequans.  Lodicule glabre. Stamina 3; 
therz 1 lin. longe.—E. panicea var. cuspidata, Nees in Fl. Afr 
Austr., p. 225 (var. mucronata, p. 226) ex parte. 
CAPE COLONY. Little Namaqualand, near Mieren Kasteel, 
among shrubs, Drege, 508. Tulbagh Division, Roodezand, Drége. 
Nees quo E. panicea var. mucronata also from the 
ered localities ¢ Elleboog Fontein (Little Pamagal), 
Ebenezar (Clanwilliam Div.) and Slangenhuivel (Tulbagh Div.) ; 
but from the description (l.c. p. 225 & p. 226), it appears that at 
least some of the specimens referred to do not belong here. 
571. Ehrharta Rehmannii, Wes Lines Phalarides] ; 
proxima E. calycine, Sm., sed m mosa, culmis 6-8-nodis, 
foliis rigidioribus, bee aldea iii. et iv. glabris glumas 
i. et ii. paulo superantibus distincta. 
Perennis, 1-2 ped. alta. Culmi a basi interdum prostrata, 
m ramosa, ae Premier erecti, graciles, leves, 6- 8-nodi, 
internodio longissimo ad 3 poll. longo. Foliorum vagine glabree 
vel reverse villosule ; ligule brevissime, ciliate ; lamin:e lineares, 
breviter acute, 1-4 poll. longe, 11-3 lin. late, rigid, glauce, 
la 
angusta, ul poll. longa, subsecunda, swpissime ad emum 
redacta, ramis suberectis vel patulis rarius umo sube spillaribus 
puberulis. * Spicul pallidæ, oblongæ, 24-3 lin. longs ; glume i. 
et ii. subæquales, anguste oblong:e, obtusæ, distinctius nervose ; 
iii. et iv. glumas preecedentes paulo superantes, glabre, illa angusto 
lineari-oblonga acuta, haec oblonga obtusa mucronata vel mi 
cuspidata sepius transverse rugosa basi utrinque he 
semilunari majusculo ornata ebarbata; v., ut in L, calycina, 
glaberrima, 
