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geniculata infra torta; palea eem "n subzequans, lanceolata, 
2-dentata. Antherce obtuse, | in. lon Dip 108,2 a quingueseta, 
K. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost- Ar. e 
GERMAN EAST AFRICA. kilistiandjiro,:  Kifnika Volcano, 
Volckens, 1856. 
4. Agrostis griquensis, Stapf [Graminew—A grostidez ] ; affinis 
A. poen late, Vill, sed gracilior, spiculis pau ulo minoribus, 
gluma iii. aristulata, antheris minimis, caryopsi lineari-oblonga 
gulcata. 
Annua. Culmi geniculati, graciles, pauta ut tota planta 
glabri, ad 1 ped. alti. Foliorum vagin: leves; ligule oblonge, 
acute, ad 1 lin. longe ; laminæ angustissime lineares, acute, l-2 poll. 
long, 4—4 lin. late, leves vel supra leviter scaberule. Panicula 
spiciformis, sepe UN densa, perangu sta, 1-14 poll. longa ; 
rami breves, a basi mulosi, rhachi appressi, asperuli. Spiculæ 
brevissime Taai un, $ lin. longz, pallide virides; rhachilla 
haud continuata; gluma i. et ii. subequales, oblong, obtuse vel 
subemarginate, interdum mucronulate, age marginibus 
ciliolatis ; iii. quam i. paulo brevior, truncata, apice ciliolata vel 
i tenuissima, obscure 5-nervis, asm “i sae arista 
rminali, ‘callo glabro; palea 4 brevior, Anthere 
Y lin. longe, obtuse. Caryopsis lineari-o oblonga, conspicue 
sulcata, } lin. long, i in gluma iii. paleaque arcte inclusa 
Bes UTH AFRICA. Griqualand West, near Griquatown, Burchell, 
1863. 
5. Agrostis continuata, Stapf re): affinis 
A. yon on et A. natalensi, Stapf, sed glumis i. et ii. tenuiter 
acuminatis, iii. ie rhachilla continuata distinc 
Culmi erecti, 1-2 ped. alti, Bt tota planta antt paucinodi. 
Foliorum vagin: arcte, glabre; ligule 1 lin.longs, obtuse ; 
laminz lineares, acute attenuate, ad 6 poll. longee, 1-1} lin. late, 
plus minusve flaccidæ, scaberule vel subtus leves. " Panicula 
subspiciformis, interrupta ad 6 poll. longa, rami fasciculati, 
fasciculis densis erectis oblongis, admodum in:quales, longiores 
ad 21 poll. longi ad 6-9 lin. lati simplices, czeteri a basi ramulosi, 
parce as — ; pedicelli plerumque spieulis breviores. Spicule 
virescentes 2 lin. longe; rhachilla brevissime producta, arista 
gracillima 1-2 lin. longa vel rarius gluma imperfecta terminata ; 
glume i. et ii. equales vel subsequales, lineari-lanceolate, tenuiter 
acuminate, scaberulæ ; iii. oblonga, 1 lin. sublongior, me is, 
inferne 5- superne 4-nervis, 4-dentata vel 4-mucronata (mucroni- 
bus exterioribus plerumque longioribus) secundum idem 
pilosula, callo minute pilosulo, arista supra basin orta scabra medio 
subgeniculata ; Leu quadrato-oblonga, 2-dentata, hyalina, 4—} lin. 
longa. Antheræ ł lin. longe. 
BRITISH posean AFRICA. Nyasaland, Buchanan (1891 
collection), 356. 
6. Agrostis rms Stapf ot eared A. 
POM Hack., affinis, sed foliis multo angustioribus, spiculis 
paulo longioribus, eh iii. breviore et latiore, palea tru truncata 
incta. 
