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erecta, 5-7 poll. longa; rami geminati vel 3-4-nati, longiores ad 3 
poll. longi, nutantes, simplices ad 1-1} poll., filiformes, scabridi 
Spicule erecte, 4-5 lin. longs, E flore ; rhachille articuli 
ad 1j lin. longi, pilosi ; glume vacuæ as subhyaline, lanceo- 
late; i.3-nervis,3—33 lin.longa; ii.3-5-nervis, 4—4; lin. longa; glumæ 
florentes breviter exsertz», lanceolate (iii. pem in. "un. glabre, 
seaberule, tenuiter 7-nerves, sub € Scarioge purpurascentes, 
bifidz, ik aristulatis, callo parvo barbato, arista medio 
orta 7-8 lin. longa; palez lineares, 3 lin. longs, carinis superne 
longiuscule | ciliatis. Anthere 1$ lin. longs. Ovarium supra 
p. 298, non Hook. HR. Neesii, Hochst. ex Steud Si 
Gram. p. 227. Danthonia elongata, Hochst. in Flora, 1841, I. 
Intell. Bl. p. 20; A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. II. 
ABYSSINIA. a n Si ee ai IIT. 1993 ; ; Tigre, 
Mt. Sholoda, Schimper, I. ks res DN , (900 ft., Schimper 
(1862 collection), 1002; Roth. Eritrea: Mt. 
Bizen, 6000 ft. MM (1892 eun. 2018. 
579. Avena exem een hae -Avenem]; affinis A. lach- 
nanthe, Hoo culis laxioribus gracilioribus, 
spi iculis nnd: ae disparsia, glumis fertilibus tenuius 
nervosis distincta. 
Culmi e basi debili gracili -— eques 3—4 ped. longi, 
glabri, leves, multinodi. Folior vagine laxe, glabre ve 
infime primo puberule, leves ; ligule truncate, ad 2 Ts long: ; 
laminz lineares, tenuiter attenuate, 5-7 poll. longs, 2 lin. latæ, 
flaccidæ, glabræ, rarissime pubescentes, supra et s marginibus 
minute scaberule. Panicula angusta, laxa, 4-9 poll. longa, erecta 
vel subnutans; rami remote semiverticillati, ge cities. ineequales, 
parce ramulosi ‘vel ey tenuiter filiformes, flexuosi, scaberuli, 
deve ed 2 lin. longi. Spicule disperse, 3 A is. long:, laxe 
-flore ; rhachille A P superiores ad 1j lin. long», longe 
pi ilosze ; Ante vacus pertenues, i. oe acu uta, l-nervis, 
14-2 lin. longa ; ii. obverse lanceolata, acuta vel breviter acuminata, 
24-3 lin. longa, 3-nervis ; glume florentes longe exsertz, oblongo- 
lanceolate, um lin. long, saben; pallide virides, rarius sub apice 
purpurascentes, leves, tenuiter nervose, apice —— bidentate, 
dentibus acutis vel  subaristulatis, callo min barbato, 
arista supra medium orta tenui columna ee puc 1i lin. 
seta 5-7 lin. longa; pales: oblongo-lineares, 25 lin. longæ, carinis 
scaberulis. Antherce i lin. longe. Ovarium apice hispidum, 
deinde ad medium puberulum m.—A. lachnantha, Schweinf. Beitr. 
Ft. rages p. 298, non Hook, fil. Trisetum lachnanthum, Hochst. 
ex A. Rich. Tent. "Fl. Abyss. II. p. 416. 
ABYSSINIA. Simen, Mt. Aber near * Dschenausa,’ Setimper, II. 
859; Shoa, Roth. 
580. Avena longa, Stapf [Graminesz-Avene»]; affinis A. dre- 
geane, Stapf (Triseto dregeano, Sfeud.), sed panicula = longiore 
flaccida laxe contracta et foliis longis flaccidis distincta. 
- Ceespitosa, perennis. Culmi erecti, 2-3 ped. Tee] 
| circiter 3-nodi, ad fere basin paniculae vaginati. Folia. 3.6 pro 
