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basin congesta, 3 remotiora ; — laxiuscule, glabrw, leves ; 
ligule truncate, ad 1j lin. long» ; mine lineares, nee — 
eds attenuate, 6-10 poll. longæ, 15 3 lin. lata (summa 1-2 pol 
onga), plan: vel plus — involuta, flaccid, ie ferar 
mad reso contracta, 9-10 poll. longa, nutans vel flexuosa ; 
rami semiverticillati, pee oy ge 24 poll. longi, filiformes, 
flexuosi, fere a basi ramulosi vel simplices. Spiculæ anguste, 6-9 
lin. longze, 4—5-florz ; rhachilla gracillima, articulis ad 1$ lin. longis, 
longe pilosis; glumz vacus acuminato- VERDE. i. 341-4 lin, ` 
ii -5 lin. longa; glum: florentes longe exserte, lanceolatée 
(iii. 5 lin. longa), glabrz, firmiuscule, leves, pallide virides vel sub 
apice scarioso scaberulo bifido purpurascentes, lobis eta 
callo subulato piloso, arista supra medium orta tenui 10- 
longa ; palex 34 lin. longe, carinis ciliolatis.- Antheree 1-1) d 
longe. Ovarium praeter basin glabrum puberulum et in apice 
hispidulum.— 7'isetum antarcticum, Nees in Linnea xx. p. 204, 
nec qe pedis P 01. 
CAPE COLO Cape of Good Hope, R. arein ; Cape Flats, 
doe sheets Ecklon cei g Zeyher 1807, 1807 
581. Avena turgidula, Stapf [Gramineæ-Aveneæ] ; valde affinis 
A. antarctice, Thunb., sed spiculis ob glumas latiores magis 
approximatas plus rewire imbricatas turgidulis 
Perennis. Culmi erecti, 1- -25 ped. alti, glabri, Fa 3-nodi. Folia 
glabre vel minutissime puberulæ ; ligule truncate, a " 
long: ; laminz lineares, acute attenuate, ad 6 poll. longa, h lin. 
latae, plan; vel involutze, flaccid vel rigidule, subglaucæ, 
plerumque glabrz, superne scaberulæ. Panicula contracta, erecta 
vel subnutans, 4-1 ped. alta; rami semiverticillati, admodum 
inæquales, longiores ad 1 poll. longi, parce ramulosi vel simplices, 
filiformes, scabri. Spiculæ 4-5) lin. longs, virides, turgidule, 
3-4-flore ; rhachilla Ericilii articulis parce vel crebrius pilosis ad 
l lin. longis; glume vacue lanceolate, acuminate, i. 21-3 lin., 
ii. 4-4, lin. longa; glumæ florentes exsertz, eei geret 
(iii. 3l lin. longa), glabrz, pallide virides, obscure granulate, 
apice scariose, bidentate, dentibus aristulatis, catio brevissimo 
oon arista e medio orta tenui 7-9 lin. longa; pales lineares, 
3 lin. longae, carinis ciliatis. Antheræ 4-1 lin. Ovarium supra 
ista: pubescens, apice hispidulum. Caryopsis 14 lin. longa. 
—Trisetum imber e aie Afr. Austr. p. 347 ; T. antarcticum, 
Nees, l.c. p. iss (partim). 
H AFRICA. Cape Colony : without locality Zeyher, 463. 
Queenstown Div., : Shilo, 3500 ft., Drege; Baur 776. Alival North 
uuwenspruit, 4500-5000 ft, Drège. Transkei Div.: 
kan. below 1000 ft, Drege. Tembuland: Bazeia, 2000 ft., 
Baur, 5o4. Natal: "Umzinga, foot of Bigarsberg, Rev. J. 
Buchanan, 100; Greytown, Rev. J. E 172; Reit Ta 
5000 ft., Rev. J. Buchanan, 156. Tra svaal : Preto: 
Wonderboomport, Rehmann 4493. 
582. Avena caffra, Stapf [Gramineæ - Aveneæ]; affinis A. 
antarctice, Thunb., sed panicula flexuosa, rhachilla — pilosa, 
glumis florentibus tenuibus levibus distincta, 
