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588. Trichopteryx mi Fhe Stapf ' [Graminew-Avenew ] ; valde 
affinis 7. simplici, Benth., 
foliis perlongis angustissimis sepiu s planis superne _capillaribnls 
paniculis pedalibus vel ultrapedalibus flavidis uberibus 
Culmi e d densis strictissimi, po 21 3 ped. alti, 
glabri vel hirsuti, 2-3-nodi. Folia circiter 2 prope basin, 2-3 
remota, vaginis Kelis glabris vel hirsutis ad nodos barbatis vel 
glabris infimis basi tomentosis demum in fibras solutis, ligulis ad 
seriem pilorum reductis, laminis "aros pato linearibus 1-14 pe 
longis ad 1 lin. latis apicem versus longe capillaribus glebris 
hirsutisve rigidis. Panicula contracta, danke vel laxiuscula 
1-1} ped. longa, flavida, ramis sspe permultis semiverticillatis 
cüpillaribus longioribus ad 6 lin. mettent us sepeque ad 
medium simplicibus. Spicule 45-6 lin. longs, glabre, structura 
T. simplicis nisi gluma ii. saepe iii. equante vel subsuperante. 
UPPER GUINEA. Niger region: Nupe, Jeba, Barter. 
589. Trichopteryx acuminata, Stapf E ESE oris æ]; 
habitu 7’, M Hiris. ba (vide taney similis, glumis longe 
setaceo-acuminatis nibus 3 dis 
Culmi eiie. 4 Peg ait , glabri, loves, Folia l— € tantum 
nota, vaginis glaberrimis arctis, igulis seriem pilorum minu- 
torum redacta, laminis convolutis- e hon capillariter attenuatis, 
4-6 poll. longis, glabris vel supra minutissime puberulis. 
Panicula erecta, angusta, laxiuscula, circiter 9 poll. longa, 
ne 
oblonga, 13-2 lin. longa, superne minute puberula, breviter 
bifida, callo barbato parvo, arista n seabrida 1-1} poll. 
longa ad vel infra medium geniculata. Stamina in utroque 
flore 2; antherae 3-1 lin. Ovarium glabrum 
UPPER Rene Niger region : Nupe, Barter: 
590, Trichopteryx hordeiformis, Stapf  [Gramines-A venes ; 
inter generis ie es panieula densa aristis longissimis crinita 
Pd eal ua. 
nnua, gregaria. Culmi stricti, 3 ped. alti, glabri, 3-nodi. 
vaginæ erectæ, superne um margine 
verticillatis Doe dene appressis brevioribus: Spiculæ flavide, 
641-71 e ongs, glanduloso-setose ; gluma i. oblonga, obtusa, 
2-3 lin.longa; i i liidrina ta, longe seismic aei te truncata, 
64-75 lá. longs.;- iii. lanceolato-oblonga, su subacuta, 33-4 lin. longa, 
paleam acutam 14-2 lin. longam gerens; iv. oblongo-linearis, 
