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Pretoria, Wonderboom, Burtt-Davy 8905; northern slopes of Magaliesberg, Fouche i 
(Of little economic value.) 
Near to E. scoparius, from which it differs chiefly in the laxer and more distantly 
branched panicle and broader leaves. 
Eragrostis Burttdavii, Stent. . 
Gramen perenne, dense caespitosum, rhizomate repente pluribus dense . confertis 
brevibus innovationibus. Culm? geniculati, 840 cm. longi, glabri, 1-2 nodi, internodia 
exserta. Foliorum vaginae glabrae, tenuiter sulcatae, inferior laxae, breves, latae. 
Laminae glabrae, lineares, culmorum, 7 cm. longae, 2 mm. latae, innovationium angustiores 
et breviores, planae vel convolutae, apicem versus flexuosae. Panicula ovata, ad 10 em.. 
longa, 7 cm. lata ; rami solitarii vel 2-nati, gracili, flexuosi ; ramulosi 2-4 spiculis. Spreulae 
4 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae, 6-9 florae ; gluma inferior 0-75 mm. longa, obtusa, superior 
1-25 mm. longa, sabobtusa ; valvae 1-5 mm. longae, obtusa, s EE violaceae, apicibus 
flavibus ; palea valvam aequans, truncata, marginibus late inflexis. 
Perennial, densely caespitose, on a creeping rhizome with many densely crowded, 
short innovation shoots. Culms geniculate, 8-40 em. high, glabrous, 1-2-noded, internodes 
exserted. Sheaths glabrous, fine ly ribbed, tight except the lower ones, which are broader, 
stout and loose : ligules a fringe of hairs. Leaf blades glabrous, linear, tapering to a fine 
point, those of the culm 2 mm. x 7 cm., those of the innovation shoots narrower and 
shorter, finely ribbed, midrib scarcely broader than the lateral veins, flat or convolute 
and flexuous in the upper part. Panicle ovate, up to 10 x 7 cm.; branches solitary or 
or 2-nate, undivided from 2-14 mm. above the base; rachis scaberulous or smooth, 
flexuous : branchlets 2-4 spikulate ; pedicels 2-4 mm. long. Sprkelets linear, lanceolate, 
about 4: 2 mm., 6-9-flowered : glumes unequal, lower 0-75 mm. long, obtusa, upper 
1-25 mm. subobtuse ; valves 1-5 mm. long, obtuse, scaberulous, purple, with light yellowish 
tips ; side nerves fine, extending to beyond the middle ; pale equalling the valve, truncate, 
scaberulous, flaps broad ; anthers 3, up to 1 mm. long. 
Very near to #. bicolor, Nees ; but with a shorter and, in comparison, broader panicle 
and rather broader spikelets. 
Bloemhof. Transvaal, Burtt-Dary 10506; Great Karasbere, Pearson in Bolus Herb. 8480. 
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Eragrostis Galpinii, Stent. (PI. IV.) . 
Gramen perenne. Culm? fasciculati, rhizomate repente, erecti, vel geniculato- 
ascendentes, glabri, ad 90 cm. longi, plari nodi, nodi inferiores brevi; culmorum bases 
et rhizomata cataphyllibus brevibus et scariosibus obtecta. Foliorum vaginae laxae, 
striatae. inferiores carmatae et compressae ; laminae angustae, lineares, ad 15 cm. longae, 
” mm. latae, apicibus angustis abtusis, planae, vel complicatae, rigidae, glabrae. Panicula 
late oblonga vel pyramidalia, patula, laxa ad 20 cm. lata, 20 em. longa; rami solitarii, 
inferiores distantes ramulos 1-3 cm. e basi gerentes. Spiculae fere secundae ad 23 mm. 
longae, 2:5 mm. latae, circa 10-30 florae ; rhachilla flexuosa, primo persistente ; glumae 
subequales, inferiores 1-5 mm., superiores, 2 mm. longae, minute asperulae ; valvae purpureae, 
subacutae, omnino minute scabridae; palea acute, hyalina inter carinas rigide-ciliatas ; 
stvli distincti: lodiculi truncati; antherae 1:3 mm. longae. 
Perennial. Culms fascicled on a creeping rhizome, erect or geniculate- ascending, 
simple or branched, glabrous, slender, up to 3 feet high, many-noded, “internodes included, 
or shortly exserted, or the upper most sometimes long exserted, lower short; bases of 
culms and rhizomes covered with short, scarious scales. Sheaths loose, striate, "the lower 
ones sub-compressed and keeled, glabrous except at the often long-bearded mouth; ligule 
a ciliate membranous rim ; blades narrow, linear, up to 5 mm. broad x 15 em. long. tapering dd 
to a narrow, rounded point. flat or folded, rather firm, glabrous, smooth below except ~ 
towards the tips, finely scaberulous above. Panicle broadly “oblong or pyramidal, spreading, — 
lax up to 20 em. broad x 20cm. long, branches solitary, lower ones rather distant, pei ar 
