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unbranched for from 1-3 cm. from the base, up to 11 cm. long; branchlets spreading, the 
lowest pair of the lowest branches usually close together sub 2-nate, the upper ones gradually 
shorter and solitary, less divided and with fewer spikelets and often secund and scabrid ; 
quite ‘glabrous, without or with few hairs in the axils. Spikelets linear, up to 
23 mm. long x 2:5 mm. wide, and 10-30-flowered, rachilla at first persistent ; glumes 
subequal, lower 1:5 mm. long, upper 2 mm. long, 1-nerved, minutely scabrid on nerve; 
valves over 2 mm., purplish, sub-acute, 3-nerved, side nerves long, minutely scabrid all 
over; pale acute: rigidly ciliate on the keels, scabrid, nearly equalling the valve, hyaline 
between the rigidly ciliate keels ; ovary oval; style distinct ; lodicules truncate. Stamens 3 ; 
anthers 1:3 mm. long: grain ovoid, rounded ; embryo small. 
Mosdene, Naboomspruit, Waterberg, Galpin 456; Warmbaths, Burit-Davy 1149; 
near Nylstroom, Burtt-Davy 2034; Le taba River , Zoutpansberg, Junod, Govt. Herb., 4673. 
Near to EF. gangelica, from which it differs in the widely spreading panicle, longer 
branchlets, and fewer spikelets. 
Tristachya pedicellata, Stent. 
Gramen perenne, caespitosum, rhizomate obliquo. Culmi validi, ad 120 em. longi, 
olabri, laeves, 1-3 modi. Foliorum vaginae aliquantum arctae, striatae, glabrae, sed 
inferiores villosulae ; laminae lineares, planae, 15-23 cm. longae, 6-8 mm. latae, glabrae, 
rigidae, supra asperulae, infra laeves. Panicula contracta, nodi inferiores pilosi; rams 
ad 5 cm. longi, saepe multo minus, superiores saepe nihilo redacti. Gluma, inferior, rigide, 
3-nervosa, 13 mm. longa, 4mm. lata, glabra, laeves, ovata, subacuta ; superior, 24 mm. longa, 
4-5 mm. lata, apice obtusa. Valva inferior, 7-nerva, 20 mm. longa, glabra, obtusa, laevis ; 
antherae 8 min. longae ; lodiculae 1:3 mm. longae, 0-8 mm. latae ; palea brevior. Valva 
superior, ad 12 mm. longa, 7-9 nerva, mucrones 2 loborum lateralium breves ; arista media 
valida, ad 6:5 cm. longa: palea apice acute. 
Compactly caespitose on oblique rhizoms. Culms stout, up to 120 cm., glabrous, 
smooth, 1-3-noded, internodes exserted. Leaf sheaths somewhat tight, finely ribbed and 
glabrous, except the lowest, which are loose and finely and appressedly hairy between the 
ribs ; blades linear, tapering to an acute point, 15-23 em. long x 6-8 mm. wide, glabrous, 
rigid, flat, scabrid above and on the cartilaginous margins, smooth below. Panicle con- 
tracted, scanty; rachis smooth, with oblique, membranous and hairy scales around the 
lower nodes; branches up to 5 cm. long, often much shorter, the upper so much reduced 
that the triplets of spikelets appear to be sessile on the rachis. Pedicels distinct, 2-4 mm. 
long. Lower glume strongly 3- sub 5-nerved, with a few irregular, oblique, transverse 
veins, 13 mm. long x 4 mm. wide (flattened out), glabrous, smooth, ovate, subacute ; 
upper 3-nerved, 24 mm. long x 4:5 mm. wide (flattened), narrowing to an obtuse apex, 
a few irregulur oblique veins connecting the nerves in the upper part, glabrous and smooth. | 
/ ower valve i-nerved, 3 nerves percurrent, 20 mm. long, glabrous, smooth, obtuse ; anthers 
8 mm. long; lodiculs 1-3 mm. long x 0-8 mm. broad; palea 14 mm. long, with scabrid 
keels and bifil tips, lobes acute. Upper floret 12 mm. long, with long-bearded callus 4 mm. ; 
valve 12 mm long, 7- sub 9-nerved in the upper part, hairy, bifid, awned from between 
the lobes; awn 6:5 cm.; lobes including short mucro 4 mm.; palea ae acute scabrid keels, 
very narrow between the keels, 9 mm. long; stamens 3; style distinct ; ovary trigonous ; 
lodicules lanceolate, 2 mm. long; caryops long, narrow, cylindrical, up to 7 mm. long, 
erooved on the face ; embryo 2 mm. long. 
Near to Tristachya rehmanni, from which it differs chiefly in the pedicelled spikelets, 
the short bristles of the upper valve and in the broader leaves. 
Waterberg (Transvaal): Warmbaths, Natinal Herbarium, Burtt-Davy 1144; 
Naboomspruit, Galpin 428. 
