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striatae, imbricatae, firmae, marginibus membranaceae, laxe pilosae vel glabres- 

 centes vel glabrae, basales persistentes, in fibras demum fissae; ligulae ad seriem 

 ciliorum minutorum redactae; laminae filiformes, breviter acutae vel obtusae, us- 

 que 30 cm. longae, arete conduplicato-convolutae, teretes, 0.3-0.6 mm. diametro, 

 rigidae, erectae et strictae vel plus minusve curvatae, glauco-virides, laeves, va- 

 ginam versus pilosae, ceterum sparse pilosae vel glabrae. Panicula erecta, lan- 

 ceolata vel lanceolato-elliptica, demum laxiuscula, 12-30 cm. longa, usque 6 cm. 

 lata, canescens; rhachis sulcata, pilosa vel glabra, rigida, seta tenuissima termi- 

 nata; rami solitarii, erecti vel oblique patentes, angulares, stricti vel leviter 

 flexuosi, laxe divisi, scaberuli, usque 8 cm. longi, basin versus pilosi vel om- 

 nino glabri, seta tenuissima scaberula usque 10 mm. longa terminati; pedicelli 

 capillares, flexuosi vel curvati, laeves, usque 6 mm. longi, apice incrassati. 

 Spiculae ovatae, late ovatae, oblongo-ovatae, vel late oblongae, a latere com- 

 pressae, 5-9 mm. longae, 2.5-4 mm. latae, 5-20-florae, dense pilosae, olivaceo- 

 cinereae; rhachilla persistens, flexuosa, glabra, laevis, internodiis 0.5 mm. longis. 

 Glumae tenuiter membranaceae, 1-nerves, pilis albis longiusculis plus minusve ap- 

 pressis vel patulis densiuscule pilosae; inferior explanata ovata, obtusa, 2-2.5 

 mm. longa; superior explanata late ovata, obtusa, 2-3 mm. longa. Lemmata imbri- 

 cata, demum oblique patentia, a latere visa elliptica vel semi-ovato-elliptica, ex- 

 planata late elliptica, breviter acuta vel obtusa, 2-3 mm. longa, tenuiter mem- 

 branacea, ut glumis pilosa, 3-nervia, nervis supra medium evanescentibus. Paleae 

 late obovatae, emarginatae vel obtusae, 2-2.3 mm. longae, membranaceae, inter 

 carinas concavae, carinis minute scaberulae. Lodiculae obcuneatae, truncatae. 

 Antherae 3, 1 mm. longae. 



North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, locally common on grasslands of plateau 

 rim, a grass of the slopes not seen on open plateau, 2340 m., August 19, 1946, 

 Brass 17334 (TYPE). Between Kondowe and Karonga, 600-1800 m., July 1896, 

 Whyte. Nymkowa Mountain, growing plentifully near woods, 1950 m., Sept. 1902, 

 McClounie 28. North Nyasaland: without precise locality, Whyte. 



A member of a small group, including E. longepaniculata De Wild, and E. his- 

 pida K. Schum., in which many, if not all, of the primary ramifications of the in- 

 florescence terminate in a fine naked bristle devoid of spikelets. 



Eragrostis chapelieri (Kunth) Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 392. 1841. 

 Poa chapelieri Kunth, Rev. Gram. 2: 543. pi- 186. 1832. 



Kasungu District: Kasungu, frequent in Brachystegia woodland, 1000 m., 

 August 25, 1946, 17417. Kenya Colony and Uganda, southwards to South Africa; 

 also ifT the Mascarene Islands. 



Eragrostis ciliaris (L.) R. Br. in Tuckey, Narr. Exp. R. Zaire App. 478. 1818. 



Poa ciliaris L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 875. 1759. 



Poa boryana Willd. Enum. PI. Hort. Berol. 109. 1809. 



Megastachya ciliaris (L.) Beauv. Agrost. 74, 167, 174. 1812. 



Megastachya boryana (Willd.) R. & S. Syst. Veg. 2: 592. 1817. 



Eragrostis villosa Trin. Fund. Agrost. 137. 1820. 



Cynodon ciliaris (L.) Rasp. Ann. Sci. Nat. 5: 302. 1825. 



Eragrostis lobata Trin. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 1: 396. 1830. 



Eragrostis boryana (Willd. )£teud. Norn. Bot. ed. 2. 1: 562. 1840. . 



Eragrostis pulchella Pari, in Hook. Niger Fl. 188. 1849. 



Eragrostis lepida Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 424. 1851. 



Eragrostis ciliaris var. ciliaris (L.) Stapf in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7: 314. 1896. 



Erosion ciliaris (L.) Lunell, Am. Midi. Nat. 4: 221. 1915. 



Chikwawa District: Chikwawa, common on pathways on river plain, 200 m., 

 October 2, 1946, 17897. Widespread in tropical Africa and America; also in South 

 Africa, Mascarene Islands, and India. 



