PLATE 429. 
Ei;.\(;ii().sTJS NAMA\)L'E.\,sis, Nfcs, var. idbu.sta, Sla^.f. (Fl. Cap., Vol. A^Il., p. (i:J()). 
Nat. Order Grainiue;e. 
Annual or «UBrERENNiAL {() tufted. — Culms erect, sleuder, ^ to I foot long, 
glabrous, suiootli, 1-iioded, simple, ii[)per iuteniode by far the longest, long 
exserted ; slieatlis striate, glabrous, tight, lowest more or less compressed and 
keeled. Blades linear, tapering to a tine ])oint, '2 to 4 inches, by L to li^ line, tlat, 
Haccul, glabrous, smooth. 
1*AN1('LL tightly contracte<l and hnear or more or less oj)eii and oblong, 4 to G 
niches l«»ng, erect ; axis smooth, terete ; branches solitary or -I-o-nate or irregularly 
appr(),\inuite, erect or oblicpiely spreading, rather loosely and ie])eatedly divided 
fi-om near the l»ase, all divisions subcaj)illary, glabrous, smooth or almost so; 
lateral })edicels usually \ ery short. 
Si'l KllLKTS ei'owded or more or less scattered, elliptic, obtuse, 1 line long, 
about 5 or (j-flo\vered, light })Uij)lish or brownish ; rliachilla disarticulating. 
(iIlUMKS sube([ual, broad, oblong, obtuse, emarginate, j line long, hyaline, 
1 -nerved, persistent. Valves oblong in profile, obtuse, § line long, hyaline, side- 
nerves prominent, smooth, like the keel. Pales subecpial to the valves, keels 
smooth, falling \\ ith the valves. Stamens '2 ; anthers almost | line long. Grain 
oblong, j- line by ^ line, brown, smooth. 
Vau. iior.usTA (Stapf). — Culms stout, u[) t<» 3 feet high, o-noded, simple or 
branched below ; sheaths long, exceeding the internodes (except the up})ei-most) 
usually slip])ing from the stem and rolling inwards in the u[)per part. I'anicle 
to foot long, usually C(jntracted, dense; branches more numerous, often very 
long ; anthers line long or aluKjst so. 
HdbitSit : Natal. Yar. robusta, by streamlets at lUOU feet alt., w ithout precise 
locality, Buchanan 276. 
Drawn fi'om Buchanan s specimen, the only one ni the Herbarium. 
In our specimen the valves are emarginate like the glumes. 
Fig- 1, Lower glume ; 2, ui)pei- glume; 3, valve ; .'ia, same iu profile ; 4, pale : 5, pistil, 
stameus auil lodicules. All cnlanjcd. 
