PLATE 432. 
Mtoro('tiloa altera, StapP, var. Ne!soiiii, Sta])f. (Fl. ( ap.. Vol. VTT. |). r,:]?). 
Nat. Order Graiiiinpa\ 
Pet!Enntal, (Ic'iisclv oa'.'^|)it<»so. — Cuems erect, verv slender, simple, S to 1(» 
inches l(iiig, compressed below, Ll-iioded, ulnhroiis oi' woollv, iipjier iiileriiodes 
\'erv loiio;, exstrted. 
Leaves iiiainlv crowded at the base ; sheatbs tight or scantih' woollv, the 
basal compressed, keeled, very narrow, ])ersisteiit. at length breakino- n|) into 
fibres; blades setaceous, folded, acute, scarcely distinct from the sheaths, M to H 
inches long, glabrous, smooth. S])ike solitary, | to I inch long, usually straight ; 
rhachis glabi'ous. 
Sptkelets !2-Ho\\ ei-ed, dorsidl v and obH(piely compicssed, uniseriate or biseriate. 
2,| lines long, glabrous, brown. 
Glumes lanceolate-oblong, oljtuse, the hurcr slightly longer and asvnnnetric, 
the upper firmer. Florets, Joiver hermaphrodite ; valve riinntely bilobed, 1^ line 
long, ciliate along tlie nerves; ])ale glal)r(tus. keels verv finely scabrid aljove ; 
iiliper floret barren, slightly smaller ; valve and pale glabrous, more delicate, the 
latter often reduced or (piite su])})ressed. Grain 1 line long. 
Habitat: Natal. Pviet Vlei, 4000-r)00() feet alt., /hicJurnoit IG:!; Zululand, 
2000 to :!(»00 feet alt., IFoor/ 7:i()4 {Jcuki nson 44). 
Fio- ], Tjower glunio : 2, iiitpor glume ; 3, \-a\\c of lowoi- Hovet : 4, of same ; 
of upper floret : (J. pnle of same : 7, pistil, stamens and lodiciiles. ./// riiliiii/nl. 
