TTATJPFfTTLoA, Klllltll. 
Si>tki;ij;ts of .')-4 florets sessile, crowdcMl. uiiil;itci-;il, alteninlvly l)iserinte nlonii' tlie 
iiiidi'il) of ii flattened rhachis ; rliaehilla disartieulating above the glumes, eoiitimioiis 
between the valves, the lower floret hermaphrodite, the following 1 or :2 male, the 
ii])])erm(^st han-en, rndimentary. 
Glumes une(|ual, the /o/re>' persistent, kccletl, very thin l-ncn^'ed, the upper 
much longer, oblong, flattened on the back, '1 to o-ner^'ed. Arm. Hermaphrodite 
floret about equalhng the U])]h'1" ghime. N aive folded, olili(|uely oblong in ])roflle, 
obtuse, white, thin, .S-nerved, densely cihate along the ner\-es ; callus obscure ; [)ale 
slightly sliorter, i-keeled ; lodicules cuneate, fleshv, almost o-winged ; stamens .'> ; 
o^'ary glabrous ; styles distinct ; stigmas slendci', jilnmose, laterally exserted. Upper 
flcM'ets crowded in a club-shajied l)ody, not exceeding the hermaphi'odite floret, 
enveloped by the valve of the lower male floret ; x'alves 2-ner\ ed oi- with a trace of 
the middle ner^'e near the apex, ciliolate or glabrous ; ])ales :?-ner\'ed ; stamens o or 0 ; 
o^'ary usually quite suppressed. (Irain free, embraced by the unchanged and 
pale, oblong, obtuselv triquetrous ; embryo ^ the length of the grain ; hiluni puncti- 
form, basal. 
Perexxial, denselv cai'spitose ; leaves Hrm, l'oldc(l or con\'olute al»ove, more or 
less cur\ed ; spikes terminal, solitary I'ai'fh' gci'ininatc <lark ()li\e-greN'. 
Species 1, endemic. 
PLATE 434. 
HARrECTTLOA C'AI'EXSTS, Knutll. (Fl. Ca]).. A'ol. \\\.. p. ()/>*)). 
Xat. Order < ii'aminca'. 
(/I'LMs erect, f to '1 feet long, compressed I)elow, ::!-iiode(l, A\()olly l»elow tlic spike, 
otherwise usually glabrous, u]i])ei' '1 internodes \vv\ long, exserte(|. 
Leaa ks mostK' ei'owded at the base ; basal sheaths imbi'icate. tii'm. persistenr, 
com])i'essed. keeled, hairy oi- glal)rescent, bearded at the mouth, striate, the U])])erm()st 
slighth' tumid, glabrous ; ligulc a ciliolate rim : blades linear, acute to o])tuse, o to 10 
inches, 1)V ^ to 1^ line when Hattened ont, gianeous, glabrous or hairv to woolb-, 
smooth. Spikes 1 to '1^ inches long to 4 lines broad : I'haehis cihate oi- woollw 
Sl'lKEl.E'l's .') to .')^ lines long. 
(Jlimes, lower ovate, acute to obtuse, 1^ to 1^ lines long ; upper ',\ to ',\^ lines 
long ; \'al\'e of the hermaplu'odite floret to lines long ; pale ciliate along the 
margins and hairv near the tip. keels scaberulons ; lodicules J- line long. Anthei's 1^ 
to 1^ line lo)ig ; upper xahcs ami antliei's smallei'. (ii'ain \^ line long. 
Habitat: Xatal. Near :\bn-it/bnrg. lOOO-i^OOO feet alt., Krajis.^ 44:): Kiet 
Ylei, 40(H)-.")0(H) feet alt., i^'?/c//an^on7.S ; Mooi lli\-er. 4000 feet alt.. Woixf 7:\\7 : 
and Avithout precise locality, Bnchanaji .">" : I),'). 
Fig 1. A si)ikelet ; 2, lower o;]ume : i^, Hp]ioi' olunic : 4. valve ; ,'>, pale : (1, ]iisti], stnmens 
and lofliniles ; 7, second valve : S, j^alc ; 9, stamens : 10, tliird valve ; il,|)ale. All culan/eil. 
