PLATE 454. 
PoA BTXATA. Nees. (V\. Cap.. 1^)1. VTT.. p 714). 
Nat. ( hi]rr CiraniiiKW. 
Ti:r!R\XTAT>, eoni]iactlv ca^sj^itose. glal)r(nis;. — ('(JLms ci'ect, ^ to 1^ foot liigli, 
rai'cly taller, more or less compressed lielow, nsuallv 2-iioded, iiiteniodes exserted. 
Llv\\'Es mostly near the base; sheaths tight, smooth, the h>ir<'r moi'e oi' less 
keeU^d, ultimately breaking up into persistent fibi'es ; ligules ovate, to ih line 
long; l)lades linear, acute, "2 to (1 inches, by I to 1|- line. flat, with tlie ti[)s often 
Complicate and cui'ved. smooth or finely scaberulous above. 
I\\M('i.K ovoid or ])vramidal when o])en, 2^^ to (\ inches long, erector nodding, 
lax; rliachis smooth. \'erv slender: branches distant, geminate, finely tditbrm, 
llexiious or wavw up to 2 inches long, undiv ided to the middle or be\'oiid it. smooth 
or scaberulous abo\'e : biaiichlets contracted; latei'al ])edicels verv short . scaberulous, 
Si'l KElJ<yi's ci'owded on the tips of the* branches, ovate-oblong, 2 to 2.'^ lines 
long, closely -'t to .")-iiowered. pallid, rarely variegated \\'itli purple. 
(riJ'MES I'ather unequal, loivcr o\'ate to oblong when expanded, acute, 1 to 1^^ 
line long, I -nerved ; keel scabemdous ; v/fyDcr ovate, acuminate, 1 4 to 2 lines long, 
o-uer\e(l, side-nerves usuallv ver\' short. Valv(\s oblong, subacute to acute, lower 
2 lines long, glabrous or minutely pubescent below, along the keel and the outer 
nei'ves, not coiuiected by wool; tips hvaline; ner\"es prominent Pa,les Inline 
long, keels scabrid. Anthers 1 to l | line long. 
Habitat: Natai,. On mountains about 100 miles iidand. 4000 to 6000 feet 
alt., Snf/icr/ni.il : Kiet Wci. 4000 to r)000 feet alt.. BiicIiaiKii, 2S4 ; near the Motti 
Piver, 3000-4000 i'eet alt.. \Vi>n,l 7:V2i\ ( M'(.-«ni OS); and without precise locality, 
B iicli(( IK III 285. 
X'ei'v closely allied to the Abyssinian I*. sIik'uhik. Hochst, ex A. Ptich, which 
diifers mandv 111 ha\'iiig narrower, nioi'e acute, valves, and longer ligules. Both 
species belong to the groU[) of /^ jiol ijcDlcti _ Stapf. 
Diawn from Wood"s 7.'>2(>, which was collected near Mooi Ki\'er by 11. Mason. 
Pi.U' 1, S|>il\('lc1 : '2. lower i;limi( 
ami I'liliciiles. .7// viilii nivtl . 
ppcr iilnnip : 4. viiKe; T), pale; (j, si aniens, pistil, 
