PLATE 460. 
Bromus XATALENsrs, Stapf. (Fl. C^ap., Vol. YiL, p. 73-2). 
Nat. Older Graniinea'. 
Perennial. — Culms erect, slender al)ove, 1 to 3 feet long, glabrous, smooth, 
,iboiit 4-no(le(l, upper internodes veiy long, exserted ; sheaths tight, glabrous or 
nearly so, striate ; ligules hyaline, ^ to f line long ; blades lineai", over 4 inches, by 
H line, flat, fiiin, strongly striate, very scantily hairy or glal)r()us. 
Panicle erect, u}).to 7 inches long, sometimes very scanty; axis terete, 
smooth ; brandies 2 to 6-nate, hlilbrm, l-spiculate, jjui'plish, smooth, or almost so, 
HexuGus, longest up to 3 inches long. 
Si'iKEr.KTS lanceolate-oi)long, l»roud \\lien (piite o])en, glabrous, ])urplish, l| to 
Ih^ inch long, rather loosely 7 to D-Howered ; rhachilla joints scabrid, 1.^ hue Irmg. 
Glumes slightly unecpial, lanceolate in protile, long-acuminate, g]cd)rous, lower 
b to C)h lines long, strongly 3-nerved, iij>per 6^ to 7^ lines long, stroiigly 5-nerved. 
Valves lanceolate-linear, acuminate, 7^ to 9 lines long, tirm, glabrous, smooth or 
very sparingly scabrid on the nerves, purplisli, 7 to 9-nerved, outer side-nerves 
stout, margins gradually curved above, almost straight towards the base, narrow 
and membranous towards the slender tips ; awn strictly terminab 4 to 5 lines long, 
straight, scabrid ; callus short, obtuse ; pales G to 7 lines long, keels loosely and 
rigidly ciliolate. Anthers 3 lines long. 
Va}'. JasiojtJiilns, Stapf. — Culms slender, scarcely l^^foot liigh. Leaves shortly 
hairy all over ; blades uj) to 3 inches, by 1 line. Panicle very scanty, al)out 
G-spiculate, secund, axis and branchlets scabrid to liispidulous. Spikelets light 
green or tinged with purple ; nerves of glumes and valves less prominent than in 
tlie type. 
HdbitRt : Natal. Without precise locality, J5/?(7/«;/r^/i 58 ; var. lasiopTiihis ; 
Weenen County, South Downs, 4U00 feet alt.. Wood 440G. 
The ])]ate was made from a drawing by Miss M. Smith, under the supervision 
of Dr. Stapf, and by the kind permission of the Director of Kew Gardens and 
' Herbarium. 
Fig- 1, Spikelet : 2, lower glume ; 3, upper glume : 4, valve ; 5, valve and pale : fi, ])ale ; 
7, pistii, stamens and Iddicules ; 8, ovary ; 9, iij)per portion of ovary : 10, lodicule : 11, pistil, 
stamens, and lodicides ; I 2, pistil and lodicules ; 13, pistil ; 14, lodicule. AH i-nJanfcd. 
Figs 1 to 10, from Wood's 4406 : vir. hiti 'iophihis ; figs 11 to 14. from Buciianan's 58 type. 
