PLATE 468. 
ANDiwrofiON BucTiANANi, Stapf. (Fl. Cnp., Vol. YII., p. oGi). 
Nat. Order (irainineic. 
Perennial ? — Culms erect, slender, o\'er "2 feet long, glabrous, she;iths (of the 
upper leaves, which alone are knoAvn) terete, strongly striate, glabrous ; ligules 
membranous, up to 1|- line long, glabrous ; blades linear, acute, up to 8 inches by 1 line, 
flat, rather I'igid, glabrous or hairy at the very base, smooth or scaberulous. Flowering 
branches remote, u}) to 1 foot long, erect, strict, scantily branched from the a,xils of 
perfect leaves ; s]>athes ver}' narrow, lineardanceolate, acuminate, ^2 to 2g- inches long, 
glabrous or very scantily hairy ; common ])eduncles filiform, <|uite enclosed in the 
spathe, strict, finely ])ul)erulous, 4 to 5 lines long. Racemes contiguous, slender, (5 to 
12 lines long, ])ednncled ; peduncles connate lielow whence one raceme subsessile, 
glabrous, up to 2 lines long ; joints 4 to (i, filiform, hurer short, glabrous or sub- 
glabrous, oblifpiely truncate, the npjx'r like the ])edicels, much finer and <lensely 
whitish ciliate ; lowest 2 sessile spikelets (oi- loNN Cst one in the subsessile raceme) male, 
similar to the l)ai'ren pedicelled spikelets, all the other sessile spikelets ])erfect. 
Perfect sp/lelefs, oblongdinear, 2 to lines long, callus acute, |- to | line long, 
beard dense, Avhite. 
Glumes lo/rer subchartaceous, truncate, densely hairy, ])articularly in the upper 
part, hairs rigid, reddish, up to 1 line long, intracarinal nerves about 5-7, evanescent 
below ; 'uppet^ membranous, truncate, o -nerved, reversely ciliate. A'alves, hnrer linear- 
oblong, \^ to \\ line long, ciliate, faintly 2-nerved, vpper linear, shortly bifid, awn 
about l^- inch long, bent above the middle, rufous-hairy below the bend, scabrid 
above ; pale 0 ; anthers 1 line long. 
Male sessile spikelets^ linear-lanceolate, subacute, 3 lines long, rufous-hairy. 
Glumes, Joirer subherbaceous, intracarinal nerves about 5, percurrent, keels 
spinulous ciliate above ; vj)per nmte, 3 -ner\'ed, reversely ciliate. Valves, lo/rer oblong, 
obtuse, 2^ lines long, faintly 3-nerved, reversedly ciliate ; upper ovate-oblong, about 
1^ line long, 1 -nerved, ciliate ; anthers 1 line long or smaller and barren ; barren 
pedicelled spikelefs similar to the male, but narrower and smaller ; upper valve nnnute 
or 0 ; anthers 0 or rudimentary. 
Habitat : Natal. Umpumulo, 2000 to 2500 feet alt., JBuchaiiti//. 
Drawn from a specimen kindly sent from Kew. Sutton's collector, 7. 
Sessile spikelct — Fig 1, Lower o-lnme ; 2, iipjier g-liime : 3, lower valve ; 4, upper valve ; 
5, pistil, stamens and lodieules. I'ediceUed spikelct — 6, Lower glume ; 7, upper glume ; S, 
lower valve ; 9, upper valve : 10, stamens. All eiilure/cd. 
