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CLVII. GRAMINEiE (Stapf) . 
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than the upper glume, prominently 7 -nerved ; anthers not quite 
1 lin. long. Upper floret fcjf, oblong, obtuse or subacute, J lin. long, 
whitish, quite smooth, glossy ; valve and valvule papery to crus- 
taceous. 
Nile Land. Uganda: grassy uplands near Bungunga, 4000 ft., Dummer, 
3176 ! Massai Steppe, Stuhlmann, 4307. 
34. P. poaeoides, Stapf. Annual, tufted, up to 1 ft. high. Culms 
geniculately ascending, simple or sparingly branched, about 3-noded, 
slender, soft, hirsute, internodes hardly exserted except the upper- 
most, sometimes at length bared by the slipping off of the sheath. 
Leaf-sheaths terete, subherbaceous, finely striate, more or less softly 
hirsute ; ligule reduced to a membranous ciliolate rim ; blades 
linear from an equally wide or slightly rounded base, tapering to an 
acute point', 3-5 in. by 2-3 lin., pale or yellowish-green, flat, somewhat 
soft, hirsute (sometimes densely) on both sides, margins minutely 
scaberulous, closely and uniformly nerved above with the midrib 
flat and whitish, the latter very slender below and like the primary 
lateral nerves (3-4 on each side) distinctly raised. Panicle oblong 
to ovate-oblong in outline, 2-3 in. by 1-1 -J in., somewhat contracted, 
divided to the f ourth degree ; primary axis slender, terete, striate and 
loosely hairy below, angular and scabrid upwards ; primary branches 
solitary or here and there approximate in pairs, the lowest 2-24 in. 
long, undivided .for 6-7 lin. from the base, then divided with their 
divisions contracted and mostly short (hence the whole of the spike- 
lets of a primary branch congested), filiform, scaberulous ; all the 
lateral pedicels short to very short, with small subdiscoid tips. 
Spikelets oblong, acutely acuminate, up to 1J lin. long, glabrous, 
dull green with purple or altogether dark purple. Glumes moder- 
ately divergent, membranous ; lower obliquely ovate, acute or shortly 
and acutely acuminate, with or without a minute mucro, less than 
half the length of the spikelet, oppressed, imperfectly 3-5-nerved, 
middle nerve percurrent, minutely scaberulous upwards, the others 
faint and short ; upper obliquely lanceolate-oblong in profile, 
rostrate-acuminate with the slender straight or slightly curved beak 
laterally compressed, finely 7 -nerved, as long as the spikelet. Lower 
floret f : valve similar to the upper glume, but not rostrate and 
wider, 7-nerved ; valvule slightly shorter, oblong, acute ; anthers 
about | lin. long. Upper floret oblong, subacute, 1 lin. long, 
whitish or greyish, smooth and glossy. 
Nile Land. British East Africa : Nairobi, Linton, 213 ! Dowson, 256 ! 
35. P. graniflorum, Stapf. Perennial, densely csespitose, over 
2 ft. high, with intra vaginal innovations and stout root-fibres. 
Culms erect, very slender, terete, 3-4-noded, simple, glabrous, 
smooth, internodes more or less exserted, the uppermost (peduncle) 
at length very long and grooved. Leaf-sheaths terete, tight, quite 
glabrous or sparingly ciliolate or ciliate towards the mouth and 
