Entolasia. 1 
CL VII. GR AMINE iE (Stapf). 
741 
1J-1 in. (upper) long, mostly divided from the base or the lowest 
undivided for a distance of 8 (very rarely 2) lin., subflexuous, trique- 
trous, with scaberulous angles ; secondary branches appressed or 
subappressed to the primary, forming somewhat dense secund or 
subsecund spiciform racemes. Racemes about 3 (or the lowest 
sometimes up to over 5) lin. long ; rhachis finely filiform, ^ n * 
wide, wavy, compressed, scaberulous, internodes not much over 
J lin. long ; pedicels very fine, filiform, the longer flexuous, up to 
J or sometimes § lin. long, with minute discoid tips. Spikelets- 
irregularly ranked, those of one rank hardly contiguous, lanceolate, 
acutely acuminate, dorsally moderately compressed, lin. long, 
olive-green, often slightly flushed with lurid purple, particularly 
upwards, one-tenth to one-twelfth the length of the spikelet, hyaline, 
nerveless^ upper glume 5-nerved with the nerves more prominent 
upwards. Lower floret reduced to a valve exactly like the upper 
glume. Upper floret elliptic-oblong in outline, obtuse, lin. long, 
pale : valve very thinly papery, loosely and delicately villous, 
obscurely 5-nerved ; valvule similar in substance and hairiness, 
lateral keels obscure, flexures obtuse ; anthers up to \ lin. long. 
Grain broad-elliptic in outline, 1 lin. by § lin., pale. — Panicum 
entolasium, Stapf ex Cheval. Sudania, 60, 99 (name). 
North Central. Eastern Shari : Senoussi country ; in woods between the 
Koddo river and Kaga M’JBra, Chevalier, 6492 bis ! 
Lower Guinea. French Congo : Brazzaville, Chevalier, 4034 ! Belgian 
Congo : Stanley Pool Distr. ; Kisantu, Gillet, 1059 ! 1072 ! 1224 ! 1226 ! 
Kwango Distr. ; Lutschima, Vanderyst, 2855 ! 
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70 b. HEMIGYMNIA, Stapf. 
Spikelets oblong, acute, dorsally compressed, falling entire from 
the pedicels of short to very short racemes, disposed on the filiform 
branches of a contracted or widely open panicle, abaxial or without 
definite orientation towards the axis ; lower floret reduced to the 
valve ; upper floret as long as or almost as long as the lower, fcjj. 
Glumes similar and of about equal size, much shorter than the spike- 
let, firmly membranous, lower 3-, upper 3- 5-nerved. Lower floret : 
valve corresponding in shape and size to the spikelet, slightly de- 
pressed on the back, 7 -nerved. Fertile floret : valve sub coriaceous, 
with the margins very narrowly hyaline and ciliolate upwards, 
smooth, obsoletely 5-nerved ; valvule equal to the valve, embraced 
by it all along, finely 2-nerved, of the same texture. Lodicules 2, 
minute, broadly cuneate. Stamens 3. Styles distinct ; stigmas 
laterally exserted above the middle of the spikelet. Grain elliptic 
in outline, dorsally much compressed, almost flat on both sides ; 
hilum basal, punctiform ; embryo not quite half the length of the 
grain. — Perennial, with long geniculate scrambling culms or a de- 
cumbent freely rooting base. Blades linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, 
flat, firmly papery ; ligules very short and membranous to obscure. 
