Elyonurus.] clvii. gramine.e (Stapf). 71 
rarely flat, up to over 1 ft. long, and J to 2 lin. wide when flattened 
out, somewhat rigid, flexuous, glabrous or with long hairs towards 
the base, smooth except near the more or less rough tips, lateral 
nerves about 3 on each side, rather prominent below. Racemes 
2-5 in. long, the terminal on long peduncles, usually exserted 
from the slender bladeless sheath, the lateral shortly peduncled and 
shortly or only partially exserted from the supporting sheath, 
villous, pale green, sometimes suffused with purple or marked with 
purple lines. Rhachis rather tough ; joints linear, about 2 lin. 
long, densely villous, with the hairs up to 1J lin. long ; pedicels 
similar but shorter and more slender. Sessile spikelet lanceolate 
to ovate-lanceolate, including the long more or less hairy callus 
mostly 4J-5J lin. long. Glumes unequal ; lower chartaceous, more 
or less acuminate (acumen 1-2 lin. long, 2-fid almost to the base 
into 2 subulse), ciliate from the base upwards, with the cilia up to 
1 lin. long, glabrous, pubescent or villous on the back, intracarinal 
nerves 6-8, balsam-ducts distinct, purplish or brown ; upper glume 
lanceolate, acute, up to 2J lin. long, very delicately pubescent, 
ciliolate on the keel upwards and the upper margins, with 1 or 2 
nerves on each side. Lower floret slightly over 2 lin. long : valve 
oblong-lanceolate, 2-nerved, ciliolate upwards. Upper floret some- 
what shorter : valve similar to that of the lower floret but 3-nerved ; 
valvule very minute. Anthers orange or purple, 1J-2 lin. long. 
Pedicelled spikelet oblong-lanceolate, about 2-3 lin. long. Lower 
glume entire, mucronate, keeled on one side only, ciliate along the 
keel, with a balsam-duct within it, almost flat and glabrous on 
the other. Upper glume and florets as in the sessile spikelet but 
the upper floret <£. — Hack, in DC. Monogr. Phan. vi. 339 ; Durand & 
Schinz, Consp. FI. Afr. v. 702 ; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 
97 ; Stapf in Dyer, FI. Cap. vii. 332 ; De Wild. Miss. Laurent, 199, 
et Stud. FI. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. (1907) 10 (argentatus) ; Th. & 
Hel. Durand, Syll. FI. Congol. 623. E. Brazzoe , Franch. Contr. FI. 
Congo Fran§. 15. E. rostratus , Bur. in Compt. Rend. ciii. (2nd Aug. 
1886) 361, not of Nees. 
Lower Guinea. French Congo : Brazzaville, Brazza, 63 ! Thollon. Loango, 
Lecomte, 45 ! Belgian Congo : Kisantu, Gillet, 3671 ; Lemfu, Gillet, 3473. 
Angola : Benguella ; country of the Ganguellas and Ambuellas, Gossweiler ! 
Damaraland : Okanokarema, Dinter, 639 ! 
South Central. Belgian Congo : Kassai District ; Bukila, Butala, Laurent. 
Mozambique Distr. Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., Johnston ! Portuguese East 
Africa: Zimbiti, near Beira, Johnson, 304! Nyasaland : Nyika Plateau, 
Henderson ! Rhodesia : Bulawayo, JSyles, 1205 ! Salisbury, Nobbs, 666 ! 
Mashonaland ; Charter District, Mundy ! Matabeleland ; Insiza District, 
Mundy, 3 ! Gazaland ; Chirinda, 3700 ft. Swynnerton, 1624 ! Mount Pene, 
6500-7000 ft. Swynnerton, 1648 ! 
Imperfectly known species. 
11. E. Ledermanii, Pilger in Engl. Jahrh. xlv. (1910) 207. Peren- 
nial, densely csespitose, with intravaginal innovation-shoots. Culms 
