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THE FLORA OF THE GREAT KARASBERG 
saepissime laevibus vel superne scaberulis, ramis subcrassis vel fili- 
formibus, infimo solitario, ad 11'25 cm. longo, e basi per 12 — 5 cm. 
simplici, superioribus solitariis vel oppositis vel 2 — 3 natis, ad 10'5 cm. 
longis, e basi per 0‘5 — 4 cm. simplicibus, ramulis adscendentibus vel 
patentibus; pedicelli laterales 2 nati vel solitarii capillares pubescentes, 
apice discoidei, ad 0’2 cm. longi ; spicrdae densae, praecipue apicem 
versus ramorum ramulorumque, oblongae acutae vel subaeuminatae, 
virides, purpureo suffusae, 0'3 — 0'35 cm. longae; gluma inferior basi late 
amplectens, subrotunda, acuta vel acuminata, tenue herbacea 3-nervia, 
0‘2 cm. longa; gluma superior ovata acuta, conspicue 7-nervia, 
03 — 035 cm. longa; flosculus inferior </ , valva late ovata subacuta 
9-nervia, 0'3 cm. longa, palea oblonga truncata emarginata 2 carinata, 
valvae aequilonga ; flosculus $ oblongus subacutus laevis nitens, 
0 - 3 cm. longus, valva coriacea 7-nervia, antheris 0'2 cm. longis. 
Central Karasberg. Sandstone plateau on summit of Long Hill, 
East of Krai Kluft, 8518. 
Allied to P. Meyerianum but differs in having the basal sheaths 
densely floccose-lanuginose, the culms only 4-noded, the lower glume 
much larger, 3-nerved, the upper glume 7-nerved, and the lower valve 
9 -nerved. 
Setaria appendiculata, Stapf. Western, Central and Eastern Karasberg. 
Among granite blocks on high plateau 5 miles east of Wasserfall, 
8511. Sandy slopes south-west of Krai Kluft, 8512. Lower foothills, 
Narudas Sud, 8172. Sandy plains in granite torrent bed, Narudas 
Slid, 8326. 
Pennisetum cenchroides, Rich. Eastern Karasberg. Among stones on steep 
hill-side, Narudas Slid, 8131. 
Pennisetum Stapfianum, Bol. £, n.sp., P. natalensi proxime accedit, sed multi- 
nodium, panicula breviore, gluma inferiore 3-, superiore 5-nervia, valva 
inferiore 7-nervia. 
Perenne ; culmi erecti vel e tenuiore sarmentosa rhizomati 
adscendentes, dimidio inferiore ramosissimi, laeves glabri multi-nodii, 
internodiis exsertis, ad 40 cm. alti ; vaginae striatae laeves glabrae, 
inferiores laxae, a culmis delapsae, pallidae nitidae, superiores 
strictiores ; ligula e fimbria recta capillorum composita ; laminae 
lineares setaceo-attenuatae, planae vel convolutae, vetustiores spiraliter 
tortae firmae glabrae subglaucae, ad 1 8'7 cm. longae, 0'25 cm. latae; 
panicula spiciformis cylindrica densa erecta, pallidissime viridis, 
2 - 5 — 4 - 5 cm. longa, 0’6 — 0'8 cm. lata; rhachis angularis scabrida; 
pedicelli brevissimi pubescentes ; involucri setae multae tenues 
pallidae scaberulae inaequilongae, ad 0 5 cm. longae ; spiculae solitares 
oblongo-lanceolatae acuminatae, minute scaberulae, 0 - 37 — 0'45 cm. 
