Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, Part (Part 1), page 1, (1970) Author: W. D. Clayton
Names
FESTUCA costata Nees [family POACEAE], Fl. Afr. Austr.: 447 (1841); R.K.G.: 15 (1958); G.T.: 14 (1965). Types: South Africa, Cape Province, several syntypes including Katberg, Drège (K, isosyn.!)
FESTUCA milanjiana Rendle [family POACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc, ser. 2, 4: 59 (1894); Ann. list Nyasaland grasses: 42 (1958). Type: Malawi, Mt. Mlanje, Whyte (K, iso.!)
Distribution
KENYA Mt. Kenya, NE. sector, near Ngarinaro R., 15 Aug. 1949, Schelpe 2684!TANGANYIKA Mbeya/Njombe District Elton Plateau, 30 Nov. 1963, Richards 18490! & SE. side of Elton Plateau, Oct. 1963, Procter 2443!TANGANYIKA Rungwe District Ukinga Mts., Mwakaleli, 8 Jan. 1914, Stolz 2431!