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13. O. Bergianum. 
* Scapis nudis, frondibus radicalibus linearibus angustissi- 
mis, radice fasciculata.”—Schlecht. Adumb. p. 10. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope, on the western side of Sen- 
weberg Mountain, JBergius.—A remarkable species, not 
above an inch in height, according to Schlechtendal; the 
fronds only a third of a line in breadth, the scapes distinct, 
about the height of the fronds, and bearing a spike a line 
and a half long, composed of 6-8 capsules. - 
14. O. tuberosum. 
* Radice tuberosa, scapo duabus stipitem brevem termi- 
nante, fronde oblongo-lanceolata reticulata in petiolum at- 
tenuata."— Hook. et Arn. in Bot. of Beech. Voy. p. 53. 
Has. Conception, Messrs. Lay and Collie. 
15. O. bulbosum. 
Radice bulbosa, scapo elongato stipitem terminante, fronde 
subcordato-ovata opaca sessili, spica brevi pauciflora.— Mz. 
Fl. Bor. Amer. v. 2. p. 276.—O. crotalophoroides, Walt. Fl. 
Carol p.956.2 
Haz. Lower Carolina Michaux. Talcahuana, Chili, 
Poeppig. Valparaiso, Cuming (N. 592.) 
16. O. opacum. Carm.— Hook. et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 40. 
Haz. Tristan da Cunha, Captain Carmichael. | 
17. O. pendulum. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1518.— Hook. et Grev. Ic. 
Fil. t. 19. 
8. Fronde falcata. 
Haz. Amboyna and the Mauritius, Willdenow. Java and 
the Molucca Islands, Blume. Ceylon, Col. Walker. Near 
Brisbane River, New Holland, Mr. Allan Cunningham.—8g. 
Sandwich Islands, Messrs. Lay and Collie, in Capt. Beechey's 
Expedition. Wooahoo, Macrae.—This species grows in a 
pendant manner from the trunks of trees, and though a rare 
species, seems to be widely distributed. Our variety £. has 
a falcate, more rigid, and spain — frond, as 
well as a shorter spike. 
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