fll. Melica. 419 



Willd. Sp. pl. l. c. n. 4. R. et Sch. l. c n. 17. Ktmth. En. 

 l. c. n. 23. 



Forraa a in latere orienlali montis tabularis ad Tokay, in 

 collibus ad fluinen Zwartkopsrivier circa praedium Pauli Mare in- 

 ter frutices alt. I. (Uitenhage) el ad Philippstown in sylvis montanis 

 alt. III. circa fontes Kalrivier fluvii (Ceded Territory), Ecklon 5 

 in monte prope Enon alt. ISOO', in grarainosis ad Adow alt. 1000 

 — 2000', inter montera Compasbcrg et niontes Rhinosterbergen 

 att. 4!j00 — SOOO', ct in saxosis monlis Los-Tafelberg alt. iJOOO — 

 GOOO', (Drege). 



Var. ^. ad Port Elisabetli (Gross IXamaqualand), in neinori- 

 bus Adovensibus et ad flumen Zwartkopsrivier, in sylvis primaevis 

 montis Olifantshoek ad flumen Boschesmanrivier, alt. I. (Uilen- 

 hage), Ecklon ; in collibus ad Grahamstown, alt. 1000 — 2000' 

 (Albany), Drfege. 



Var. y. in ripa confragosa Gainka fluminis prope Weltevrede 

 alt. 2300', prope Steelkloof alt, 5300 — 4000' atque inter Ganz- 

 fontein et Bokpoort alt. 3000—4000', (Dr^ge); (Mundt et Maire 

 in herb. Reg. Berol.) 



Floret a lunio in Decembrem. J. 



A Melica dendroide differl foliis longioribus gracilioribus, 

 culrao laxiori, racerao laxiori, racemulis partialibus magis dislanli- 

 bus, spiculis rainoribus (5 — 4 lin. longis), glumis minus acutalis, 

 maximeque autein valvula inferiore flosculorura latere tantum nec 

 undique hirsuta hirsutie valvula sua longiore. 



De synonymo Thunbergiauo vix dubitari potest, taraetsi et Me- 

 licam dendroidem, si eara unquam autor viderit, promiscue cum 

 reliquis ab eo eodem sub nomine comprehensam fuisse haud pos- 

 sit negari. 



5. Melica dendroides Lehm. racemo subcoraposito, spiculis 

 nutantibus muticis, corollis villosis calycem glabrum aequantibus, 

 culmo subereclo ramosissimo foliisque convoluto-setaceis scabcrrirais. 

 N. ab E. Gr. Eckl. i?i Linn. VII. p. 527. n. 2. 



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