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ear tenuibus brevibus, apice stramineo-hyalinae. Valva 
explanata, late ovato-oblonga, truncata, subhyalina, 2 mm. longa, 
ice lcs 5-, supra 4-nervis, ner vis in mucronulos minutissimos 
excurrentibus tenuissimis, arista setiformi e medio orta valvam vix 
superante. Palea valvae subaequilonga, 2-nervis, Mhachillae 
continuatis obscura. Anthera 1°5 mm. longa. Caryopsis 1°5 mm, 
longa 
S. AFRICA. ee Colony; Barkly East Division; damp 
slopes of "Ben MeDhui (Wittebergen’ ), 2880 m., eee 6911 ; 
in a marsh at the base of Doodman’s Krans Mtn., 2550 m 
Galpin, 6910. 
1090. Melica brevifolia, Stapf [Gramineae-Meliceae] ; affinis 
. racemosae, Thunb, et M. ovali, Nees, ab utraque statura humili, 
foliis brevibus pro ratione latiusculis, inflorescentia racemosa et 
poodle inferioris parte hyalino magis producta pilos superante 
istine 
Herba perennis ; culmi floriferi 12-18 em. alti, cum innovationibus 
5-7 em. longis e rhizomate praemorso fasciculati, erecti vel breviter 
ascendentes, multinodi, internodiis summis longe exsertis laevibus, 
basi tenues, tenaces. lia perfecta supra culmorum bases congesta, 
infima fere ad vaginas arctas, summa a uamas vaginantes 
\rackettotiuas reducta ; vaginae arcte sulcato-striatae, scaberulae 
vel scabridae, reverse pilosulae, primo clausae, tandem magis 
minusve fissae ; ligulae hyalinae, 0°5 mm. longae, antice in lobum 
demum in auriculas fisso ; laminae lineares, superne longe attenuatae, 
acutae, 3-4 cm. longae, 3-4 mm, latae, planae vel superne involutae, 
rigidae, scabridulae, glaucae, nervis lateralibus utrinque eirciter 7 
supra prominentibus. Panicula ad racemum angustum circa 10-12 
spiculatum secundum 3 cm, longum reducta, spiculis infimis 
geminatis caeteris solitariis; pedicelli 7-2 mm. longi, filiformes, 
longiores flexuosi, pubescentes. Spiculae stramineae, 7 m m. longae, 
anthoeciis fertilibus 2 vel 1. Seet inaequales, inferior late ovata, 
breviter acuta, 4 mm. longa, 2:3-2°5 mm. lata, subhyalina, nervis 
lateralibus tenuibus brevibus utrinque 1- 2, nepattek a latere visa 
oblonga, subacuminata acuta, 5°5-6 mm. longa a, 25-3 mm. lata 
(explanata), scariosa, apice hyalina, scaberula, nervis lateralibus 
utrinque 2 ad medium attingentibus. Valva infima a a visa 
suboblique ge Pipe acuminata, 6°5 mm. longa, 9-nervis, 
nervis prominulis sc is, ad latera pilosa, pilis 3 Get eaer nye 
2 mm. longis, acumine = alino ; ; valva secunda praecedenti similis, 
nisi minor et interdum sterilis, glumam superiorem aequans ve 
subsuperans ; valvae caeterae vacuae, parvulae, glabrae, in corpus 
obovoideo-globosum congestae. 
. Arrica. Cape Colony: Fort Beaufort Division ; mountain 
sides on Great Wascthey. 3220 m. , Galpin, 5614. 
his has the tufted and dwarfed growth and short racemose 
inflorescence that characterise M. pumila, Stapf, which comes from 
the same area ; but it is readily distinguished by the broad leaves, 
larger spikelets and unequal glumes. 
