/7/. Melica. 419 



Willd. Sp. pl. l. G. w. 4. R. et Sch. l. c n. 17. Kunth. En. 

 l. c. n. 2S. 



Forina a in latere orienlali montis tabularis ad Tokay, in 

 collibus ad fluinen Zwarlkopsrivier circa praedium Pauli Mare in- 

 ter frutices alt. I. (Uitenhage) et ad Pliilippstown in sylvis montanis 

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

 in monte prope Enon alt. 1S00% in graminosis ad Adow alt. 1000 

 — 2000', inter montem Compasbcrg et nionles Rhinosterbergen 

 att. 4S00— SOOO', et in saxosis montis Los-Tafelberg alt. ^OOO— 

 6000', (Drege). 



Var. ^. ad Port Elisabeth (Gross Namaqualand), in nemori- 

 bus Adovensibus et ad flumen Zwartkopsrivier, in sylvis primaevis 

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

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

 (Albany), Dr^ge. 



Var. y. in ripa confragosa Gamka fluminis prope Weltevrede 

 alt. 2o00', prope Steelkloof alt. ooOO — 4000' atque inter Ganz- 

 fontein et Bokpoort alt. 5000—4000', (Drfege); (Mundt et Maire 

 in herb. Reg. Berol.) 



Floret a lunio in Decembrem. Z" 



A Melica dendroide differt foliis loiigioribus gracilioribus, 

 culmo laxiori, racemo laxiori, racemulis parlialibus magis dislanti- 

 bus, spiculis minoribus (5 — 4 lin. longis), glumis minus acutatis, 

 maximeque autem valvula inferiore flosculorum latere tanlum nec 

 undique hirsuta hirsutie valvula sua longiore. 



De synonymo Thunbergiano vix dubitari potest, tamelsi et Me- 

 licam dendroidem, si eam unquam autor viderit, promiscue cum 

 reliquis ab eo eodem sub nomine comprehensam fuisse haud pos- 

 sit negari. 



5. Melica dendroides Lehm. racemo subcomposito, spiculis 

 nutantibus mulicis, corollis villosis calycem glabrum aequantibus, 

 culmo subereclo ramosissimo foliisque convoluto-setaceis scaberrimis. 

 iV. ab E, Gr. EckL iii Linn. 111. p, 527. n. 2. 



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