Ehrharta.] GRAMINEZ (Stapf). 673 
Div.) and af eer ae yel (Tulbagh Div.). I have not seen specimens from these 
places, but fro e description on pp. 225 ~~ ae it appears that at least some 
of the © lnccieak fine to belong to E. delie 
15. E. melicoides eaten Prodr. 192); perennial; rhizome very 
short, the faseicled culm and barren shoots densely clustered, with 
rather firm, open, shveinclaleeed, glabrescent, the others tighter, 
pare ligules short, truneate ; blades linear, narrow, finely acute, 
up to n. by 3 aly 1 Jin., involute or flat, glaucous, baystons or aie 
1 lin. long, 3-nerved, the upper obliquely oblong, equalling the upper 
glume, 5T-nervei, with 2 prsaebaucritlniod appendages at baat 
35; Sw. 
- Soc. vi. 51, t. 3, fig. 4 ; Sehrad. tn Gioett Gel. Anz. 
iii. 2078, and in Schult. f. Suet. Vii. 1371; Kunth, Enum. Pl. i. 13 ; 
Trin, Phala ar, 23; Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. 202 ; Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. 
1.6; Durand $ (Sekine, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 792. Melica capensis, 
Ey hunb, Prodr. 
Soutn Hass without — locality, Thunder i 
Coast Reaion: Cape .; Lion, Mountain, Ecklon; above Sea Point, 
Wolley Dod, 1608 ! Pa a ti Div. ; by the ine River, between Riet Kuil 
ind Heme!-en-Aarde, below 1000 ft., Zeyher, 45 
WEstERN ReEGIO : Little Nannaqui aland ; Sui Bergen, between Lily 
Fontein and Pedros Kloof, 3000-400 , Drege ! 
acute, up to 2 in. y 3-1 in., very flaccid, 
scabrid ; icle linear, very slender, up 
n. long, flaceid ; “ wove filiform, iexnona, glabrous ; ; branches 
iwhorls, very unequal, o 1 in. long, capillary, 
p to 4 lin. long; spikelets greenish, “a 
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