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alt. II, (Stellenbosch); in lapidosis alvei fluminls „Zwartkops- 

 rivier" et ad portum „Elizabeth" alt. I., tum in montibns flu-, 

 rainis „Van Stadensrivier" alt. III. et IV. (üitenhage.) — /¥, 

 Spica fere nigra , sed structurae communis , squamis iufimis fo- 

 liaceo - attcnuatis. — In districtu Capensi, Zeyher, — y. Pal- 

 h'da, gracilior, spica ochraceo-ferruginea, foliis lineari-fili- 

 formibus elongatis. — „Swartland" et „ Paardeberg ," Han- 

 koegsberge" et „Kuofflockskraal" alt. III. et IV. (Stellenbosch,) 

 Floret a Junio in Octobrem, 



2. MeJancranis nigrescens ScTirad, Anal, p, 50. 

 iV. ah E, in Linn. VIII. 1. p. 92. Hypolepis nigrescens JV. ab 

 E. Cyp. Eckl. in Linn. VII. 1. p. 522. ^. — In lapidosis alt. 

 II. ad „Caudam Leonis," et ad „Constantiam." (distr. Cap.) 

 — ß» FiliformiSy culmo foliisque elongatis , his linear! -fili- 

 formibus gracillimis, squamarum supcriorum acumlne minore 

 setuliformi. — Ad flnmen „ Olifantsrivier " et „Brackfonteyn" 

 in terra ericetorum, alt, I, et III, (Clanwilliam), Floret 

 Jnlio. 



3. Melancranis rtgiduJa N, ah E, — foliis culmo 

 brevioribus canaliculatis subtus convexis rigidis, spica oblonga, 

 squamis acutis , inferioribus setaceo - mucronatis. ^. — In 

 collibus lapidosis alt. II. circa „Grahamstown," tum in montis 

 „Bothasberg" latere urbem „Grahamstown" spectante (Üiten- 

 hage). Floret Julio. ■ — Rigiditate foliorum, quae subulata, 

 fere semiteretia, margine scabra, supra canaliculata , culmo 

 etiam rigidiore et squamis spicae simpliciter acutis rectis , in- 

 fimis solis brevi - mucronatis , sat distincta. Squamae fnsce- 

 scentes aut fuscae margine pallidiores , in disco infero minus ac 

 in praecedentibus striatae, Involucruin diphyllnm. 



