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crouatis latere striatis cariuatis trifariis, caryopsi obovata tri- 

 j^ona trausversiiu undulato - rugulosa rufescente , radice fibrosa. 

 Q. — a. Minor y Schrad. 1. c. t. 1. f. 1, culmo graciliore 

 1 — l*/2 poll. alto, spiculis binis ternis minoribus magis lute- 

 scentibus. — In hortis juxta vias ad urbem „ Capstadt ," ad 

 Constantiam, et fere ubique in districtu Capensi; ad „Water- 

 fall" prope Tulbagh, alt. I. — V. (Worcester); etiam inter 

 plautas a. b. Mundt in districtu Zwellendam et George collectis. 



— ß. Major j Schrad. 1. 1. f. 6. culmo firmiore daplo triploTC 

 altiore , spiculis quinis senisve in capitulo plurifloris. — Ad 

 „Constantiam" in districtu Capensi; in HottcutottshoUand (Stel- 

 lenbosch). Florct NoTcmbre, — Caryopsi undulato - rugulosa 

 spiculisque paulo majoribus ab Isolepide pallida distinguitur. 



— Variat fructu (probabiliter morboso), albo potiusque tuber- 

 culato quam ruguloso. Cum reliquis promiscua. 



14. Isolepis Bergiana N, ah E. Cyp. Eckl. in Linn. 

 VII. 4. p. 500. et VIII. 1. p. 82. — culmis fasciculatis trique- 

 tris strictis, folio lineari - convoluto longitudine dimidii culmi 

 aut longiorl, spiculis binis — quinis ovatis involucri diphylli seta- 

 cei foliolo altero brevioribus, squamis trifariis late oyatis ob- 

 tusis aut mucronulatis lateribus nerrosis cariuatis triandris, ca- 

 ryopsi obovato-cuneiformi obtuse trigona depressiuscula, obiter 

 scrobiculata pallida , radice fibrosa. O. — In hortis circa ur- 

 bem praesertim ad ambulacra, locis arenosis ad „Green Point" 

 in planitie Capensi. Floret ab Augusto in Novembrem, — In- 

 ter plantas recentiores, ab Ecklonio relatas, non occurrebat, 



— Distincta species culmo crassiori et (praesertim superiora 

 versus) evidenter trigono aut triquetro , spiculis magis purpura- 

 scentibus quandoque subdistichis , et caryopsi deprcsso - trigona 

 leviter scrobiculata. 



15. Isolepis incomptula N, ab E. — culmis fascicu- 

 latis capillaribus striatis recnrvis, foliis ad basiii t — 2 lineari- 



