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HEX AND. DIGYN. 714. Oryza. 
Melica ramofa. p, 147. Thunb. prodr. WiUd. 
1 he Cape. Snuartz. Linn. Tran/, vi, p, 49, t. 3 ' 
Lower-leanjes lanceolate, upper-oncs linear. 
mlicoides. Outer-glumes of the corol quite glabrous^ obtufe: 
very much fpread. 
Melica capenfis. p. 147. Ihiinb. prodr. Willd. 
The Cape. Snvartz Linn. Tran/, vi. p. 51. r. j.y, 4. 
Culm ereft, with pubcfcent joints : leaves linear, ereA> 
with a cartilaginous rough edge : Jionuers ovate. ^ A 
calycina. Outer-glumes of the corol a little hairy, obtufe with a *“^5 
point: panicle cbntraded, moftly limple; 
branched. . 
The Cape. Smith ined.f, i.( . t, 33. Likn. T fan/, vi. /■ 4 ‘ 
Culms tufted ; leaves linear, rotigh at the edge. 
pani' 
ftri*"’ 
B. Awned. , 
genkulatai Guter-glumes of the corol hairy, one of them miicron^’ 
panicle contraded: culm decumbent, geniculate* 
Melica geniculata. p. 146. Thunb prodr. WuS. 
The Cape. Snuarta Linn. Tran/, vi, p. 35. t. 4. F. 6 . 
Culms with tumid brown joints ; leaves linear, with a" ° " 
cartilaginous flightly nndulate edge. p 
longiffora. Outer-glumes of the corol wrinkled, briftly, awned : P®” 
cle rather lax, branched. 
The Cape. Smith ined. i. t. 32. Linn. Tran/, vi. 7 ” 
Culm fimple, a little geniculate a: the bafe: leaves 
with a flat cartilaginous-rough margin. 
gigantea. Outer-glumes of the corol very hairy, awned : 
traded, fomewhat whOrled : culm reedv : lea'’^® 
volute. 
Melica gigantea. p. 146, Thunb. prodr. WiUd. 
The Cape. Syartz Linn. Tran/, vi. p. 58, t. 4./. 8. 
CaAe erect, rigid ; remote, linear, rigid. . J 
huUiosa. Outer-glumes of the corol obovatc, emarginate, wriP^ ^ ’ 
awned : panicle fimple, lax. 
Trochera ilriata. Richard. Journ. RoF. 1 3. p. 223. i. 3* 
The Cape, Culm ered : leaves lanceolate, linear. 
7x4. ORYZA. Calyx, glume 2-valved, 
corol 2-valved, nearly equal, growing 
feed. 
fatkia. Oryza. 
Ethiopia ? Cate/y Carol, i. /. 14. />W. ,V. t. 278. fS' 
Ck/ot ereft, uraple, round, jointed: /^^r.i;rx linear-lubulate> 
ilefted, clafping : jloviers in a terminal panicle. 
