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Sect. Dicarpia. 



R. coactilis Mast. n. sp. ; culmis caespitosis 16—18 cm alt. ascen- 

 dentibus filiformibus teretibus albido-Iepidotis vix ramulosis ; vaginis culmeis 

 i cm longis coriaceis arete convolutis squamam Ianiij:('ram (•oiis])i(nic ob- 

 ducentibus ; spiculis femineis ad apices ramuloi um solilaiiis, pluiilloris, sin- 

 gulis 1 cm, primo lineari-oblongis, demum cuneatim subglobosis spatha 

 coriacea acuminata brevi suffultis; bracleis oblongis niucronatis; periantbio 

 stipitulato bractea vix breviore, segmentis oblongis cartilagineis lateralibus 

 glabris, interioribus minoribus ; ovario subgloboso stylo columnari apice 

 bifildo. 



Tulbagh, inter saxes prope cataractum ^Schlechter n. 7515 Q !). 



R. araneosus Mast. n. sp. ; culmis erectis filiformibus tuberculatis 

 medio ramosis, ramulis tenuissimis foliiferis; foliis curvatis e basi coriacea 

 sub apice membranaceo bilobo lineari-subulatis; vaginis culmeis circa 1 cm 

 long, arete convolutis coriaceis maculatis sub apice membranaceo-subulalo- 

 ffiucronatis; spiculis femineis 3 — 7 — 9 in cymis spidformibus linearibus 

 dispositis; spathis bracteiformibus spiculis vix dimidio brevioribus; bracteis 

 coriaceis ferrugineis oblongis sub apice membranaceo subulatis vel muticis; 

 floribus oblongis; perianthii segmentis oblongis acutis, lateralibus extemis 

 conduplicatis acutis castaneis villoso-carinatis, internis minoribus inembrana- 

 ceis; fructu oblique ovoideo abortu 1-loculari stylo bifido coronato. 



Houw Hoek^'lOO m s. m, in elivis montosis (ScHLBCirn n. 7444^). 



R* gossyprnns Mast. n. sp.; culmis caespitosis erectis 30*— 40 cm parce 



ramosis exilibus obsolete rugulosis vaginis circa 15 mm arctc convolutis 

 coriaceis ferrugineis, sub apice hyalino membranaceo aristatis squamam 

 lanigeram obvolventibils; spiculis g^minis 7 — 8 mm long, basi spatha 

 tl^niformi longiore suffultis; bracteis oblongis acuminato-aristatis; perianthii 

 Begmentis lineari-oblongis acutis lateralibus villoso-carinatis ; antheris lineari- 

 oblongis; spiculis femineis solitariis ovato-oblongis, bracteis, perianthisque 

 fere ut in mare; ovario abortu oblique 1-loculari, stylo bifido superato. 



Koude Bokkeveld, in monte Tafelberg (Schlechter n. 10 082 cf, 

 ♦0083 Q)\ Koude Berg, <200 m s. m. in saxosis (Schlbchter n. 8751 Q); 

 Kerskopp, 1200 m s. m. in sabulosis (Schlbchtbr n. 8793 cT, 8794 Q). 



R. procurrens Mast. n. sp.; rhizomate procurrente squamato; cauli- 

 bus adscendentibus 20 cm longis filiformibus, compressiusculis, puncliculatis 

 simplicibus; vaginis culmeis 10—12 mm arete convolutis coriaceis fuscis 

 sub apice tenuiori concolori obtuso mucronato-aristatis; inflorescentia utrius- 

 que sexus conformi 1-stachya seu spicatim cymosa 2— 3-stachya; spiculis 

 linearibus 7 — 8 mm long, b^isi spatha coriacea mucronata vix longiore 

 suffultis^ brafeteis oyatis mucronatis; floribus quam bracteis paullo longiori- 

 bu8 oblODgis compressis stipitulatis ; perianfliii segmentis lineari-oblongis 



