﻿Beiblatt zu den Botiuiisckn Jahrbfiehera. Nr. 66. 



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Species quoad sectionem incertae. 



R.? cirratus Mast. n. sp. ; ramosissimus, lamulis divaricalis curvalis 

 filiformibus tuberculis minimis obsitis; vaginis 6 — 8 mm laxe convolutis 

 basi coriaceis sub apice membranaceo integro vel bilobo subulato-aristatis; 

 spiculis masculis 5 — 7 laxe spicatim dispositis singulis circa 5 mm long, 

 lineari-oblongis cufvatis, basi spatha parva bracteiformi suffultis; bracteis 

 late ovatis acutis mucronulatis; floribus 1 mm long.; poriantliii sogmentis 

 lateralibus conduplicatis ovatis acutis villoso-carinulatis ; antberis obtusis. 



Olif ants' Rivier, Brackfontein (Schlechter n. 10 778 c^J*). 



R. productus Mast. n. sp.; culmis erectis caespitosis teretibus infra 

 medium virgato-ramosis ; ramis filiformibus albo-lepidotis; vaginis ad < cm 

 arete convolutis coriaceis, longe acuminatis, superne membranaceis, parte 

 membranacea nec non acumine transversim desciscente; spiculis masculis 

 spicatim vel racemosim cymosis, singulis patentibus circa <5 mm long, 

 linearibus acutis strictis vel curvatis ; spathis late ovatis coriaceis mucro- 

 natis, spiculis brevioribus ; bracteis spatbae conformibus ; flores snbaequan- 

 tibus; floribus circa 2 mm long.; perianthii segmentis externis lateralibus 

 oblongis acutis conduplicatis villoso-carinatis; perianthii segmentis internis 

 oblongis membranaceis subaequalibus; antheris linearibus; femina latet. 



Vogelvley (Schlechter n. 10 496 (j^). 



R.? pondoensis Mast. n. sp.; culmis erectis 3 — 4 pedalibus teretibus 

 crassitie pennae anserinfte maculis nainimis purpureis notatis, superne ra- 

 mosissimis, ramulis tcnuibus dense foliatis, foliis lineari- subulatis; vaginis 

 culmeis 2—3 cm long, coriaceis maculatis, apice tenuioribus rotundatis ut 

 videtur muticis; inflorescentia mascula pluristachya diffuse paniculatim cy- 

 mosa; spiculis 2 mm long, oblongo-ovoideis ; spathis spiculas vix acquan- 

 til?us oblpngis acutis medio ferrugineis ad margines albido-membranaceis; 

 bracteis conformibus muticis vel interdum mucronulatis; floribus oblongo- 

 ovoideis bracteas paullo superantibus; perianthii segmentis oblongis acutis 

 internis minoribus membranaceis ; antheris parvis ol)longi§. Femina ignota, 



Pondoland (Bachmann n. 342 (^). 

 • ' R. qttOdratum, nisi culmis teretibus, refert. 



- R.? penicillatus Mast. n. sp.; caespitosa (vel rhizomate procurrente?) 

 caulibus erectis 28-30 cm teretibus crassitie pennae corvinae, basi vaginis 

 nigris, laceratis remotiusculis vestitis, versus medium dense ramulosis, ra- 

 mulis asc(Midpntibus filiformibus nignlosis stramineis; vaginis ramulis 3 mm 

 long, coriaceis sub apice membranaceo bilobo recurvo-aristatis; spiculis 

 miisculis ad apices ramulorum solitariis circa 5 mm long, ellipticis acutis, 

 basi spatha aperta subulato-miuronata, spicula dimidio hreviore suffultis; 

 bracteis suborbicularibus subulatis ad margines albido membranaceis; pe- 

 rianthio 2— S'min long, segmentis Hneari-obtusis, internis minoribus hyalinis; 

 aoUierur lineaii^biongis. Femina lat^ 



