﻿Beibliitt zu deu Botauischeu Jabrbucberfi. Nr» 6d» ' f 



D. rig ens Mast.; rhizomate repente gracili; culmis caespitosis eredUs 

 filiformibus compressis ad 20 cm alt.; vaginis 1 cm et alt. coriaceis acutis 

 deciduis; inflorescentia feminea lineari, spicatim cymosa, 3— 4 cm long.; 

 spiculis remotiusculis sing. 4—5 mm long, spatha brevi acuminata suf- 

 fultis; bracteis oblongis coriaceis longe acuminatis; perianthio oblongo 

 bractea vix minore, segmentis cartilagineis acutis; internis brevioribus; 

 fructu subgloboso trilobo ad angulos dehiscente. 



Zeekuhvallei, in arenosis: (Zbthbr). 



In herb Berol. sub nom. B. Ekocharidis (Nees mss.) asservala. A R. Eleodiari 

 Nees tamen valde differt. 



Elegia L. 



E. Rehmannii Mast n, sp.; culmis caespitosis erectis ad 44 cm, sim- 



plicibus rigidis crassitie pennae corvinae; vaginis basalibus aicle tulnilatis 

 coriaceis nigrescentibus; vaginis culmeis cito deciduis; inflorescentia feminea 

 25 mm long, lineari -oblonga; spathis subcoriaceis apertis oblongo-lanceo- 

 latis ad margines superne involutis; floribus ad 2 mm long.; perianthii 

 segmentis externis oblongis mucronatis omnibus conduplicatis alato-carinatis, 

 segmentis internis subaequalibus ovatis acutis exterioribus brevioribus; ovario 

 oblongo trigone 1-loculari. 



Cape Flats (Rehmann n. 4 806 in herb. Berol.)! 



E. exilis Mast n. Sp.; rhizomate procurrente; culmis erectis sim- 

 plicibus remotiuscutis ad 50 cm alt. vix crassitie pennae corvinae, compres- 

 sis, pallide olivaceis obscure puncticulatis ; vaginis deciduis 2 cm laxe con- 

 volutis tenuitcr coriaceis oblongis mucronulatis ; inflorescentia mascula 

 pluristachya laxe paniculatim cymosa circa 2 cm long, spathis acuminatis 

 vaginiformibus onusta ; floribus ad 3 mm bracteis longe acuminatis multo 

 brevioribus; perianthii oblongi segmentis externis ovatis subobtusis navi- 

 cularibus ; segmentis internis duplo longioribus oblongis acutis; plantae 

 femineae culmis inflorescentiaque ut in mare; fructu oblongo triquetro 

 1-loculare. 



Rivierzonderend (ScnLECHTER n. 9883 rf, 9884 Q)! 



E. fastigata Mast n. sp. ; culmis caespitosis erectis ad 48 cm cras- 

 sitie pennae corvinae simplicibus subcomplanatis obsolete puncticulatis; 

 vaginis basalibus coriaceis ferrugineis arrte oonvolnlis sursuni incrcsconti- 

 btis summis oblongis sub apice rotundalo-mucronulatis ; vaginis culmeis 

 tieciduis; inflorescentia mascula 6 cm long, dense paniculatim cymosa spathis 

 magnis apertis lanceolatis fastigatis pallidis onusta; bracteis acuminatis; 

 iloribus stipitulatis vix 2 mm long. ; perianthii segmentis externis oblongis 

 acutis, lateralibus conduplicatis ; segmentis internis oblongis apiculatis externa 

 6#er4ntib«s;, ii^rescentia feminea circa 5 cm long. ol)Ionga spiciformi 

 ^this oblongo-Ianceolatis, imbricatis onusta; perianthii ferainei segnaentis 



