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sursum increscentibus ; vaginis culmeis ad 4 cm arete convolutis coriaceis 



fuscis nervoso-striatis apice angiistatis acntis mucronnl.ifis. ad niaiirines 

 tenuioribus concoloribus; inflorescentia 8—10 cm long, pluristachya laxius- 

 Cule paniculatim cymosa spathis vaginiformibus apertis, 3-- 4 cm long, im- 

 mixtis; spiculis 1 cm long.; bracleis fernigineis subcoriaceis oblongis niucro- 

 natis; perianthio 3—4 mm long.; segmentis lineari-oblODgis obtusis cartila- 

 gineis calvis; antheris mucronulatis; inflorescentia feminea paucistachya; 

 spiculis spicato-cymosis singulis circa 2 cm long, spathis bracteisque ut in 

 mare; perianthii stipitulati 6 — 8 mm long, segmentis externis lineari-ob- 

 longis anguste alatis glabris; segmentis internis dimidio minoribus hyalinis 

 e basi lata acutis; ovario obovoideo, stylo unico. 



Mierkraal (Schlechter n. 10 5H (f et 10 512 Q). 



Th. Bachmannii Mast. n. sp.; culmis caespitosis erectis ad 26 cm 

 teretibus crassitie pennae corvinae obsolete albido-lepidotis; vaginis 3 — 4 cm 

 et ultra arete convolutis subcoriaceis striatis supra medium lufniltranaccis 

 profunde laceratis; spiculis masculis pluribus in cymam paniculiformem 

 nutantem confertim dispositis, basi spathis papyraceis lanceolatis immixtis, 

 singulis \ cim loi^g. cuneato-obovatis ; bracteis oblongo-lanceolatis subcoriaceis 

 ferrugineis alb^o-marginatis; perianthii segmentis oblongis acutis, lateralibus 

 conduplicatis calvis; antheris Hnearibus apiculatis; spiculis femineis solitariis 

 vel geminis 2 cm long. ; perianthii feminei segmentis externis lateralibus 

 profunde alatis; ovario obovoideo I-loculari, stylo unico, 



Malmesbury Division (Bachmann n. 1733 ^ !); Olifant's Rivier 

 (Pbnther n. 386, 3981), near Norland House (Wollet Dod n. 2446!); 

 Koude Bokkeveld (Schlechter n. 10 088 (f, 10 089 Q !). 



Th. insignis Mast, in Gard. Ghron. April 22, 4899, p. 242, fig. 93; 

 elatus, culmis erectis teretibus crassitie pennae gallinaceae albido-puncticu- 

 latis; vaginis culmeis oa. 3 cm arete convolutis coriaceis apice laceris; in- 

 florescentia feminea 5—35 cm pluristachya lineari paniculatim cymosa 

 spiculis singulis ascendentibus ad 3 cm oblongis basi spatha lanceolata 

 coriacea ferniginea spicula ipsa dimidio breviore suffulta; bracteis sursum 

 increscentibus, acutatis spathis conformibus; floribus circa 5 mm s^entis 

 externis lateralibus profunde alatis obtusis, caeteris minoribus oblongis; 

 ovario obovoideo, stylo simplici superato. 



Riversdale (Rust n. 406!, 407!, 399M $ in herb. BeroU). 



Hypoltena R. Br.») 



H. hyaiina Mast. n. sp.; culmis laxe divergentim ramulosis, ramulis 

 Wormibiis ttA^^ctilatis; Vaginis f tm to^^^ basi coriaceis 



4) Species quaedam incertae una cum Leptocarpo divaricaio in reliquum in genus 



