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Beiblatt zu den Botanlscbeu Jahrbuchern. Nr. 66. 



apice profunde hyalino-membranaceis (parte hyalina decidua); spiculis mas- 

 culis spicatim vel paniculatim cymosis, numerosis axin per latera respicien- 

 tibus singulis f cm long, basi spatha vaginiformi breviore suffultis ; bracteis 

 basi coriaceis superne profunde hyalino-membranaceis apice subaristatis; 

 floribus 4 mm long, multo superantibus ; perianthii segmentis lineari-ob- 

 longis internis paullo minoribus, antheris linearibus; plantae femineae con- 

 formi, perianthii segmeptis . yUlosis accrescentibus ; ovario oblongo-trigono 

 1-loculari stylis 3. 



Koude Rivier {ScHLECHTER n. 40 463 cf, 40 464 (5".). 



H. foliosa Mast. n. sp. ; culmis caespitosis ascendentibus ad 20 — 35 cm 



alt., parce ramulosis, ramulis patentibus glabris filiformibus compressis; 

 vaginis culmeis 5— 7 cm long, arctis coriaceis sub apice obtusiusculo mem- 

 branaceo longe foliaceo-ligulatis ; inflorescentia mascula lineari-erecta 5—7 cm 

 long, laxe paniculatim cymosa spathisque coriaceis apice hyalinis aristatis 

 interstincta; spiculis in ramulis 2 — 3 mm long, remotiusculis 4-floris; brac- 

 teis oblongis acuminatis apice membranaceis ; floribus. bracteis suhaequilongis 

 circa 2 mm long, perianthii segmentis papyraceis externis lateralibus in* 

 aequalibus lineari-oblongis conduplicatis pallide ferrugineis glabris; segmen- 

 tis internis minoribus oblongis obtusis planiusculis hyalinis; antheris ob- 

 titeis. 



How-Hoek (Schlechter n. 7347(J'I; Wolley-Dod n. 3403 of J)* 



H. filiform is Mast, in Journ. Linn. Soc. X, 267. Mas tantum. — * 

 Planta feminea inflorescentia que ut in mare; floribus 2 mm long.; perian- 

 thii segmentis oblongis obtusiis lateralibus conduplicatis calvis; ovario " dJP 

 longo glabro stylis tribus curvatis. 



Mierkraal (Schlechter n. 10534 (f\ et 40532 Q); Koude Rivier 



H.? taemBr&'ii^d^a Msist. n. sp.; culmis caespitosis erectis 9l-pedaii6tB 



teretibus parce ramosis flavescentibus albo-puncticulatis; vaginis 4—5 cm 

 long, arctis oblongis coriaceis fuscis vel flavescentibus sub apice profunde 

 hyalino membranaceo acuminato-filaceis; spiculis honnunquam monoicis 

 numerosis in paniculam bymosam terminalem laxiuscule dispositis, singulis 

 circa 2 cm long, cuneatis compressis, axin per marginem respicientibus, 

 basi spatha vaginaeformi suffultis; bracteis spathis conformibus minoribus; 

 floribus oblongis obtusis compressis bracteis dimidio brevioribus; perianthio 

 obliquo inaequilatero; segmentis externis rigidiusculis inaequalibus, late- 

 ralibus conduplicatis profunde alatis, mediano oblongo obtuso planiusculo; 

 segmentis internis aequalibus hyalino-mea^ranaceis; antheris oblongis mu- 

 tids; floribus femineis nonnunquam in eadem spicula masculinis conformibus; 

 ovario late ovoideo vel compresso stylis 3 superato; fructu indehiscente; 

 .4-loc., 4 -sperm. 



Schoesler's Kraal (Wbijii ri^ii* n. ilSloil) et in Vly ultra Sjg^t^ 



