﻿C. spicatus Mast. n. sp. ; culmis erdctis 70— 80 «i(n alt. pairce ramosid, 



ramis teretibus crassitie pennne gallinaceae olivaceis albido-loj>id(>tis; vaginis 

 3 — 4 cm arete convolutis coriaceis fuscis, ad apices concoloribus lanceolalo- 

 acuminatis; spiculis masculis laxe paniculatis singulis 2—3 mm long, oblon- 

 gis vel STibgloliosis; bracteis oblongo-lanceolatis, castaneis ad margines 

 anguste membranaceis, floribus I— 2 mm; perianthii segmentis oblongis; 

 antheris minutis obtusis; spiculis femineis 5 — 7 spicato-cymosis singulis 

 25 mm long, spatba lata coriacea acuminata dimidio brevioribus; perian- 

 thii brevi membranaceis fusci segmentis ovatis acutis; ovario cylindrato 

 nigro 1-loculari. 



Villiersdorp (Schlechter n. 2, 99<3 cT, 99<4 Q). 



C. aristatus Mast. n. sp.; culmis caespitosis 60 — 70 cm alt., filiformi- 

 bus rigidis teretibus tuberculis parvis obsitis; vaginis 3 cm long, arete vel 

 laxiuscule convolutis coriaceis sub apice rotundato concolori longissime ari- 

 statis (arista appressa vaginam subaequante); spiculis masculis numerosis 

 paniculatim cymosis singulis 3 — 4 mm subglobosis spathis deciduis inter- 

 mixtis; bracteis ferrugineis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis; antheris apiculatis; 

 spiculis femineis 1 — 2, 2 — 3 mm long. 1 — 2 flor. lineari-oblongis basi spa- 

 tha vaginiformi paullulum breviore suffulta ; bracteis ovatis longe acumina- 

 tis coriaceis ad margines parum membranaceis; perianthii persistentis seg- 

 mentis fuscis oblongis obtusis basin ovarii cingentibus ; ovario 1 cm long, 

 clavato-obovoideo nigresrente nitido laevi. 



Koudeberg (Schlechter n. 8752 cf, 8753 Q). 



C. complanatus Mast. n. sp.; 60 — 70 cm erectis culmis complanatis 

 parce ramosis, ramis subteretibus vel parce complanatis olivaceis albido-lepi- 



dotis ; vaginis circa 3 cm long, arete convolutis coriaceis, striatis, apice vix 

 membranaceo, subulato mucronatis ; spiculis masculis paniculatim cymosis sin- 

 gulis 5 — 6 mm subglobosis; spathis deciduis; bracteis lanceolato-acuminatis 

 ad margines hyalino-mcnibranaceis; spiculis femineis solitariis 2 cm long, 

 ovoideo-oblongis spatha brevi suffultis ; bracteis badeis ; perianthio brevissimo, 

 segmentis latis a sese demum remotiusculis; ovario cylindrato nigro-pur- 

 pureo. 



Piquetberg (SceECHTUR n. 79<2 cT, 79<3 Q). 



C. simpliei affinis vaginis autem brevioribus bracteisque magis acuminatis. 



PhylloCOmoS Mast, novum genus. 

 Inflorescentia monoica dense spicatim cymosa basi spatha vaginiformi 

 coriacea aperta longe aristata suffulta, pluristachya. Spiculae stipitulatae 

 pluribracteatae. Bracteae approximatae vel enim aliquando subvcrticillatae 

 membranaceae lanceolatae acuminatae quumplurimum steriles. Flores soli- 

 taru vel plerumque gemini androgynl Perianthium biseriale hexamerum. 

 Segmetita externa cartilagiiiea oblonga obtusa, lateralia naviculari-condupli- 



