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Hypodiscus aristatus S. ah Esenb. i= Restio aristatus Thbg. 

 yide Lindley Introd. ed. 2. p. 450 ) — Ad latera niont. Duyvels- 

 berg, alt. 1000', Julio. 



n. sp. H. duplicates Hochst. (Restio aristatus vai\ /3. in sche- 

 dulis seriptis) — Schoenus aristatus Steud. nou Thbg. in Flora 

 1S29, p. 135. Scirpus n. 1 13 b. in pll. Eeklonii ab Un. itin. editis). 



Culmi pedales. dense caespitosi, simpliees, olivacei vel ex oli- 

 vaceo et ferrugiueo punctata- variegati, teretes, vaginis plerumque 

 duabus pollicaribus sulcato - striatis euspidato-mucronatis praediti, 

 apice spicas 2—3 alternas (rarius unicam) gerentea; spicae mas- 

 culae ovato-globosae (fere duplo ininores qua in in priori specie), 

 basi bractea rigida lanceolata aristata supereininente stipatae ; squa- 

 mae plurimae ovatae arete imbricatae, extus atratae. dorso elevato- 

 punctatae, margine albidae, apiee cuspidato-aristatae (aristis patu- 

 lis), inferiores vacuae, superiores fertiles; perianthiuin compressiim 

 hexaphyUum, sepala duo extima lateralia uavieularia glabra C et ' a,n 



vel paulo longiores, snbacutae, brunneae; rami subconipressi> elongati, 

 erecti; inflorescentia plantae masculae snbdichotonia terminalis, spicae 

 in ramulis compressissimis alternatim sessiles, ovatae, semipollicares, 

 compressius culae, dilute eastaneae, nitidae multiflorae, e squaiuis ovato- 

 Ianceolatis, eonvexis, tenuiter mnitinerviis, in mueronem validum acu- 

 minatis eompositae; flosculus squama sua paulo brevior, sepala exte- 

 riora chartaceo - membranacea, duo lateralis uaviculari - carinata, carina 

 glabrata, tertium planum, tria interiora paulo breviora hyalina; sta- 

 mina tria antberis inermibns. Plantae foeiuineae inflorescentia spicata; 

 spicae (spiculae] 2—3 alternae, pollieares, erectae, ovatae; squamae 

 ovatae, valide aristato -mucronatae, brunneo-snbcastaneae, striatae; 

 perianthium hexasepalum, semipollicare, persistens; sepala rigide ehar- 

 taeea, dilute spadicea, nitentia, extima duo lateralia carinata tertnim- 

 que planum plurinervia, tria interiora paulo breviora subenervia; sty- 

 lus tripartitus, stigmata villosa: capsula biloeularis. (Hochst.) 



Sequitur altera Restiaeearum nondum descripta species, quam habeo 

 e Cap. b. spei a Dno. Barone de Ludwig benigne conimunicatam nec 

 non a J5regeo lectam: 

 Calopsis neglecta Hochst. (Drege pll. Cap n. 08. Restio neglecttis 

 Motzsch. in herb. reg. Berolinensi). — Bipedalis vel altior; culm; 

 subdichotome ramosi ramiqne teretes olivacei, dcnsissiine papillosi 

 (sublepidotij ; vaginae remotae, aretae, pollieares vel breviores, ner- 

 voso - striatae, fuscae, inferiores punctis lepidolis inspersae, sub apiee 

 byalino-membranaceo arido bifido, saepissime lacerate vel in lanam 

 soluto, mucronato - aristatae ; rami steriles, si adsnnt, rainosissimi et 

 foliosi ut in C. paniculuta Beauv., vaginulis apice lanatis ; rami fer- 

 tiles elongati, solitarii stricti; inflorescentia spicata vet subpaniculata, 

 spiculis 5—20 composita; spicttlae ovatae vel ovato - oblongae, 4— » 

 lineas longae, dilute castaneae, multiflorae ; squamae in spiculis mas- 

 culis ovatae, acuminato-mucronatae, patulae, perianthium squama paulo 

 brevius, sepala duo extima lateralia naviculaiia, aptera, spadicea, 

 glabra, tertium et tria intima eoncaviuseula, pallidiora, aeqnalia; sta- 

 mina tria antberis subacutis; spiculae t'oemineae similes, squamae ta- 

 men brevius aeuminatae et flosculi sqamam aequantes, perianthium 

 maris, ovarium irigonum,, dilatatnm, stylis tribns distinctis. (HochstJ 

 Prope aeccdit haee species ad C. triticemn Kunth. (Restionem 

 tritieeim Rottb.) sed optime differt spiculis et flore. 



