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ipso breviore suffulti. Plores singuli 3 mm. longi oblongi ar- 

 cuati. Perianthii segmenta externa subaequalia oblonga acuta 

 naviculata ; segmenta interiora conformia pallidiora externisque 

 duplo longiora, Antherae lineares apiculatae perianthii segmentis 

 internis vix breviores. Pistilli rudimentum minutum 3-lobum. — 

 Inflorescentia femiuea 3 cm. long, oblonga spieatim cymosa pluri- 

 flora. Spathse oblongge acuta? coriacea3 castauese nitidae. Bracteae 

 seu spathellae late ovata? acutse flores vix aequantes. Flores tri- 

 goni 4-5 mm. long. Perianthii segmenta externa ovata acumi- 

 nata naviculata rigida ferruginea ; segmenta interna externis 

 paulo lon«iora latioraque, planiuscula. Staminodia nulla. Ova- 

 rium oblongum 3-gonum perianthii segmentis interioribus vix 

 brevius, superne 3-lobum, lobis rotundatis carnosis flavidis, 3- 

 loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis. Styli 3 subulati intus plumoso- 

 stigmatosi. 



Ad Prom. Bon. Sp. in monte dicto Muisenberg, prope Kalk 

 Bay, Bolus, 3909 2 et 3910 6 . 



This species hardly differs in appearance from D. ebracteata, 

 Kuntb, but the female flowers differ, not only in their slightly 

 larger size, but in the absence of staminodes, and particularly in 

 the upper part of the ovary, which is 3-lobed, fleshy, and yellow. 

 This fleshy portion is not merely the dilated base of the style, but a 

 portion of the ovary itself, as may be seen on longitudinal section, 

 the ovules being pendulous from the upper part of the cavities. 



D. paniculata, Mast., sp. n. ; culmis simplicibus ; inflores- 

 centia mascula lineari-oblonga laxe paniculatim cymosa ; spathis 

 magnis apertis, spathellis minoribus lineari-lanceolatis longissime 

 setaceo-aristatis albidis ; spiculis 1-floris stipulatis ; floribus 

 trigonis; perianthii segmentis oblongo-acmninatis, interioribus 

 fere duplo longioribus ; antheris liueari-oblongis apiculatis ; pis- 

 tilli rudimento carente ; inflorescentia feminea cont'ormi breviore; 

 perianthii segmentis subaequalibus externis valide recurvo-acumi- 

 natis; stamiuodiis nullis ; orario trilobo triloculare 



%. Culmi 50-60 cm. crassitie pennae gallinaceae erecti solidi 

 simplices teretes obsolete papulati fusco-olivacei, basi vaginis 

 approximatis persisteutibus coriaceis nitide-castaneis subulato- 

 mucronatis sursum gradatim iucrescentibus obsiti. Vaginae 

 culmeae superiores rarse aretae decidual annulum nigrescentem 

 basi tantum relinquentes. Inflorescentia mascula laxe paniculatim 

 cymosa pluristachya lineari-oblonga 5-8 cm. long, spathis coria- 



