680 DR. M. T. MASTERS's SUPPLEMENTARY 



eubaequalibus obtusis mucronatis ; fructu trigono exalato peri- 

 anthio persistente vix breviore. 



%. Culmi csespitosi alt. 60-70 cm. crassitie pennse gallinacese 

 ad basin squarnis approximatis subcoriaceis castaneis sursum 

 sensim increscentibus obtecti, superne compressiusculi solidi 

 cinereo-grisei ruguloso-punctulati simplices vel parce ramosi. 

 Vagina? culmea? persistentes 3 cm. long, laxe convolutse coriacea? 

 ad margines membranacea?. Inflorescentia mascula 2-3 cm. 

 oblonga coinpacta spicatim cymosa spatbis 1-2 cm. long, oblongis 

 acutis planis persistentibus niunita. Spathellse spatbis conformes 

 minores longissime aristato-aeuminata?. Spieula? pluriflora?. 

 Plores 3 mm. long, trigoni arcuati. Perianthii segmenta omnia 

 conformia naviculato-oblonga acuminata castanea exteriora quam 

 interiora vix dimidio breviora. Anthera? liueari-oblongse longi- 

 uscule apiculata?. — Plantar feminea? culmus vagina?que ut in 

 mare. Inflorescentia oblonga 3-4 cm. long, spatbis apertis 

 lanceolatis pra?dita. Perianthii segmenta suba?qualia mem- 

 branacea oblonga obtusa mucronata. Pructus trigonus nitidus 

 niger indebiscens, 1-locularis, stylis 3 deciduis superatns. 



Ad Prom. Bon. Sp. ad Valley Kivier's Poort, Burcliell n. 7103, 

 J, specimen olim a me ad E.junceam, Linn., falso relatum. In 

 montibus Hottentotsbollandberg, prope G-rietjesgat, Bolus n. 

 4221 $ ; Kehmann, 2564 $ . 



A species remarkable for its flattisb stem and persistent culm- 

 sheaths. Burcbell, in bis MS. note, calls it "Eestio glaucus, 

 insigniter glaucus teres ca?spitosus tactu scaber, et culmi, leate 

 visi, punctulis elevatis tecti." 



E. acuminata, Mast., sp. nov. ; culmo solido compressiusculo ; 

 vaginis laxis deciduis ; inflorescentia mascula oblonga paniculatim 

 cymosa densa, spathis apertis oblongo-lanceolatis iutermixta; 

 bracteia ovato-acuminatis floribus brevioribus ; perianthii seg- 

 mentis utriusque sexus acute mucronatis ; fructu alato-costato. 



~U. Culmi ca?spitosi simpliees 2-6 pedales teretes vel siccitate 

 longitudinaliter sulcati cinerei obsolete puncticulati. Vaginae 

 ad basin culmi circumsecus arete convoluta? coriaeea? castanea^ 

 superne sensim im rescentes, vaginae supei-iores laxiores tenuiores 

 inox deciduae relicto annulo brunneo. Inflorescentia mascula 

 6-8 cm. dense paniculatim cymosa oblonga erecta pluriflora. 

 Spatha? coriaceae pallide i'erruginea? oblongo-lauceolata? plana? 

 2-3 cm. long. Spathella? longiuscule acuminata?. Spicula? ob- 

 longs pluriflora?. Bractea? spathellis conformes nisi minores. 



