NOTES ON BESTIACE2E. 581 



Perianthii compressi arcuati segmenta exteriora oblongo-navicu- 

 lata irmcroimlata castanea subaequalia, segmenta interiora duplo 

 longiora oblonga acuta. Antherae oblongae apiculatae. — Plants 

 femineae culmus vaginaeque ut in mare. Perianthii cartilaginei 

 castanei segmenta omnia aequalia conformia oblonga mucronata 

 2-3 mm. longa. Ovarium, seu fructus immaturus, ovoideo- 

 trigonus ad angulos alato-costatus 1-locularis, stigmatibus tribus. 



Ad Prom. Bon. Spei, ad Valley Kivier's Poort, Burchell, 6993, 

 S et $ ; ad Zwellendam, Burchell, 7435 3 ; Bolus, 4640 6 et 

 2 ■ Verreaux in Serb. Mus. Brit. spec, immatur. Dr. Thorn 

 in Herb. Keiv. 5 ; Drege, 104 <$ . 



I bad previously referred Burchell's specimens above cited to 

 JE. juncea of Linn. ; but the fuller examination I have now been 

 able to make, induces me to separate them aa a distinct species, 

 to which also the specimens of Bolus above cited may be referred. 



E. membranacea, Mast. ; culmo solido tereti simplici obsolete 

 puncticulato ; vaginis deciduis ; inflorescentia mascula 4-5 cm. 

 oblonga compacta paniculatim cymosa, spathis apertis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis planis chartaceis commixta, spathellis lanceolatis 

 acuminatis ; spiculis plurifloris ; perianthii teretis recti segmentis 

 exterioribus ovatis aeutis vix mucronatis, segmentis interioribus 

 conformibus duplo longioribus ; antheris oblongis apiculatis ; 

 inflorescentia feminea cuneiformi ; perianthii segmentis aequalibus 

 mucronulatis ; iructu pyriformi trigono exalato. 



Restio membranaceus, quoad masc. JVees in Linncea, v. p. 658. 



If.. Culmi 2-3 pedales caespitosi basi vaginis castaneis coriaceis 

 approximatis vestiti, superne teretes olivacei minutissime albido- 

 lepidoti, crassitie pennae gallinaceae. Vaginae culmeae deciduae 

 relicto annulo fusco. Inflorescentia mascula lineari-oblouga 

 erecta. Spathae ehartaceo-membranaceae. Flores feminei 3 mm. 

 long. Perianthii segmenta omnia conformia oblonga acuta mu- 

 cronulata ferruginea. Fructus pyriformi-obovoideus trigonus 

 nitide niger exalatus 1-locularis, perianthio persistente vix 

 brevior. 



Ad Prom. B. Spei, ad montem tabularem, HcMon, 836, pro 

 parte, tf ; Burchell, 564, d et $, specimina olim a me ad 

 E. junceam, Linn., vitiose relata ; Drege, 2520 d ; Zeyher, <$ ; 

 Harvey, 200 d . 



Nees von Esenbeck described the male plant only, which 1 

 referred to E. juncea, Linn. Some of Burchell's specimens, how- 



