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E. filacea, Mast., sp. n. ; culmis caespitosis erectis simpli- 

 cibus tenuissimis rigidis ; vaginia arete tubulatis acutis diu 

 persistentibus ; inflorescentia mascula femineaque conformi, 

 brevi oblonga ; spathis ovatis acuminatia apertis ramos cyinaa 

 excedentibus ; f ructu triquetro. 



%. Culmi 30-40 cm., craasitie pennae passerinae, cinereo-viri- 

 descentes purpureo-maculati, siccitate leviter gyroso-sulcati. 

 Vaginae culmese 12-15 cm., arete tubulatae coriaceae ferrugineae, 

 superne sensim angustatae longiusculeque acuminatae acumine 

 appresao. Inflorescentia 2 cm. long., terminalis erecta lineari- 

 oblonga, deusiuscule paniculatim cymosa. Spathae vaginiformea 

 planae apertse, ramos paniculae superaates. Florea numerosissimi, 

 minuti. Perianthii masculi 1 mm. long., subrotundi, segmenta 

 externa oblonga obtuaa, segmeuta interna paullo longiora oblonga. 

 Antherae apiculatae. Perianthii feminei 1 mm. long., segmenta 

 omnia subaequalia oblonga cymbiformia, 1-nervia. Fructus 

 periantbio peraistente aequalia, triqueter 1-locularis, 1-spermus. 



Ad Cap. Bon. Spei, Drege, n. 110 6; n. 126 (flor. juvenil.); 

 Burchell, 8121 $ . 



A species of very rigid wiry appearance, much resembling E. 

 parviflora, but with persistent sheaths. 



E. Verreattxii, Mast., sp. n. ; rhizomate horizontali procur- 

 rente ; culinis simplicibus ; vaginis subpersistentibus mucronatis ; 

 inflorescentia terminali simplici ; spicula solitaria pluriflora ; 

 bracteis mucronatis ; periantbii segmentis oblongis obtusis ; 

 fructu clavato-trigono. 



%. Ehizoma procurrens. Culmi erecti, ad 15 cm., graciles, 

 simplices, crassitie pennae passerinaB, grossiuscule gyroso-sulcati. 

 Vaginae 1 cm. long., coriaceae brunneae mucronatae. Inflorescentia 

 8-10 mm. long., ovoidea, terminalis pluriflora. Bracteae vagini- 

 formes. Elores 1 mm. long. Perianthii segmeuta omnia cas- 

 tanea subaequalia oblonga obtusiuscula, fructum aequantia. 

 Fructus trigono-clavatus, nigrescens, indehiscens, 1-loc, 1-sperm. 

 Ad Prom. B. Sp., Verreaux in herb. Mus. Brit. Planta femi- 

 nea tantum nota. 



Scleroch^tittm thebmale, Wees, Kunth, Enum. n. p. 321, 

 nomen delendum. 



In Shuttleworth's herbarium, in the British Museum, is a sterile 

 branch of a species of Thamnocliorhis (Sieber 231). The syno- 



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