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confornics, mlnores, hyalinae, planiusculfle. Anthera lineari-oblongne, 

 apiculatae, flavitljc, dorso ferrugineae. Spicules femmece 4-5, in j)anicu- 

 1am terminalem disposita?, singula; pluriflorai, oblongo-lanceolatfe, 

 erecta;, 4-5 lin. longa;, spatlia vaginiformi aristata suffulta*. Bractece ut 

 in mare. Ghiince externce rigidiuscula^, oblongo-lanceolata?, ferruginca?, 

 maculata; ; Interales navlculari-couduplicata;, carinata;, carina glabra. 

 Glumce internee conformes, planiusoula; vel sui^erne (ad margines) 

 parum involuta?, externis paullo longiores. Ovarium trigonnra, ob- 

 longum, pm'pureum, 1-loculare, stigraatibus 3 lineari-ligulatis supe- 

 ratum , 



3. L. iNCURVATus. — Restlo incurvatus, Thunb.FL Cap. i.88. — Restio 

 vimineus, Rottb, Descr, et Ic. p. 4, t, 2. f. 1 , teste Neeslo. — Calopsis in- 

 curvata, Ktinth, Enum. iii. p. 427 ; Steud. Synops, ii. p. 258, pi. masc. 

 tantum. — Calopsis festucacea, Kunth, Enum. iii. p. 425 ; Steud, Syn. 

 ii. 258, quoad femineam. 



Hah, Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s, Sy False Bay, Robertson \i Tafelbcrg, 

 EckL Un. Itin. 84/ ! ; Croenekloof, Eckl. n. 349 ! ; EckL et Zeyh. i. 

 12 ! ; EckL 83 ! ; Dr. Pappe, 99 ! ; Brege, 63 a !, C3b ! 



^yBurcTiell^ 832!; EckL 934!; Pampoosenkraal, EckLl; Drege, n. 

 2481! 



J et $, EckL et Zeyh, i. 11 ! 



This species varies considerably iu the size of its parts, in tlic 

 erect or flexuous stems, and other minor points. In the younger 

 female flowers, the inner lateral glumes are conduplicate, like the 

 outer ones, and are somewhat mucronatc. 



4. L. oxYLEPis. — Calopsis oxylepis, Kunth, Enum, iii. p. 427; Steud. 

 Synops, ii. p. 258. 



Hab. Pr. B. Sp., ex. sp. s. J , Drege, n. 250 1, pro parte !, 2500, pro parte ! 

 2 , Dr^ge, nn. 38 !, 39 ! ; EckL et Zeyh, i, 12 ! 



Stirpis masculi a cl. Kunthio indescripti notas ad'icio. 



Culmi erecti, teretes (l-2-j)edales), crassitie penna? corvinae, versus 

 basin dichotome ramosi, ramique erecti, clongati, glabri, vel velutino 

 tomentosi. Vaginee cuJmeeB (^-1 poll.) laxse, erecta; vel vix apice 

 recurvat^, elliptical, coriacese, pallide fernigineai, sub apice acutiusculo 

 paUidiore mucronato-aristulatse. Spicule mascula; in apice ramulo- 

 rum distiche spicatimque approximatae, nunc congesta?, singula; cylin- 

 draceo-lanceolat£e, erectse, 4-5 lin. longae, basi spathis vaginiformi- 

 bus ipsisbrevioribusvel eas suba^quantibus, suffultis,rachin communem 

 complanatam villosulam latere uno respicientibus. Bractees undiqne 

 arete imbricatae, elHpticse, acuta;, cjTnbiformes, coriacea;, femiginecE, 

 nitentes, sub apice brevissime mucronata;, mucronibus spadiceis, flores 



oblongos parum superantes. GlunuB externce 



ormis 



uscula. GlumeB intemeB 3, minores, tenuiores, obtusiuscula;. AnthercB 

 ovatae, acutae, apiculatae, dorso pallide castaneac. 



