22G DB. M. T. MASTEES ON SOUTH-AFRICAN RESTIACE^. 



turus S-gonuSj coriaceus, abortu 1-locularis, ferrugineus, ut videtur 

 indehiscens., stigmatibus 3 ferrugineo villosis superatus. 



There is so close a correspondence between the male and female 

 plants in ontward appearance that I have no hesitation in uniting 

 them, though I have only seen a single specimen of the female. 

 The solitary terminal flower is unusual in this genus. 



HAlVEN'OCnOHTUS 



KuntJi. Erim 



9 * • 



Nees 



Staberoha, KuntJij Enum. iii. p. 442. 



* Stylus 1. 



1. T. PLATYPTERis, Kuutk, Enum. iii. p. 429 ; Steud. Syn. ii, p. 258. 

 Hab, Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. cT, Drege^ 2502b !; Ecklon, /(J! 



2, Drege, 1391,2512! 

 Plantae raasculae, cl. Kunthio iguotae, culmus vaginceque ut in feminea. 



Panicula maacula terminalisj erecta vel subnutans, pluristachya, spatha 

 aperta vaginiformi erecta suffulta. Pedicelli laxi, complanati, ad 

 margines villosuli. Spathula lanceolataj, acutatse, coriaceae, ferru- 

 ginese, dorso medio nervo prominente notatse, Spiculee pluriflorae, ob- 

 longse, 4-5 lineas longae. Bractece imprimis arete imbricatse, demum 

 apice parum patentes, coriaceae, ferruginea;, lanceolatae, nervo medio 

 prominente et apice in mucronem terminalem producto, donatae. Flores 

 obovati V. oblon^i, compressi, arcuati, bracteis pauUo breviores. GlumcB 

 obloTigae, ferrugineae, membranaceae^ externce breviores, laterales 

 naviculari-condupHcatae, angnste alatae, apiculata?, glabrae; internee 

 oblongae, planiusculaej externis pauUo longiores. Stamina inclusa. 

 Antherce apiculatae. / 



This species is allied to Elegia in the fact that in the male 

 flowers the inner segments of the perianth are shorter than 



the outer. Ecklon's, specimens have the culms furrowed lon- 

 gitudinally in drying; and its pedicels are sometimes glabrous. 



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ri h 



T. ELOXGATUS. Culmis teretibus, vaginis arctis subbipoUicaribus, 

 mueronatis, superne demum laceratis ; spiculis masculis 00, cymoso- 

 paniculatis, singulis oV o-cylindraceis, rectis vel leviter curvatis; 

 bracteis arete imbricatis, oblongis, acutis ; glurais oblongis, apiculatis, 

 externis anguste alatis ; antheris apiculatis ; spiculis femineis, 6-1 -, la 

 spicam linearem cymosam dispositis, singulis subglobosis; bracteis 

 apice demum patentibus, ovato-lanceolatis, flores 2-3-plo superantibus; 

 glumis oblongis, externis lateralibus profunde alatis. — Restio elon- 

 gatus, Thuub, in Hoffm. Phytogr. Bldtt. p. 7.— R- simplex, ForstJy 

 Steud. in Flora, 1829, i. p. 134.— R. nutans, Thunb. FL Cap. i. p. ?■*' 





