228 DR. M. T, MASTERS O^ SOUTH-AFRICAN RESTTACE.E. 



2 , Masson !, Dr^ge, 132 ! ; Uitenhage, Zeyher, 291 ! 

 cf et 5> locis rupestribus in montibus prope Appelskraal (Sept.), 

 Zeyher, 4349 ! 



Plantse feniiuea;, hucusque indescriptse, culmus^ vagin<B hractecBque om- 

 nino ut in mare. Spiculce masciilinis conformes sed magnitndine 

 majores, Flores orbiculares, complanati, arcuati, stipitulati. GIuttkb 

 €3ctern<B laterales obtusse, apiculatae, profunde membranaceo alatse, 

 glabrae, ferruginea?, gluma intermedia oblonga, obtusa, planiuscula; 

 fflumce internee mlnores, conformes, externis paullo breviores. Fructtis 

 compressus, orbicularis, stylo unico brevi, persistente coronatus. 

 Stigfna villoso plumosum. 



A handsome species, with larger spikes than are usual auiong 

 its congeners. 



4. T. spiciGERus, R. Brown, Prod. p. 244 ; Kunth, Enum, iii. p. 441 ; 

 Steud. Synops, ii. p. 260. — Restio spicigerus, Thunh. Diss. p. 11. 

 n. 6, f. 5, 6. 



Hab. Pr. 13. Sp, Ex. sp. s. J, in planitie Capensi, Ecklon, 567 i ; 



Masson I 

 2 , Drege, 227 ! 

 cf et ? , EckL et Zeyh. 78. 4 ! ; Ad?nL Grey ! 



In Linnseus's herharium are two specimens of the female of 2. 

 spicigerus^ with no name attached to them, but tliey bear the 

 figures T. 457 and T. 369 respectively. 



J 



5. T. sciRPiFORMis, sp.u. Culmis simphcibus, tcrctibus, siccitatc sulca- 

 tis; vaginis arctis, mucronatis, laceris ; spiculis mascuhs 00, paniculatis, 

 singuHs parvis, ovato-oblongis ; bracteis oblongis, mucronatis ; glumi^ 

 externis lateralibus anguste alatis ; antheris apiculatis : spicuhs le- 

 mineis subglobosis, plurifloris, in cjmam linearera spiciformem ais- 

 positis; bracteis oblongo-Ianceolatis, mucronatis ; gluuiis externis pro- 

 funde alato-carinatis. 



Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. d* et $, Ecklon et Zeyher, 60. 5! 



Culmi erecti, teretes, crassitie pennoe galUnacegC; oUvaceo-flavidi, ob- 

 solete impresso punctulati, siccitate lougitudinaliter sulcati. I agino' 

 culmecB l-l^*polhcarcs, arete convoluta^, acuminatse, mucronatse, co- 

 riacese, fuscae, nervoso- striata:, ad margines paUidiores lacerse. P<^' 

 nicula mascula terminalis, eymosa, jduristachya, ererta. Peduncuh 

 e vaginis supreuiis orti, glabri. Spicules ovato-oblongae, pluri- 

 florae, parvse, 2-3 hn. longse. Bractem undique arete imbricatse, ob- 

 longa.*, coriaceae, fuscae, infimse sub apice obtuso valide subulato-m"- 

 cronatae, superiores acuminato-mucronatae, ^ore5 compressos arcuatos 

 2-3-plo superantes. Glumce membranacese, ferrugineae, externa i(^' 

 ferales naviculari-conduplicatae, oblongse, acutiusculae, anguste alato- 

 carinatjc ; gluma antica confonnis, planiuscula. Gluma: interms pau 

 nainores, conformes. Aniherce apiculat^c, inclussr. — Plantse lemiuc 



