230 DR. AI. T. MASTERS OX SOIJTH-AFKICAX EESTIACEJ^. 



tomus, Rottb. Desc. et Ic. p. 2, t. 1. f. 1, necLmw. — Thanmochortus 

 dichotomus, Kunth, Enum. iii. p. 433 (excl. syn.). — Restio nutans^ 

 Thunb. FL Cap. i. p. 84? — R. Thamnochortus, Thunb, Diss, p. 15. 

 11.13; FL Cap, p. 86. — R, paleaceus, N, ab E. in herb. Sander. y pro 

 parte! — ^Tliaiiinochortus consanguineus, Kunthy Enum, iii. p. 432. — 

 T. bromoidesj Kunth, Enum. iii. p. 432. — $, Thamnochortus Ecklo- 

 nianus, Kunth, Enum, iii. p. 430. 

 Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. c?> False Bay, Robertson l. Dr. Lind.l, 

 J. R. et G. ForsterU Sieber, FL Cap. 116!, 223!, 225!; Burke I; 

 Burchell, 525 !, 333 !, 6033 ! ; Ecklon, 29 !, 30 !, 84 1,7^!; in planitie 

 Capensi, 561!; Muisenberg, 791!; Drege, 133!, 135!, spec, juve- 

 nilia, 138!; Dr. Thorn, 1030!; Admiral Grey\ 

 $, Bergiusl, Burchell, 924!, 7595!; Ecklon, 83!, 84!; Ecklon et 

 Zeyher, 56. 5 !, 56. 6 !, 61. 5 ! ; Zeyher^ 989 ! ; Drege, 138 a ! ; Cape 

 Town, Harvey ! 

 c? et 5, Zeyher, 1741!; Ecklon, 7921, (Table Mount.) 838!, 941!; 



Eckl. et Zeyh. 1. 11 !, 1. 12 !, 55. 7 ! ; Sieber, FL Cap. 114 ! 

 Rhizoma repens, crassitie pennse anserinse, dense squamatuni, squamis 

 appro xiraatis spadiceis. Culmi csespitosi, teretes, 1^-3-pedales, cras- 

 sitie pennje gallinacenc, olivaceo-flavidi, subtilissime lepidoto-puuctu- 

 lati; fertiles simplices vel ramis paucis semiteretibus ramosissiniis fo- 

 liosis instructi ; steriles multo breviores, ramosissimi, foliosi, foliis 

 subulatis brevibus. Vaginae culmecs arctse, coriacea?, fuscsc, striata;, 

 acutato-mucronatae, superne laceratse, 1^-pollicares. Vagince ramu- 

 lonim in folium subulatum productse, sub apice villoso laciniata;. 

 Panicula mascula terminalis, cymcsa, laxa, pluristachya, pedunculis 

 faseiculatis, fiaceidis, imprimis ercctis, demum patentibus vel pendulis. 

 Spiculce sessiles v. pedunculata?, cylindraceo-oblongse, multiflora;, 5-6 

 lineas longa;, sjyathis lamcllato-laceratis, vaginis simillimis, sufFulta;. 

 Bractece imprimis undique arete imbricata^, tandem versus apieem laxi- 

 uscule patentcs, oblongo-lanceolatae, acutato-subulatse, coriacea?, uni- 

 nerviffi, castaneae, margine byalino-albidse, flores stipitulatos oblongos 

 compressos duplo superantes. Glurnce suba;quilonga3, externce late- 

 rales naviculari-carinatae, acutiuscula3 (juventute submucronulatse), 

 carina anguste alata, ferrugineae, glabrae, rigidiusculse ; glumce interna 

 oblongo-obtusiusculae, planiusculse, extemis tenuiores- Antheree li- 

 neari-oblongae, apiculatae, inclusae, lilamentis vix longiores. — Spicul(B 

 feminece in apice culmi, 2-5, parum remotae, erectse, multiflorae, sessiles, 

 nunc ex geminis infimis altera pedunculata, ellipticae vel subrotundsc, 

 6-8 lineas longee, singulac spatha vaginaeformi suffultse. Bractea ut 

 in mare, florem 2-3-plo superantes. Glumce subaequilongae, externcs 

 laterales naviculari-carinatae, carina late alata, alis membranaceis fer- 



rugineis; glumce internee obtusae, tenuiores, subhyalinse. Ovarium 

 Fructus monospermus, subrotundus vel obovatus, stylo brevi 



terminatus, turgide lenticularis, hinc planiusculus inde couvexus, cas- 

 taneo-fuscus, apicein versus punctnlato-scabriusculus, durus, nucumen- 



