DR. M. T. MASTERS ON SOUTH-AFRICAN RESTIACEJ^. 239 



Elegia, Linn. Mantissa Plant, altera, p. 297 (anuo 1771) ; 

 Ktmth, Emtm. iii. p. 460, pro parte. 



Choudropetalutn, JRotth, Descr. et Ic, p, 10 (1773). 



Char, emend. — -Infloresccntia mascula et feminea conformis, vel 

 vix difformis, spatliis maguis, apertis, demum decidufs, inimita. 

 riores dioici, fasciculate- vel spicato-congesti, singuii triangu- 

 lares vel raro compressi, sessiles vel vix pcdiccllati, bractea bre- 

 viore stipati. Perianthium biseriale, 6-glume, glumse exteriores 

 inter se sequales, iuternis (prsecipue in fl. masc.) breviores. Sta- 

 mina3,distincta; filamenta filiformia; antherse uuiloculares,dorso 

 supra basin affixse, antice secundum longitudinem dehiscentes. 

 PistiUi rudimentum minutum, 3-stylunij vel nullum. — Femina. 

 Glumae externse nonnun^uam internis aquilongse. Staminodia 

 nulla. Ovarium seepissime l-loeulare, nonnunquam 2-3-loculare, 

 loculis uniovulatis. Styli3Jineares,distincti,intus stigmatoso-vil- 

 losi. Fructus uniloculariSjindehiscenSjtriangulariSjrarocompres- 

 ^Vi^yh\[.OQ^A^iV\^{E.sg^^lamosa) . — Rhizomarepens^squamatum. Cul- 

 mi juncei, simplices vel ramosi, vaginis plerumque cito deciduis ct 

 annulum nigrum relinquentibusinstructi. Inflorcscentiaconferte 

 cymoso-paniculatajramis vagina spatliiformi, plerumque cito deci- 

 dua, sufFultis. — Kunth^op.cit. (excl. spec, capsulis dehisceutibus). 



1. E. deusta, Kuntli, Enum. iii. p. 460; Stead. Synops, n. p. 261. 

 Chondropetalura deustum, Roiib, Descr. et Ic. p. 10,t. 3. f. 2. — Restlo 

 tectorum, Thunb, FL Cap, i. p. 85, 7ion Linn, — R. Chondropetaluni, 



N, ab E, hinncea, v. p. 652, 

 Hah. Pr. B. Sp. c?, in planitie mentis Tabularis, Bergiusl, Eckl. !, 



ejusdem nn. 224 !, 839 ! ; Sieber, 226 ! ; BurcheU, 565 !, 81 14 ! ; Rei- 



chenbach, in herb. Fielding. \ ; Drege, 123 ! 

 cf et 2 y Eckl, et Zeyh. 56. 6! 



Planta? feminese adhuc iudescriptse notas adjicio. 



CulmuSj vaginre^ nee non infiorescentia omnino ut in mare. Spicules sub- 

 globosae, 3^-florai. Bractece arete iinbricata?, ovato-oblong^e, subu- 

 lato-mucronatpe, concavse, coriaceae, brunnese. Flores arcuati, oblongi, 

 subtrigoni, bracteas duplo triplove superantes. Perianthium rigiduoi, 

 biseriale, sexglume. Glumce externm ovato-oblongaj, acutae, concavae, 

 subcarinaise, glabrae ; glumte interna oblongac,acutJC, arcuatic, concavEC, 

 externis duplo longiores. Staminodia 3, ligubformia. Ovarium ob- 

 longum^ trigonum, purpureum, uniloculare, stigmatibus 3 villosis revo- 



lutis superatum. Fructus 



Specimens of this species exist in the Linnean herbarium ; one 

 of them is referred, in the handwriting of Linne, to " Chondropefa- 

 Inm deustum, Fris.," Le, Eottboell 



2. E. NUDA, Kunth, Enum. iii. p. 462; Steud. Synops, ii. p. 261.— Chon- 



