240 DR. M. T. MASTERS OK SOUTH-AFEICAK RESTIACE.B. 



(Iropetalum nudum, Rottb, Descr, et Ic, p. 1 1, t. 3. f. 3 (femina), — ? Restio 

 acuminatus, Thunb, FL Cap, i. p, 85. — R. nudus, Nees ab Esenb, 

 LinncBaj v. p. 651, pro parte, excL vars. «, j3 et y. 



Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. J , EckL 85 ! ; ? £. et Zeyh. 51.8!; ? Drege, 

 147 b. 



$, Sieber, Herb. Cap. Ill, swi nom. Restlonis tectorum! ; EckL 14!, 

 ?84!, 796!; Dre^e, 9454! 



Stirpis masculse hucusque indescriptae culmus vaginceque ut in feminea. 

 Panicula oblonga, conferta, cymosa, terminalis, pluristachya, 2-3-poll- 

 longa, spathis oblongo-lanceolatis, corlaceis, deciduis interstincta. 

 Bracte(B late ovatse, mucronatee, coriacese, spadicese, ^oriiws oblongis 

 subtrigonis 1-2 lin, longis dimidio breviores. Glumce externcB 3, ovataj, 

 acutse, carinatse, coriacese, spadiceai, impresso-punctulatae ; glumce in- 

 terjKB 3, ovato-oblongae, externis duplo longiores, rigidae, pallidas. An- 

 thercB inclusse, lineares. 



Of the varieties referred by Nees von Eseubeck to this species, 

 loc* cit., a and ft belong to Elegia racemosa^ as authentic speci- 

 mens in Dr. Sonder's herbarium show, and, indeed, as is therein 

 attested by Nees himself; var. y is the male plant of Dovea ma- 

 crocarpaj Kunth, while var. ^, about which Nees expresses some 

 doubts, is the only one which properly belongs to E. nuda. 



3. E. cuspiDATA, sp.n. Culmis simplicibus, farctis, vaginis culmeis 

 2-3-pollicaribus, deciduis ; spiculis masculis 1-floris, in paniculam com- 

 pactam, teruiinalem, oblongam dispositis; spathis demura deciduis; 

 bracteis ovatis, cuspidatis, flores subtrigonos (cuspide excepta) vix 



aequantibus; glumis rigidis, internis longiorihus; antheris linearibus, 

 apiculatis ; fructu oblongo, trigono, 1-loculato, indehiscente, stylorum 



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vestigus coronato. 



Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s S , False Bay, Robertson ! ; Table liny, Milne ! 



cJ et ?, C. Wright, 484, in herb. Coll. S. Trin. Dubl ! 



2, Simon's Bay, McGillivray ! 



CulmuSy ut videtur, 2-3-pedahs, erectus, simplex, subcompressus, farctus, 

 olivaceus, impresso-punctulatus. Vagince culmece 2-3-pollicares, 

 laxiuscule convolutse, ellipticse, mucronatse, coriaceaj, fuscse, ad basin 

 nigrse, nitidae, demum deciduae. Spiculce masculse 00, uniflorse, in pani- 

 culam congestam, oblongam, terminalem, 2-3-poll. longam, spathis- 

 que apertis, vaginiformibus, tandem deciduis, interstinctam dispositae. 

 BractecB late ovatae, coriaceae, fuscae, apice longissime cuspidatae, cuspi- 

 pide patente, Flores subtrigoni, bracteis (cuspidibus exceptis) lon- 

 giores. Glumce externae aequales, rigidae, oblongae, acutae, coneavse, 

 dorso superne nervo medio glabro notatae. Glumce internee oblongo- 

 lanceolatae, concavac, externas duplo superantes. Anthera inclusae, 

 oblongae, apiculatae, flavidae, dorso ferrugineae, filamentis vix breviores. 

 Pistilli rudimentum tristylum vel nullum. Panicula fcniinca ut m 

 mare> sed minus ramosa. Bractece glumceque ut in mare. Ovarium , . . • 



