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^ySieber, herb. Cap. 229!; Burchell, 8132!; Babyloonsche Toorn- 

 berg, Zeyher, 4340!; Table Mountain, McGillivray, 432!; Drege, 

 2519! 



d* et $, Burchell, 6999!; Harrey, 389!; Simonstadt, _EcR 1002!; 



-EcArZ, cf Zeyh. 56. 5 ! 

 Var. equlsetacea, ,^, Drege, 1644! 

 2 , Burchell, 7429. 

 c? et 2, jEc^, et Zeyh,\ 



The female plant of this species is doubtless that which is 

 figured bj Lamarck, I. c, as Bestio tJiyr$ife}\ but which differs 

 from RottboH's plant of the same name, which is the ^. juncea 

 of Linn. The name tJiyrsifera is here suppressed, from the great 

 confusion attaching to it. 



Under the head of Sestio erectus, Nees refers to Eottboll's 

 plant, wliich he describes by some error as '* planta mascula, in- 

 florescentia incompleta, nondum adulta spathisque commuuibus 

 adhuc obtecta." It is obvious that there is some confusion here, 

 as the plant figured by Eottboll is a female. E. propinqua^ as 

 here understood, differs from E. juncea in its obtuse, not pointed 

 glumes, and from E,JlstuIosa in its solid, not fistular culms, and 

 in other particulars. 



Judging from the description, this appears to be the plant the 

 male of which is spoken of provisionally by Hochstetter, Joc.cit.^ 

 Q-s E, Kraussii. 



6, E, FISTULOSA, Kunth, Enum. iii. p. 467 ; Steud. Synops, ii. p. 261. 

 Restio propinquus, Nees pro parte in herb, Sonder, — Restio erectus, 

 Nees in herb, Sonder., an Thunb.l 



Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. c?, Cape Flats, Ecklon, 853!; Drlge, 

 1638! 



$, Mundtl; Drege, 11/! 



cJ et $, EckL et Zeyh. 



Planta feminea a el. Kunthio tantum descripta. Panicula mascula cymosa, 

 oblonga, compacta, ramosissima (2-6 poll, longa), Spathce basi con- 

 volutae, superue aperta;, lanceolatse, mucronata;, coriaceae, fusca;, extus 

 impresso punctulatai, intus nitentes. Spathellce conformes, minores 

 (pollicares), cuspidatae, dorso exasperatae nervoque medio prominente 

 notatae. Bracte<B fertiles late ovatai, concava?, mucronatai, membra- 

 naceaj, subferruginese, carinata^, glabrae, floribus vix dimidio breviores. 

 Floras trigoni, 1-1^ hn. longi. Glumce exiernce 3, inter se a^quales, 

 late oblongae, obtusse, carinatae, ferruginea;, punctulataj. GlumcB in- 

 ternce 3, conformes, exteruis duplo longiores. Antherce inclusa;. Pw- 

 Mli rudimentum minutum. 



Distinguished from E. propingua mainly by the fistular stem, 



lanceolate spathes, and sharply triangular ovary. 



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