246 DH. M. T. MASTEES OK SOUTn-ArETCAX EESTIACEuE. 



deciduis ; glumis externis parvis, glumis internis oblongis acutis 

 spiculis feminels 2-floris, in cymam linearem dispositis, spathis 

 magnis munitis; glumis 6, subaequalibus, persistentibus j fructu ob- 

 longo, compressiusculo, 1-loculari; stigmatibus 2. — An vere hujus 

 generis?— Restio grandis, Spr. ined.Jide N, ab E. Linneea, v. p. 660. 

 Elegia grandis, Kunth, Enum. iii. p. 475 ; Steud. Synops. ii. 

 p. 262. 



Hub. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. sic. d* et $, Gnadenthal, EcUon, n. 34!; 

 Zeyher, 4337 ! ? , Brege, 1 650 ! 



Cnlmi bi- tripedales, erecti, teretes v. compressiusculi, fistulosi, erassitie 

 penna? anserina^, medio dichotome ramosi^ rami erecti, impresso punc- 

 tulati^ pulchre aureo nitentes. Vaginae culme<e laxe convolutae, demum 

 patentes, 1-2-pollicares, ellipticse, coriaceai, extus impresso punctu- 

 latje, aureo nitentes, intus planae, nitidje, sub apice tenuiore obtusius- 

 eulo subulato-mucronatfe. Flores mascuU numerosissimi, in cymam 

 plnriramosam, terminalem, spathis magnis, apertis, vaginiformibus, 

 demum deciduis munitam dispositi, singuli pedicellati, bracfea parva 

 linear! sufFulti, compressi, circiter 2 lin. longi. Perianthium biseriale, 

 6-glume, bracteam paulo superans. Glumm externm 3, inter se 

 sequales, minuta;, lineares, rigidiusculse, nerro medio notatre. Glunice 

 iniernce 3, inter se sequales, membranacese, ferruginea?, oblongo-lan- 

 ceolatffi, concavae, externas duplo superantes. Filamenta plana, albida. 

 Antherce inclusae, oblongae, obtusiusculse, riraa longitudinali dehis- 

 eentes. — Spiculm feminem 5-6, in cymam linearem vel oblongam, 

 disticham dispositfe, singula? biflorge, spatha clausa vaginifornii 

 suffultse. Flores extus convexi, intus concavi, 2-3 lin. longi, bre- 

 viter pedicellati, braciea minuta filiformi sufPulti. Perianthium 

 biseriale, 6-glume, glumis fusco-olivaceis, rigidis. Glumce extern/^ 

 inter se sequales, oblongo-obtusse. GlmncB intertKe paulo longiores, 



oblongo-S]mtbulata?, basi angustatse. Ovarium . Fructus ob- 



longus, compressiusculus, truncatus, sublignosus, l-locularis, 1-sper- 

 mus, perianthio persistente ajquilongo cinctus, stigmatibus duobus 

 triangularibus villosis superatus. Semen unicum, ex npice fructus 

 pendulum. 



A species remarkable for the brilliant golden or bronzy sheen 

 of its epidermis. Its fruit differs from that of the other species 

 of Elegia, and may possibly ultimately necessitate its removal 

 into another genus. 



12. E,? Neesii, sp. n. Culmis teretibus v. compressis, dicbotome 

 ramosis, ramisque erectis, scabriusculis, ferrugineis, subnitentibus ; 

 vaginis laxiusculis, scabriusculis, coriaceis, subulato-mucronatis ; 

 floribus masculis oblongis, obtusis, in cymam terminalem, ])lunra- 

 mosam dispositis; spathis vaginiformibus, demum deciduis; glumis 

 externis linearibus v. subulatis, glumis internis oblongis v. subspatnu- 

 latis : spiculis femineis 2-floris, in cymam lineari-oblongam, disticham , 



