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pollicareni, spathis clausis 3-4 munitara dispositis; bractcis parvis ; 

 perianthio rigido; glumis internis paulo majoribus; fructu oblongo, 

 compresso; stigmatibus 2. — Restio grandis, var. /3, N. ab E. Linnaa, 

 V. p. 661 ! 



Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. c?, 'EckL 85 ! ; Burchell, 569 ! 



2 9 in planitie Capensi, Ecklon, 560 b ! 



Culmi 18-pollicares, crassitie penna? gallinaceae,basi decumbentes, teretes, 

 V. fistulosi, versus baslm dichotome ramosi, ramique erecti, compres- 

 siusculi, brunnei, tuberculis majusculis (prajsertira in ph masc.) sca- 

 briuseuli. VagincB cidmece 1-2-pollicares, laxiuscule convolutae, co- 

 riaceae, fuscae, scabriuscula?, sub apice tenuiore membranaceo con- 

 colori subulato-mucronatai. Flores masculi numerosi, in cymam 

 phiriramosam, spathis apertis scabriusculis magnis vaginifonnibus 

 interstinctam, dispositi, singuli pedicellati, oblongi, ovati, compressi, 

 1-1^ lin. longi, bractea parva lineari suffulti. GlumcB externce 3, subu- 

 lato-lineares. Glumce intern(B 3, oblongae v. subspathulatse, ferrugineaj, 

 membranaceai, glumas exteruas 2-plo superantes. AntTierce oblongae. 

 Planta feminea masculae conformis, nisi statura paulo graciliore epi- 

 derraideque breviore. — Spicules feminem 2-florac,in cymam spiciformem 

 linearem pollicarern disposita*, singulae spatha clausa vaginiformi 

 ipsam duplo superante sufFultae. Flores breviter pedicellati, extus 

 convexi, intus concavi, bracteaque parva lineari muniti. Perianthium 

 biseriale, 6-glume. Glumce €xtern<B rigidse, oblongae, concavae, sub apice 

 mueronulatae. Glumce internee latiores, latcrales dua? conduplicata?, basi 



angiistatae, postica jdaniuscula. Ovarium . Fructus indehiscens, 



oblongus, conipressiusculus, rigidiusculus, truncatus, supcrnc ad an- 

 gulos stigmatibus 2 persistentibus, triangularibus, villosis sui)cratus, 

 1-locularis, l-spermus, perianthio persistente cinetus. Semen ex 

 apice loculi pendulum. 



This, like the preceding, is referred to Elegia provii^ionally. It 

 is remarkable for its rugose, rich-brown, shining stems. 



Species exclusce. 

 Elegia racemosa, Per5. = Dovea tectorum, 3/g5/ 



E. THYRsiFERA, Per5. = E. propinqua, Kunth. 

 E. PANicoiDES, ivMw/A = Dovea niucrouata. Must. 



E. MEAiBRANACEA, JVee5 = E. juucca, Linn. 



AsKfDiosPERMA, Steuclel, Si/nops. Glumcic. ii. p. 257. 



1- A. CAPiTATUM, Steud. I.e. 



Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. $, Drlge, 2510 ! 



Thia singular plant has the deliiscent fruit of a Dovca or a 

 Restio; but its appearance is not like either. lu tlie deciduous 



