250 DE. M. T. MASTERS OX SOXJTH-ArniCAN UESTIACEiE. 



sub apice tnembranaceo mucronato-aristatae, demum deciduse, basi an- 

 iiulari nigra persistente. Panicula mascula cyraosa, pluristachya, 

 conferta, oblonga, erecta, terminalis, 2-3 poll, loiiga, spathis deciduis 

 interstincta. Spiculm 1 -florae. Bract eee parvai, suborbiculares, acu- 

 minata;, Jlores oblongos, trigones (1-2 lin. longos), arcuatos vix 

 aequantes. GIuttks rigidae, ferrugineaj, externa 3 a^quales, cymbifor- 

 mes, oblonga?, acutata; ; glumtje internee oblongo-acutse, externis duplo 

 longiores. Stamina inclusa. Antherce apiculata;. Pistilli 3-styli 

 rudimentum. — Planta; feminese culmus vagin^que omnino ut in mare. 

 Floras feminei rotundati, magnitudine pisi parvi, in apice culmi in 

 cymam linearem spiciformem dispositi, sessiles vel pedicellati. 

 . Pedicelli complanati, singuli spatha aperta, vaginiformi, decidua 

 donati. Bracte^ ovatse, mncronatse, coriacese, fuscae, infirase vacua;, 

 bractea fertilis Acre oblongo brevior. Glumes 6, suba^quales, oblonga;, 

 acutse, cymbiformes, rigidae. Staminodia 3, liguliformia. Ovarium 



. Capsula triloba, 3-locularis, angulis salientibus per longitu- 



dinem dehiscens, stylorura 3 vestigiis superata, periauthio persis- 

 teiite vIx longiore sufFulta. 



4. D,MXCKoc\RVA,KunthyEnum/m.]y,458; Steud. Synops.ii.p.248. 

 Restio nudiis, var.-y. pauciflorus, Nees ah Esenb. Linn<ea,y. p. 651. 

 Restio (Elegia) fuscus, Nees ab Esenb. MS. in herb, Bonder, 



Restio equisetaceus, Reichenb, in herb. 



Hah. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. c? et $, Zeyher, 1178!, 1740! ; Cederberg, 

 76 ! ; Burchell, 824 ! pro parte ; Drege, 2507 ! 



$ , Dr'ege, 2523 ! 



Stirpls mascula;, liactenus indescripta;, culmus vagintpque ut in feminea. 

 Panicula mascula terminalis, oblonga, erecta, pluristachya, 3-4 poll- 

 longa. Spiculce subrotundse, pluriflora;, 1-2 lin. longa;, spathis deciduis 

 interstinctse ? Bracteee arete imbricat^e, late ovata;, coriacere, ferru- 

 ginea;, ad raargines membranaceaj. Flores compressiusculi, v. sub- 

 trigoni, 1-2 lin. longi, bracteas duplo superantes, Glumee externce 

 laterales oblongse, obtusa;, cymbiformes, coriacea;, ferruginea;, ad mar- 

 gines membranacese, intermedia planiuscula. Glumee internee 3, mter 

 se a;quales, externis duplo longiores, oblonga;, concavse. Antherce 

 inclusa;, oblonga;, apiculata;, ferrugincBe, filamentis vix breviores, 

 Pistilli rudimentum parvum vel nullum. 



The seeds of tliis and other species of Dovea have an outer 

 covering, at first adhering to the brown investment of the seed, 

 giving it the appearance of having longitudinal white striations ; 

 but as tlie seed gets older the outer covering becomes detached, 

 and then resembles an arillus covering nearly the whole seed, and 

 divided into a number of lacinise or whitish ribbon-like segnienta. 



5. D. EBRACTE\TA,ivww/^, Ewwm. iii. p. 458; Steud. S^/wo;?*. ii. p.24r. 

 Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. d, Burckcll, 524 !, 567 ! ; Drige, 124 ! 



