DU. M. T. MASTEES OK SOUTH-AFRICAN BESTTACEiE. 251 



?, Burchell, 526!; Lowenberg, Ecklon, 837!; Drege, 124!, 125!; 

 Sieber, Fl. Cap. 232, sub nom. R. equisetacei ! ; Milne, 236 !, 438 ! 



d ct 2, BurcheU,524l 



Plantae inasciilse, hucusque indescriptae, culmus vaginoique ut in 

 feminea. Panicula terminalis, compacta, oblonga, pluristachya, 1-2 

 poll, longa, Spiculce oblongae, plerumque 1 -florae. Bractece arete 

 imbricataj, ovatae, mucronatse, rigida;, ferruginese. Bractea fertilis 

 flore subtrigono, 1-1 1 lin, longo, ditnidio brevior. Glumce externm 

 rigidae, oblongo-acutaj, concavse. Gluma internee oblongsBj externis 

 dimidio longiores. Anthera inclusae, oblongae, apiculatae, filamentis 

 vix breviores. Pistilli rudimentum minutum vel nullum. 



One of Ecklon's specimens collected at Gnadenthal, but to 

 which no number is attached, is apparently a robust form of this 

 species with a more branched cyme and slightly larger flowers. 



6. D. THYRSOiDEA, sp. n. Culmis teretibus vel (siccitate?) subtetra- 

 gonis; panicula mascula cyxnosa, oblonga; spathis deciduis; biacteis 

 ovatis, concavis, flores oblongos vix aequantibus; glurais externis 

 oblongis, acutis; glumis internis longioribus, oblongis, obtusis : pani- 

 cula feminea spathis convolutis magnis demum deciduis nuinita; ghiinis 

 rigidis, mucronatis; ovario 3-lobo, 3-loculari; fructu capsulari, 



Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. c? et ^^Burchell, 5895 ! 



Culmi erecti, simplices, juncei (3-4-ped?), teretes v. conipressiusculi, 

 crassitie pennae olorinse, impresso punetulati, cinerei. Vaginee culmece 

 laxe tubulosae, coriaceae, elHpticae, fuscae, impresso punctulatae, tuber- 

 culis parvis dense obsitre, demum deciduac. Panicula mascula 

 cymosa, densa, oblonga, erecta, 2-3 poll, longa, pedicelli, in axillis 

 spatharum deciduarum vaginiformium, gemini inaequales. Bracte<e 

 late ovatae, concavse, spadiceaj, flores oblongos vix a*quantes. GlumcB 

 externcE oblongo-acuta), cymbiformes, spadiceae, rigidinsculac. Glumre 

 internee oblongae, obtusiusculae, externis duplo longiores. Stamina 

 inclusa. Anther ce apiculatae-^ Plantae femincic culmus vaginceque 

 ut in mare. Panicula erecta, lineari-oblonga, 5-6 poll. \oug^^ spathis 



magnis convolutis vaginiformibus diu persistentibus (demum deci- 

 duis?) munita. PedicelU intra spathas reconditi. GlumeB juveniles 

 ut in flore masculo. Ovarium 3-lobum, 3-loculare, stigmatibus 3, 

 intus villosis, revolutis superatum, Penan^Aiwrn fructiferum rigidum, 

 accrescens, glumis mucronatis. Capsula 3-loba, 3-locularis, angulis 

 saUentibus dehiscens, periantbio vix brevior. Semen in quovis loculo 

 solitarium, oblongum, testa uudulato i)licata, 



7. D. MUCRONATA. — Rcstlo mucronatus, Nees ab Esenb. Linnaa, v, 

 p. 660. — Elegia mucronata, Reich, ex Kunth, Enum. iii. p. 475 ; Steud. 

 ii. p. 262. — Elegia panicoides, Kunth, Enum. iii. p. 470 (quoad pi. 

 masc); Steud. Sgnops. ii. p. 262. 



Uab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. J et $, Massonl-, Drlge, 34 ! 



d, 2 . Burchell, bi]lM, 7^>26 ! 



