25G DR. M. T. MASTEBS OX SOUTH-AFRICAN RESTIACE^. 



oblongum, obtusum, tuberculis crassiusculis munitutn, l-loculare, 1- 

 ovulatum. Stylus brevis, superne in ramos duos elongates exsertos 

 intus stigmatosos divisus, Fructus perianthio persistente cinctus, 

 osseus, indehiscens, ovato-oblongus, obtusus, medio tuberculis mag- 

 nis, prominentibus, rufescentibus donatus, superne glabrescens, sed 

 ad apicem, circa basin styli decidui, dentibus sex parvis munitus, 

 unilocu^aris. 



4, II. SYNCHROOLEPis. Culmis simplicibus, filiformibus, erectisj va- 

 ginis culmeis tubulosis, nisi ad apices arete convolutis; spiculis mas- 

 culis 6-8, in cymam linearem approximato-alternis, subglobosis ; 

 bracteis arete imbricatis, ovatis, aristatis; aristis erectis, pallidis ; flori- 

 ribus arcuatis, compressls; glurais inyequalibus, rigidiusculis ; spiculis 

 femineis 3-6, in cymam linearem distieham approximatis, singulis cy- 

 lindraceo-lanceolatis, l-floris; perianthio parvo ; glumis subaequalibus, 

 ovatis, hyalinis; ovavio oblongo, ad discum tubulosum, superne pro- 

 funde lobatum, lobis clavatis, adhscrente; stylo unico, basi in stylopodio 

 subgloboso, crasso, lobato dilatato; stigraatibus 2 elongatis. — Restio 

 synchroolepis, Steudely Synop5. ii. p. 250, quoad plant, masc, — ?Hypo- 

 discus duplicatus, Hochstetter, Flora, 1845, p. 338. 



Hab. Pr, B. sp. Ex. sp. s. c? 2, Uitenhage, ZeyheVy 81/!, et Stades- 

 berg (Maio), n. 4334 ! 



2.Burchell,n.4705l . 



Culmi csespitosi, erecti, strlcti, simpllces, 2-3-pedales, crassitie pennns 

 passerinae, olivacei, purpureo maculati. VagincB caudicecB appr 

 matae, oblongse, aristulatae, nitidae, sursum iucrescentes; vaginm culmea^ 

 pollicares et ultra, tubulosse, nisi ad apices arete convolutse, coriaceai, 

 fusca3, albo maculatae, marginibus utrlnque flavidis, sub aplce obtuso 

 flavo-aristulatse, aristula ultra apicem baud exserta (vaginae rautica?, 

 Steud,). SpiculcB masculse 6-8, in cymam linearem, dlsticham, erec- 

 tam, terminalera, per paria approxlmatse, altera sessilis, altera pedi- 

 cellata, pedicello complanato, sursum dilatato, spicula vix breviore, 

 singulae pluriflorse, ovato-oblongae vel subglobosse, 2-3 lin.longa?, 2- 

 2^ lln. Iata5, spatka aperta., vaginlformi, quam spicula ipsa breviore 

 suffultse. Bract €(£ arete imbricatae, ovato-oblongae, castaneae, puncti- 

 culatae, aristis longiusculis, albidls, erectis vel vix patentibus termi- 

 natae. Flores masculi compressi, arcuati, oblongi, bracteas (aristis 

 exceptis) sequantes. Perianthium biserlale, sexglume ; glumis inae- 

 qualibus, oblongo-lanceolatis,rigidiusculis^ lateralibus ewternis navicu- 

 lari-conduplicatis carinatis, carinis glabris, intermedia antica, plana, 

 internis planis, brevioribus, tenuioribus ; antherce lineari-oblongae 

 Plantae femineae culmi, vaginae, injlorescentia bracteceque ut in mare. 

 Spiculce singulae 1 -florae, cyllndraceo-lanceolatae, 2-3 lin. longae, vix 

 1 lin. latae. Perianthium minutum, biseriale, sexglume; glumis sub- 

 scqualibus, hyalinis, ovatis, acutis. Ovarium oblongum, obtusum, 

 glumas duplo triplove superans, superne lobis pluribus clavatis car- 



