I)K. M. T. MASTEl^S ON SOTTTir-AFKICAN RESTIACE^. 257 



nosis (disco adhii^rente?) notatuni, iiniloculare. O v a lum luucmn, ex 

 apice loculi pendulum. Stylus brevis, crassus, supenie in ranios duos 

 longos exsertos intus villosos, stigmatosos divisus, basi in stylopodio 

 rotundato crasso lobato ex])ansus. Fructus oblongus, durus, inde- 

 hiscens, superne tuberculatus, styli vestigiis notatus, basi perianthio 

 persisteute cinctus. Semen 



o. H. ALBo-ARiSTATUS. Culmis teretibus, vcl subcompressis ; vagiuis 

 culmeis remotis, interdum nuUis, arete convolutis, sub apice flavido 

 mucronatis ; spiculis masculis 2-3, approximatis, oblongis vel sub- 

 globosis; bracteis oblongis, acuniinatis, acuniinibus albidis vel flavis; 

 glumis lanceolatis ; antheris apiculatis : sjnculis femineis 2-3, api)roxi- 

 matis, oblongis, l-floris, spatliisbracteisque ut in mare; glumis parA'is^ 

 ovatis, acutis, hyalinis; ovario oblongo, breviter stipitato^ superne ad 

 discum crenulatum annulare adha^rcntc ; stylo brevi, stigmatibus 2, 

 longiusculis, exsertis -, fructu oblongo, basi perianthio parvo cincto. 

 Restio albo-aristatus, N. ah E. LintKBa, v. 635; Kunth, Enum, iii. 

 p> 407; Sieud, Syn, ii. p. 249, quoad pL masc. — ITypodiscus duplica- 

 tus?, Hochst, Flora, 1845, p. »338. — Bceckhia laevigata, iifuw/ A, Enum. 

 iii. p. 450, quoad femineam. 



Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex, sp. s. <?, Massonl-, Drege, 161, 199a!; EckL 

 91 !, 874 !; Zeyher, 816!; Dr. Thorn, 1060! 



?, Eckl. 818!; Zeyher, 972!; Burchell, 7655!; False Bay, Ro- 

 bertson ! ; Uitenhage, Niven !, Drege, 2478 ! 



<J et $, HottentotshoUandberg, Zeyher, 4333 ! 



Culmi ca?spitosi, erecti, simplices, teretes velcompressiusculi, 18-24-pol- 

 licares, crassitie penna3 corvinie, olivacei, purj>ureo maculati, basi ra- 

 5'?W2> dense imbricatis, obtusiusculis,castaneis, nitidis vestiti. Vagina 

 culmece 1 vel 2, interdum nullae, sesquipollicares, tubulosae, basi arete 

 convolutse, versus apicem subpatentes, coriacea?, fusca?, flavido raacu- 



latae, ad margines apicem que obtusiusculum flavida*, mucronato-aris- 



tatae, arista erecta, nonnunquam torta. Spiculee mascul(s 2-3, in 



«l>ice culrai approximatae, sessiles, rachi flexuosae corapressae impositac, 



singulae pluriflorae, oblongae vel subglobosae, 3-4 lin. longa?, 2-3 lin, 



latae, Spath^e apertae, vaginiformes, inferior spicula sua longior, re- 



liquae spiculis paulo longiores seu easdem aequantes. Bractea arete 



imbricatae, cartilagineae, oblongo-ovatae, fuscae, longiuscule cuspi- 



dato-aristatae, ad margines aristasque flavidae vel albidae. Peri- 



finthium compressum, arcuatum, rigidiusculura, inaequaliter biaeriale, 



€-glume, glumis oblongo-lanceolatis, lateralibus extemis, condupli- 



<^atis, glabris, intermedia antica glabra, intemis conformibus, paullo 



tninoribus, tenuioribus. Anthers lineari-oblongae, apiculatae. — Planta 



femineae culmi, vagime, injlorescentia plerumque ut in mare. Spicule 



uniflorae, cylindraceo-lanceolatse, 3-4 lin. longac, l-lj lin. latae. Brac- 

 'effioblongo-lanceolat^^cuspidat^-CjCastaneacniarginibuscuspidibusque 



albidis, Pe^ia»^/Aiuw stipitatum (stij)itc brevi, crasso), minwtura, liya- 

 linum,biseriale, G-glume, glumis jrqnaKbus oratis. Ovarium obkinguui, 



>-i?fx. pnoc. — BOTAxr, vol. x. s 



