238 1>H. M. T. MASTEHS OX SOrTn-ArRTCA>^ KESTIACEJE. 



stipiti cylintlraceo imposit\uu, disco epigyno aunulari cieuulato supe- 

 ratum, uuiloculare. Stylus brevis. Stigmata 2, longa, exserta, intus 

 villosa. Ovulum unicum, ex apice loculi pendulum, Fructus 



6. H. STRiATUs. Boeckhia striata, Kunth, Enum, iii. p. 449; Steud, 



Synops. ii. p. 263. 

 Hab, Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. c?, I>rege, 2484 cU 2022!, 2479!; 



EckL I 

 2 , Drege, 2480 !, 2484 !, 9452 ! ; EckL et Zeyh. 105. 3 ! 

 cJ et 5, Drege, 2488 bb !, 2484 ! ; Ylandsrivier {Martio\ Zeyherl 



In some of Ecklon's specimens the male plants have branched 

 or compounded inflorescences, and the flowers themselves are 

 altered by the production of an increased number of glumes, 

 some of which show transitional forms between ordinary glumes 

 and stamens. 



7. H. BiNATUS. Culmiserectis, fistulosisj simplicibus; vaginis culmeis 



arete couvolutis, coriaceis, striatis, sub apice pallidiore subulato-mu- 

 cronatis ; spiculis mascuUs subglobosis, in panieulam erectam Unearera 

 laxiusculam geminatim ternatimve dispositis; bracteis late ovatis, 

 acutis, dorso sub apice vix carinatis ; spiculis femineis cyUndraceO' 

 lanceolatis ; perianthio minute, hyaline ; ovario disco epigyno carun- 

 culato flavido notato; stylo unico, crasso. — Dovca binata, Steud. 

 Syn, ii. p. 24S, femina tanttim. 

 llab, Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. (5* et 5, BurcTiell, n. 7958!; 2, Drege, 



n. 2477 I 

 Culmi bipedales et ultra, ad basim csespitosi, squamis ovatis vel oblongis 



coriaceis castaneis nitidis mucronatis dense approximatis vestiti, 



supeme erecti, tcretes vel compressiusculi, fistulosi, simplices, cras- 



sitie penn;t5 corvinse, olivacei, purpureo maculati, remote vaginati ; ra- 



ginee culmece 1-2-pollicares, arete convolutaj, fusca; vel cinnamoinea?, 



coriaceai, purpureo raaculatae, sub ai)ice tenuiore flavido subulato- 



mucronatae. Cymulce 4-6, remotiusculae, in panieulam erectam ter- 



minalem distiche dispositse, siugultc spatha oblonga aperta sulcato- 



striata vaginiformi, cymula breviore, suffultae. Spicules masculse 



in singulis cymulis geminatim vel ternatim dispositse, altera sessihs, 

 altera pedicellata, pedicello complanato, sursum dilatato, spiculam 

 aequante, singulae subglobosa;, 3-4 lin. longae, 3-3^ lin. lata;. Bractea 

 arete imbricatas, late ovatse, acutae, castanese, coriacese, impresx)- 

 punctulatae, dorso sub apice tenuiore submembranaceo subcarinatse, 

 flores arcuatos oblongos compresses dnplo superantes. Periantkium 

 rigidura, ferrugineum, biseriale, sexglume, glumis oblongo-lanceo- 

 latis, inaequalibus, exteruis lateralibus conduplicatis, carinatis, cannis 

 glabris, intermedia planiuscula, ivterme tenuiores, breviores. /i- 

 lamenta coniplanata. Anthera* exsertse, lineari-oblongse, apiculatje, 

 dorso ferruginese. — Plantte feminea; culmus, vagina, inflorescentiaqne 



