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irregulariter lobato. — Leucoplceus argenteus, N, ab E. in Lindl. Nat, 

 Syst. ed. 2. p. 450, et in herb, Sond. {nomen tantum). — Restio argenteus, 

 Thunb, fide N. ab E. l. c, sed vix. 

 Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp, s. J et ?, EckL et Zeyh, 52. 8! et 



75. 5 ! ; Caledon, Zeyher, 4338 ! 

 cJ, Drege, 1642!, pro parte; Burchell, 7901!, 8117!; Palmitrivier, 

 EckL 972 ! 

 . 5, Burchell, 7058 !, 8129! ; Zeyher, 4337 ! 



Culmi caespitosi, ereeti, teretes, simplices, 2-3-pedales, crassitie pennae 

 gallinaeese, olivaeei, leviter longltudinaliter striati, albido-lepidoti, 

 basi squamis ovatis v. oblongis coriaceis ferrugineis nitidis dense 

 approximatis vestiti, superne remote vaginati. Vagina culmece polli- 

 cares et ultra, arctae, longiuscule acuminatse, fuscse, coriacese, ad mar- 

 . gines apieemque tenuiores, lacerae. Panicula mascula terminalis, plu- 

 riramosa, raniulis filiformibus, spathis 3-4 magnis apertis nitidis 

 vaginlformibus, demum deciduis, niunita. Spicul(B masculse ob- 

 longo-ovata? v. subrotimdse. Bract e^ arete imbricata;, oblongie, 

 longe acurainatae, menibranacese, albidse, fiores ovatos corapressos 

 arcuatos stipitulatos 2-3-plo superantes. Perianthium sexglume. 

 Glumce rigidiusculae, ferruginea^, oblongo-lanceolatae, acuminato-mu- 

 croriatae ; externa laterales naviculari-conduplicatse, carinatse, carinis 

 glabris, intermedia planiuscula ; internee 3, externas aequantes vel su- 

 perantes, laterales ad margines superne parum involutae, intermedia 

 planiuscula. Antherce lineares, ferrugineae, mucronulo albido termi- 

 natae. — Spiculce femineae in apice culmi, solitariae, nunc 1-3, oblongse, 

 erectte, pollicares, spathis vaginiformibus magnis coriaceis nitidis 

 striatis margine laceris suflFultse. Bractece rigidse, oblongo-lanceo- 

 latff,acuminatae, pallidae, versus apices purpurascentes,nervoso-striatae. 

 Flos unicus terminalis, bractea stipante brevior. Perianthium nullum 

 (an semper?). Fructus oblongus, obtusus, osseus, lacvis, nigrescens, 

 1-locularis, 1-spernms, sti])iti brevi crasso irregulariter lobato impositus. 



Semen ex apice fructus pendulum. 



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Infloresceutia mascula pluristacliya, amentacea, spiculis uni- vel 

 pluriiloris ; infloresceutia feminea solitaria, spicata, spicis 1- 

 floris. riores dioici. Perianthium biseriale, sexglume, glumis 

 aequalibus vel iuoiqualibus. Stamina 3. Antherae peltatim af- 

 fixa&, 1-loculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium sessile, 

 uniloculare, stylo 2-3-partito deciduo coronatum. Ovulum 

 unicum, ex apice loculi pendulum. Fructus ovatus vel subglo- 



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persistente interdum minute cinctus. — Herbae Bestionis ba- 

 bitu* Culmi ramosi, vaginati, vaginis persistentibus. 



