261 DH. M. T. MASTERS ON SOUTH-AFBICAN BESTIACEJi. 



seriale, sexglume ; glumce externce 3, ima basi connatsCj aeqiiales, 

 linearl-oblongpe, ferrughieae, rigulan ; glumes internes externas longitu- 

 dine sequaiites, iisqiie latiores, oblongjc, ohtussQ^hyaMme; Jit amenta 

 compianata ; antherce lincari-oblongae, apiculatre, dorso fenugineaj. 

 SpiculfB feminece in apice ramorum solitariai vel 3-5 tlistiche spica- 

 timque dispositai, singulse 1 -flora?, cylindracco-oblonga?, demum ob- 

 pyramidales, 4-G lin. longse, 1-H ^in. lata;, spatka aperta vaginiformi 

 suffulta;. BractecB steriles 2-3, vaginiformes, subidato-mucronatse, 

 apice demum patentes; bractea axi contigua oblonga, obtusa, inutica, 

 dorso bicarinata, cariiiis calvis ; bractea fertilis couformis, florem ter- 

 minalem involvens, eoque vix lougior. Perianthium biseriale, 6- 

 glume, ^rZumis omnibus subtx^qualibus, oblongis, obtusis, nervoso-strio- 

 latis, extemis ferrugineis, internis subhyalinis, ovarium sequanti- 

 bus, eique appressis. Fructus cylindraceo-oblongus, coriaceus, niti- 

 dusj laivis, infcme flavescensj superne castaneus, ]-loeularis, 1-sper- 

 mus, stylo brevi terminali persistente superatus. Stigmata 2, linearia, 

 revoluta, intus villosa. 



This appears to be a common species, and varies in stature, 

 number of spikelets, &c. The male plant is in the Linnean 

 herbarium with this label attached, " 12 Eestio paniculatus,''* It 

 differs, however, considerably from the M. panicttlatas of Eott- 

 boll. 



3. H,? IMPOLITA, — Re&tio impolitiis, Ktintky Enum,'m.pA04; Mast. 

 Journ, Linn, Soc. viii. p. 249. 



Hub, Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. ^ , Zeyher, 4349, pro parte]; Palmitri- 

 vier, EckL 9511; Talfelberg, EckL et ZeyL 56. Gl; BurchelU, 

 Drege^ GJ ! 



This plant is so like the other species of this genus that 1 have 

 little hesitation in referring it here, though the female plant is as 

 yet unknown. 



4. H.? ASPERA, sp, n. Culmis caespitosis, erectis, filiformibus, striatis, 

 versus medium diehotome ramosis, ramisque erecto-patentibus, al- 

 bido-tuberculatis ; vaginis arctis, ellipticis, acuminato-aristatis, cona- 



is, superne profunda hyalino-membranaceis ; cymis masculis ter- 

 minalibus, pluristachyis, erectis, diehotome vel simpliciter ramosis, 

 ramis linearibus, erectis; spiculis oblongis, compressis, 3-floris, axem 



per margines respicientibus ; spathis bracteisque oblongo-lanceolatis, 



acuminato-aristatis, superne liyalinis ; floribus subtrigonis ; glumis 



externis lateralibus, majoribus, postice versis. 

 ilab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. J, Burchell, 8065!, 8069!; Ecklon et 



Zeyh. 56. 6!; IlottentotsboUandberg, EckL et Zeyh, 59. 5!; Pal- 



mitrivier, EckL 951 !; Dr. Thorn, 632, pro parte. 

 Radices fibrosa?, fibris simplicibus, duris, griseis, flexuosis. Cuhni 



csespitosi, ad basim vaginis approximatis, coriaceis, striatis, lacens. 



