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sursum increscentibus vestiti, superne remote vaginati, tcretes, tili- 

 formes, stricti, rigidi, versus medium dicliotome ramosi, ramique erecto- 

 ])atentes vel curvati, tuberculis majuseulis albidis asperati. Va- 

 gin(B culmea arete tubulosac, 4-5 lin.longa;,coriacese, striata;, fuscic, sub 

 apice hyalino obtuse bilobato, tandem deciduo, acuminato-aristataj. 

 Spiculm mascuhe 00, in cymas erectas, lineares, pauciramosas, ad apices 

 ramulorum desinentes, disticbe remotiusculcque disposita), singula 

 y-florae, lineari-oblongai, compressa?, 3-4 lin. longae, spatha oblonga 

 aeuminata coriacea fcrruginea superne byabna spieulamque a^qnante 

 suffultai, rachin flexuosam complanatam per margines respicientes. 

 Bractece laxiuscule imbricatse, spatha? omnino conformes, nisi mag- 

 nitudine minore, Perianthium biseriale, sexglume. Glumce exteriice 



oblonga;, obtusiusculae, laterales dua? naviculari-conduplicata;, cari- 

 natse (carinis villosulis), rigidiuscula;, ita postice posita; ut axin spi- 

 culae (rachillam) spectout j glumcB alia; breviores, tenuiores, planius- 

 culai, oblonga?, inter se a;quales. Filamenfa brevia, albida. An- 

 ther (B lineari-oblongse, apiculata?, flavidae, dorso ferruglnea;. 



Some of BurchelPs specimens are of more slender liabit than 

 the above, and have the spikelets smaller and less crowded. 



5. II. TENUIS, sp. n. Culmis filiformibus, striatis, tetragonis; vaginjs 

 arctis, setaceo-aristatis ; spicuhs masculis 3-4, singulis l-floris, in 

 spicara terminalem dispositis; floribus compressis, axem per dorsum 

 respicientibus ; glumis subina^qualibus : spiculis femineis solitariis, 

 l-floris; glumis obovatis, spongiosis, fructu oblongo carneo paulo 

 brevioribus.— Restio tenuis, Burchell MS. in herb. Hook. ! 



Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. J, Burchell, 7028 ! 



2 y Burchell, 7360 ! 



Rhizoma (ut videtur) subterraneum, simplex, erectum, spongiosum, 

 spithama;um, crassitie pennae anserinac, vaginis magnis ellipticis coria- 

 ceis ferrugineis nitidis, superne scnsim minoribus munitum. Culmi 

 eaespitosi, erecti, fihformes, rigidi, nodosi, tetragoni, 12-18 poll, longi, 

 simplices vcl parum dicliotome ramosi, ramique conformes, flavidi, 

 impresso-punctulati, ad angulos lineis purpurcis notati. Vagincc 

 culmece subpollicares, arete convoluta;, ellipticie, coriacea;, striatae, 

 fcrruginea;, sub apice acutissimo hyalino membranaceo longiusculc 

 setaceo-aristatse. Spicules masculse 3-4, remotiusculic, in spicam 

 linearem terminalem disposita^, singular l-flora;, oblonga;, spatha ob- 

 longo-lanceolata coriacea pallide ferruginca apice longissirae se- 

 taceo-aristata, demum decidua suffulttc. Flores 1-2 lin. longa;, 

 spatha V. bractea 3-4-plo breviores, erecti, brevissime pedicellati, 

 oblongi, axem complanatam flexuosam per dorsum respicientes, omnes, 

 nisi forte terminalis, fertiles. PenaH/A/w/n biseriale, sexglumc, fflumis 

 oblongis, papyracels, j)allide ferrugineis, nervo medio notatis, ex- 

 ternis lateralibus condu|>licatis, carinatis (carina glabra), postice versus 

 axem refractis, glumis interiiis tenuioribus, pallidioribus, Filamenta 



