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pluriflorse, ovato-oblongse, demum cylindracese, spatha aperta vagi- 

 niformi brevi suffultse. Bractece laxiuscule imbricata?, ovato-ob- 

 longae, cymbiformes, coriacese/ ferrugineee, nitidis, apice filaceo- 



/ 



Glumes 



externcB 3, oblongae, ferrugineae, rigidiusculae, carinatse, lateralium 

 carinis villosulis, intermedice carina glabra ; gluma interna oblongae, 

 obtusse, hyalinae, externas longitudine sequantes, iisque latiores. Fi/a- 

 menta tenuia; antherm oblongae, apiculatae, flavidse, dorso ferrugineee. 



7« H, FiLiFORMis, sp. n. Culmis caespitosis, bipedalibus, strictissimis, 

 infra medium dichotome ramosis, ramis ramulisque elongatis, fili- 

 formibus ; vaginis arete convolutis, ellipticis, coriaceis, striatis, mu- 

 cronatis ; spieulis masculis 00, erectis, in paniculas terminales elon • 

 gatas parce ramosas aggregatis, singulis late oblongis, spatha aris- 

 tulata suffultis; bracteis arete imbricatis, oblongis, mucronatis ; flo- 

 ribus compressis ; glumis externis villoso-carinatis, Femina latet. 



Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp, s. c?j Gr. Houhoeck (July), Zeyher, 4349, pro 

 parte \; Dr. Thorn, 1031, pro parte I 



Radicis fibrillae subligneae, graciles, flexuosae. Culmi dense caespitosi, 

 erectij bipedales, crassitie pennae passerinae, teretes, infra medium di- 

 chotome ramosi, ramique stricti, elongati, cinnamomeo-fusci, impresso- 

 punctulati. Vagince culmecR 6-10 lin. longae, nisi ad ramificationes 

 arctae, ellipticae, coriaceae, striatae, fuscae, ad margines concolores, te- 

 nuiores, apice filaceo-aristatae. Panicula mascula terminalis, linearis, 

 2-3 poll, longa, parce ramosa, pluristachya. Spicules oblongae, erectae, 

 3-4 lin. longae, 1^ lin. latae, spathis vaginiformibus, longe aristatis, 

 ipsis brevioribus suffultae, rachin flexuosam complanatam per dorsum 

 respicientes. Bractece apice laxiusculae, oblongje, cymbiformes, 

 aristulatae, coriaceae, nitidae, Jlores oblongos coinpressos parum 

 superantes. GlumcB extemcB oblongae, ferrugineae, rigidiusculac, late- 

 rales couduplicatae, villoso-carinatae, intermedia planiuscula. Glumes 

 interna 3, oblongae, subhyalinae, externis paulo breviores. Filamenta 

 linearia. Antherte oblongae, apiculatae, flavidse, dorso ferrugineae. 



8. H.? ANCEPS, sp. n. Culmis filiformibus, complanatis; vaginls 

 arctis, valide subfoliaceo-mucronatis ; spieulis masculis compressis, 

 1-2-floris, spicatim dispositis ; floribus axem per dorsum respicienti- 

 bus; glumis subaequalibus, oblongo-lanceolatis. — Restio anceps, Bttr- 

 chell, MS. in herb. Hook. I 



Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. J, Burchell, nn. 5896 !, 7080 ! 



Culmi caespitosi, erecti, 12-18-poll,, crassitie pennae corvinae, simplices, 

 vel parum dichotome ramosi, ramique erecti, flexuosi vel patentes, 

 complanati, purpurascentes, albo maculati, ad margines tuberculis 

 parvis exasperati. Vagince culmece 8-10 lin. long®, arctae, coriaceae, 

 oblongae, fuscae, albo maculatae, supei*ne membranaceae, sub apice 

 acutiusculo valide mucronatae, mucrone erecto. Spiculm mascnlm 

 3-4, in spicam tcrrainalcm lincarcm disticbani approximatfc, sing. 



