Dll. M. T. AXASTERS OX SOUTK-ATRICAN UESTTACKiE. 209 



ciile imbricatis, lanceolatis, profunde hyalino-membranaceis, basi ad 

 mavgines decurrentibus ; glumis oblongis, acutis, extenils cartilagi- 

 neis, lateralibus inaequalibus, naviculari-couduplicatls, villoso-cariiuitls, 

 internis membranaoeis, brevioribus ; antberis apiculatls. 



Hab, Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. c?, Burchell 8116 !, 7632 !, 7894 a ! 



Culmi crccti, bi- tri])e(lales, teretes, crassitie penna^ gallinacea;, basi spa- 

 tio bi- tripollicari vaginis coviaceis, laceris, arete approximatis vestiti, 

 supenie remote vaginati, infra medium dichotome ramosi, ramiqne 

 erecto-pateiites, iterum ramulosi, olivaoei, albo-lepidoti, ramuli ul- 

 timi compressiu?culi. Valines culmece arete convoluta^, 5-8 lin. 

 longa?, coriacese, striatse, fusex, supcrnehyaliiio-membranaccac, ibique 

 demum decidual. Vac/in ce ramulornm conformes, nisi raagnitudine nii- 

 nore, sub apice membranaceo acutiusculo, interdum bilobo, acumina- 

 to-aristata;. Spiculce masculce 00, in cyraam jduristacbyam paniculi- 

 formem terminalem erectam disposita^, singubx; pluriflorae, cylin- 

 draeeee, oblonga?, 1-2 lin. longfe, f lin. lata^ spaihn aperta vaginiformi 

 ipsas a^quante suffiilta?, rachin flexuosam compressara per dorsum 

 spectantes. Bractece laxiuscule imbricataej oblongo-lanceolata^, filaceo- 

 aristata;, coriacea^, superne profundc hyalino-membranaceae, flores 

 stipitulatos oblongos compressos dujdo superantes. Perianthium 

 biseriale, 6-glume ; glumis externis ina^qualibus, oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 eartilagineis, lateralibus 2 naviculari-conduplicatis, villoso-carinatis, 

 ex bis altera longior, intermedia planiuscula; glumce intern<B 3, 

 aequales, planiuscula^, membranaccai, externis parum brcviores. Fila- 

 menta brevia. AntJierce lineari-oblonga?, apicalatcX*, flavidie, dorso 

 ferruginese. 



WiLLDENOVTA, Tliuuh. Act. IIgUu (1790) ; Kuntli, Enum. iii. 



p. 452 ; Steucl Syii. ii. p. 2G2. 



1. W. TERES, Thunb. Act, Holm. 1790, p. 27, t. 2. f. 2; Kunth, Enum. 



iii. p. 452; Steud, Synops.n. p. 262.— llestio dichotomus, Gaert, 



Fruct. ii. 12, t, 82. f. 3, excL si/n, 

 Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. $, Drtge, n. 2482!; Zeckoesvalley, Eck- 



Ion, n. 3 ! 



?c?, Mosselbank Rivier, Ecklon, n. 77 ! 



To this species, not without hesitation, I refer a male specimen 

 of Ecklon's (n. 77) in Dr. Sonder's herbarium, to which Neea 



W, 



tion: 



Culmi decumbentes, 1-1^-pedales, basi sqnnmis approximatis coriaeeis 

 spadiceis, nitidis, oblongis, valide mucronatis dense obsiti, superne 

 teretes, crassitie pennae corvinae, ohvacei, albo-lepidoti, versus medium 

 dichotome vel subfasciculatira ramosi, rami arcuati. Vagime culmere 

 vix pollicares, laxiuscule convolutse, coriaceaj, flavida?, demum fusca;, 

 punetlculatae, mucronato-aristata;, ad margines apicemque profundc 



