DII. M. T. HASTKBS OX SOVTII-AFRICAX RESTIACE^. 271 



cuhnece j)ollicares, plerunique arete convolutse, ad ramificationes laxius- 

 culie, ellipticae, coriacea^, fiisca?, tenuiter sulcato-striatae, acuniinatae vel 

 niucronatse, superne Titrinque membranaceae. parte terminali mern- 

 branacea demum decidua, SpiculcB masculee in cymam paniculatani, 

 terminalem, l~2-polUcarem dispositse, spatkis vaginiformibus sub- 

 apertis intus nitidis demum deciduis suffultae. Flores pedicellati, 

 pedicello, ad basin, hractea Uneari-lanceolata,ferruginea,n}embranarea, 

 florem dupio triplove superante instructo. Perianthium sequaliter bi- 

 seriale, 6-glume ; glumis linearibus, ferrugineis, membranaceis. An- 

 therca lineari-oblongae, apiculata?, dorso ferrugineae. — Plantai femineae 

 culmus vagiTKeque ut in mare. Spicule 1 -florae, solitariae vel geminae, 

 altera sessilis, altera pedicellata (pedicello complanato, spiculam 



Eequante), singiilaecylindraceo-oblongae, 4-5 lin. longse, 1-1| lin. latae, 

 demum obpyramidatae,5^«/A« aperta,quam spiculaipsalongiore,tardins 



decidua suffultae. Bracteee plurimac, oblongae, obtusiusculae, membra- 

 naceae, ferruginco maculatae, mucrone terminali nigrescente munita;. 

 Flos unicus,stipiticy lindraceo, crasso, carnoso, baud lobato, impositus. 

 Perianthium biseriale et sequaliter 6-glume, glumis ovato-oblongis, 

 obtusis, membranaceis, ferrugiueo maculatis, ovarium oblongum, sti- 

 pitulatum, superne punctulatum, uniloculare, uniovulatum subicquan- 

 tibus. Styli duo, distincti, intus villoso-stigmatosi, tardius dccidui. 

 Fructus 



The male plant has much the aspect of W. striata ; but in the 

 present species the sheaths are more closely convolute, and the 

 flowers are larger. The female spikelets are scarcely half the size 

 of those of W. striata^ and more closely resemble those of JV, teres^ 

 with which also they correspond in the oblong obtuse bracts. 



4. W. Luc^ANA, Kunth, Enum, iii. p. 455 ; Steud. Synops, ii. p. 262. 



Spirostylis Ecklonii, Nees, MS, in herb, Sond. 

 Hub, Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. J, Brakfontein, Ecklonl 

 $, Drege, n. 2515a!, Ecklon, 84!, Gr. Houhoek, Zeyher, n. 4351 !, Eck. 



et Zeyh. 1. 11! 



There is a male plant of this species in the Linnean herbarium, 

 with the name " Elegia " on the label. 





p. 262. n. 3. 

 Hub. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. J et $ , Dr^ge, n, 2522 ! 



6. W. FiMBRiATA, KuKith, Efium. iii. p. 455 ; Steud, Synops. ii. p. 262, 

 Hub, Pr, B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. $, Drege, n. 1635 b ! 



7. W. cuspiDATA, sp. n. Culmo gracili, tereti, dichotome ramose, 

 ramispatulis; vaginis arete convoIutis,longiuscule liiucronato-aristatis, 

 coriaceis, fuscis, ad margines praecipueque ad apicem hyalino-mem- 

 brauaceis; spicuHs femineis solitariis vel geminis, obeuneatis ; spatha 



