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bracteisque longiuscule aristatis, aristis erectis ; periantliio fructum ini- 

 presso-punctatum suba^quaiite, stylo unico ; stigmatibus . . . • Mas 

 latet. 



Hab, Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. 2 > Drkge,n.25l6l 



Culmi ereeti, teretes, crassitie penna^ corvinse (2-pedales?), dichotome 

 rainosi, hique patuli, teretes, olivacei, albo-lepidoti, impresso-puiic- 

 tulati. Vaghue culmecB arete convolutae, longiuscule acuminata^, 

 coriaccic, nitidpe, superne profunde hyalino-membranacese, parte 

 superiore raerabranacca tardius decidua. Spicnice femineje in apice ra- 

 tnormu solitariae vel gcminse, altera sessilis, altera pedicellata^ singula; 

 -pollicares, obeuneatse, spatha aperta, oblonga, acuminata, ipsas 

 sequaute munita^, Bractew plurimse, oblongse, longiuscule acuminatse, 

 coriacea^, ferruginese. Flos unlcus, stipite crasso, olivaceo, leviter sex- 

 lobato luunitus. Perianthium sequaliter biseriale, sexglume, glumis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis, membranacels, fenugineis, fructum vix sequantl- 

 bus, Friictus breviter stipitatus^ 1-locularis, oblongus, obtusus, osseus, 

 fuscus, rugosus, punctis depressis majuscxdis notatus, ad apicem 

 macula orbiculari flavida stylique unici vestigiis instructus. Semen,,,, 



Readily distinguishable by its small stature, long ])ointed bracts, 

 and the deep depressions on the fruit. 



8, W. HUMiLis, Culmis decumbentibus, erectis, simplicibus, fiH- 

 formibus, compressiusculis ; vaginis culmeis arete convolutis, su- 

 perne profunde hyalino-membranaceis, longiuscule filaceo-aristatis, 

 aristis tortis; spiculis masculis 5-6, laxis, oblongis, erectis, in cymam 

 linearera spiciformem, spathis apertis vaginiformibus deciduis in- 

 terstinctam, remote disticheque dispositis ; floribus rcmotiusculis ; 

 glumis 6, ciliiformibus, sequalibus, tortis : spiculis femineis solitariis 

 (2-3 ?), cylindraceis, erectis, spathis vaginiformibus arete convolutis 

 sufFultis ; bracteis oblongis, lanceolatis ; floris unici glumis 4 (G?) late 

 ovatis, hyalinis ; ovario oblongo, disco epig}Tio 4-lobato superato ; 

 stylo brevissimo; stigmatibus 2, longiusculis, exsertis. 

 ' Willdenovia humiUs, N, ah E. MS. in herb, Bonder,, absque desCript, 



Hub. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. J et $, Cape Flats, Ecklon, 867 ! 



Rhizoma repens, crassitie pennai gallinacese, vaginis approximatis, eoria- 

 ceis, oblongis, obtusis, fuscis, sulcato-striatis (siccitate), mucronatis, ad 

 margines membranaceis, dense obsitum. Culmi decumbentes, erecti, 

 1-1^-pedales, crassitie pennae corvinoe, simplices, teretes v. compres- 

 siusculi, cinnamomei vel olivacei, purpureo maculati, impresso-punc- 

 tulati. Vagince culmea 1-1 ^-pollicares, arete convolutse, coriacea;, 

 fusca;, impresso-punctulatse, ad margines pra;cipueque ad apices pro- 

 funde hyalino-membranacese, aristatse, aristis longiusculis, ciliiformi- 

 bus, tortis. SpiculcE masculm 4-6, oblongae, erecta?, remotiuscula;, 

 pluriflora;, in cymam simplicem, linearem, erectara, 2-3-pollicarem 

 distiche disposita;. Rachis communis complanata, sursum dilatata, 

 ad margines subalata. Spatha, ut videtiu*, deciduse. Flores laxius- 



