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cule dispositi, singuli hractea mcmbranacea oblongo-lanceolata fcrru- 

 glnea qaam ipsi dtiplo triplove longiore suflFiilti. Glumcc C, inter se 

 aiquales,oiliiformes,tortac. Staminad', Ji I amenta glumis vix angustiora; 

 o/i/Aer<^liiieari-oblongae,apiculatgc,dorsofcrrugine8e. — Planta^feminese 

 culmi vagiTKeque ut in mare. Spicules in apice ciilmi, solitaria;, erectae, 

 nunc 2-3_, in cyniam lineareni disticham remotiuscule dis{X)sitse, 

 singula; cylindraceae, {)ollicares, spatha vaginiformi arete convoluta 

 sufFultae. Bractece pluriniie, oblongo-lanceolata;, mucronatye, ferru- 

 ginese, menibrauacea;, omnes, uuica excepta, steriles, Flos femineus 

 unlcus, sessilis, bractea stipante triplo brevior. Perianlhium minii- 

 tum, biseriale, 4-glume (an normaliter 6-glume?), glumis late ovatis, 

 hyalinis. Ovarium stipiti crassobreviimpositum, oblongum, obtusum, 

 superne disco epigyno, 4-lobato, lobis crassis ovatis crenulatis, muni- 

 tura, 1-loculare, 1-ovulatum. Ot^M/wm pendulum. S/j//?/5brevissimus. 

 Stigmata duo longiuscula, linearia, exserta, intus villosa. Fructus .... 



Apparently a distinct species, easily recognizable by its slender 

 unbranched stems, its simple inflorescence, the peculiar epigynous 

 disk, &c., but possibly a depauperated form of some other species. 

 In one male flower that I examined, there were six atamcns ; and 

 in another instance one of the filaments divided above the middle 

 into two branches, one of Avhich bore an anther. In the only 

 female flower that I have been able to examine, there were but 

 4 glumes to the female perianth. 



Sjyecies mihi ignota, 



W, COM PRESS A, Thunh, Act. Holm, 1/90, t. 2. f. 3, An vera hujus 

 generis ? 



Species exchulend<e. 



W, NEGJ.ECTA, Steud, St/uop, ii. 263 = W. striata, Thunh, 

 W- ?EcKLONii, Kunth, Enum. iii. 456=W. striata, Thunb, 



Ceratocarvu:m, ^ees ah Esenh. in Lindl. Nat. Sijst. ed. 2. p. 451 ; 



Kunthy Enum, \\i, p. 482. 



1. C. ARGENTEUM, KuntTi, Enum. iii. p. 483; Steud, Synops,\\,^,2(dA. 

 — Restio (Elegia) argenteus, Herb. JVilld., fide Nees ah Esonb, 

 LimicBa, V. p. (JSfi, nee Thunh. — Ceratocaryum speciosum, N, ab E, 

 MSS, in herb, Sonder. et Coll. S. Trinit, Dull, 



Hab, Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. J et ^,EckL ei Zeyh. 56. 5 ! 



d, Burchell, 7656!, 7^05! 



Plantae feraineai, hactenus indescripta;, culmus vaginaque ut in marc, 

 Panicula terminalis, cymosa, hneari-oblonga, ereeta, 2-4 poll, longa, 

 pluristachya, spathis 3-4, convolutis, coriaceis, striatis, purpurasccn- 

 tibus, nitidis, demum deciduis munita. Spicul<B I -florae, breviterpedi- 

 cellatic, oblongo-pyramidatjc, 8-10 lin. longac. Bracte<s laxiuscule im- 

 bricata;, lanceolata?, acutatse, mcmbranacea;, flavescentes, ncrvo medio 



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