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Bracteee arctc imbricata^j oblongse, coriaceBc, ferrngineae, nitlila?, sub 

 apice obtusato hvaliuo subulato-mucronatse, flores oblongos subtri- 

 gonos vix supcrantes. GlumtB eiternce oblongse, obtiisae, rigkla?, 

 fuseae, laterales Juse naviculari-conduplicatEe, cariuatee, carina glabra; 

 glumce internee 3, paulo brevlores, tenuiores, conforines, laterales su- 

 perue ad margines parum involutsc. Filamenta brevia. AnthenB 

 lineari-oblongpe, apiculata?, flavida^, dorso ferrugine?e. Pisiilli rudi- 

 inentum nullum. — Spicules hracteceqne femineee masculinis confornies. 

 Flos unicus terminalis, bracteam stipantem superans. Perianihiam 

 lit in mare, nisi glumis internis rigidioribus. Staminodia 3, lignli- 

 formia. Ovarium rotundatum, triloculare, stylis 3 incurvatis intus 

 villoso-stigmatosis ferrugineis superatum. Capsula coriacea, triloba, 

 3-locularis, angulis salientibus longitudinaliter dehiscens. Semina 

 magna, 3-gona. 



In .Dr. Sender's herbarium are type specimens upon "wbich 

 I^ees founded his genus liliodocoma. A comparison of these spe- 

 cimens with otber more perfect specimens leads to the conclu- 

 ion that, as a genus, it is not distinct from Hestio^ to which, 

 accordingly, I refer it. The species varies much in stature, and 

 particularly in the number of spikelets on each hranchlet : some- 

 times, as in the type specimens, there are Lnt two, or even one 

 only ; but in most cases they are numerous, as above described. 



R. HVSTRix, sp. n. Culmis teretibus; vaginis arctis, longe aris- 



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tatis; spiculis masculis cymoso-paniculatis, singulis cylindraceo-lan- 

 ccolatis; bracteis arete imbricatis, longe aristatis ; glumis oblongo- 

 laneeolatis; spiculis femineis cyraoso-paniculatis, singulis plurifloris, 

 oblongo-ovatis ; capsula oblique ovata, compressa ; stylo unico, brevi 

 in stigmata duo ferrugineo-villosa diviso. 



Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. c? et $, Burchell, sine numero. 



Cuhni 3-4-pedales et ultra, erecti, teretes, siraminei, impresso-punc- 

 tulati, medio dichotome ramosi, ramis compressiusculis ascendentibus. 

 Vaginec culmece arete convoluta^, 8-10 lin. longac, coriacejc, fuscje, 

 superne lacerato-membranacese, apice in aristam longam nigram de- 

 sinentes. Spicules masculw 00, in paniculam cymosam erectam dis- 

 positae, singuhe pluriflorie, cyliudraceo-lanceolata;, 3-4 lin. longpe. 

 Bractecc arete imbricatte, oblonga?, coriacese, fuscse, superne mem- 

 branacea3, sub apice longe aristata? (aristis nigris, erectis), flores lau- 

 ceolatos complanatos pedicellatos vix duplo superantes. GlumtB 

 rigidiuscula^, oblongo-lanceolatse ; escternce laterales dua? naviculan- 

 conduplicata^, villoso-carinatic ; interntB tenuiores, breviores, planius- 

 culae. ^/?Mertf?lineares, apieulatse, flavida?, dorso ferruginea?, filamenta 

 albida linearia vix superantes. — Spiculce feminees 00, in paniculam 

 cymosam ])arce diffusam dispositai, singula? oblongo-ovatse, 8-H' 

 lin. longse, 4-5 lin. lata?, eiectse, pluriflorae, basi spatha vaginifomu 

 snffulta?. Bractece glunKPqne ut in mare nisi magnitudine majores. 



