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Ovarium . . . , . Capsula oblique ovata, compressa, abortu l-locularis, 

 margine longitudiualiter dehisceiis, periantliio persisteute ciiicta. 

 Stylus brevis, in stigmata Juo ferrugineo-villosa, exserta tlivisus. 



This apparently very distinct species does not seem to have 

 been met with by any other traveller tlian Burchell; at any rate, 

 I have met with no specimens other than those collected by him. 



R. QUADRAT us, sp. n. Culinis elatis, tetragouis, fascicula- 

 tim ramo:sissiiuis; ramis dunorphis, his fertilibus, illis sterihbus ; 

 vagiiiis culmeis poUicaribus et ultra, arctis, acuuiinatis, laceris ; 

 vaginis rameis phis minus fohaceo-mucronatis; spioulis niascuhs 

 parvis, ovato-oblongis, pauiculatis ; bracteis arete imbrieatis, oblongo- 

 acutis, mucronatis ; glumis oblongis : spiculis femineis oymoso-pa- 

 niculatisj singulis ovato-oblongis, demum ouneatis, plurifloris; sta- 

 nnnodiis liguliformibus ; ovario triloculari ; stigmatibus 3, capsuLi 

 triloba. — Restio tetragonus/3. exaltatus, N. ab E. in Sander, pro parte, 

 quoad plant am masculam. 



Variat culinis, ramis vaginis(pie vegetioribus, mcnoii nuicronibus fo- 



liaceo-subulatis. 



Hab, Pr. B. Sp. Ex. sp. s. S, Burchell, 408!, 777^^; Uitenhage, 

 Zeyher, 540 ! ; Table Mount., Ecklon !, Drerje, \67 a ! 



5> 1 Ecklon, \66, pro parte], Dr. Pappe, 96, in herb. Hook.l; Niven, 

 in herb. Mas. Brit, ! 



Culmus ercctus, 4-5-pedalis, crassitie penncc anserinic ct ultra, tetra- 

 gonus, olivaceus, puuctulatus, dicbotome ramosus, ramlque fasciculu- 

 tlm vel subverticillatim rainosissinii, spiculigeri, quam sterilcs lon- 

 giores. Vagince cuhntce arete convolutjc, pollicares, ellipticals oori- 

 aceie, fuscic, nervoso-strlata;, superne ad margines lacerata*. Va- 

 yin(B ramulorum parvte, coriaoe?e, albo-lopidotic, supcrue sub apice 

 profunde hyalino bilobato foliaceo-mucronatfP, mucrone arcuato. 

 Spicule masculm III panicalas parce raniosas terminales riMnotiuscule 

 disposittc, singuUc pluriflorse, ovato-oblongic v. deuiuni cuneata', 2 

 lin. longic, 1 lin. lata^, spatha vaginifornii, spicidam ipsam vix a-quantc, 

 tectae. Braciete undique arete imbricatic^ oblongo-acutie, stibeuri- 

 aceae, ferruginea^, sub apicc acutiusculo, mcuibranuceo, brcvissime 

 mucronatiE,^r>r6i* oblongos stipitulatos couii)ressiusculos superantes. 

 GlumfB oblonga;, externm coriacea% cynibiforines, laterales dua; na- 

 viculari-condujdicatfe, rarinat?p, carina glabra ; ghimcc infei'nce con- 

 formes, breviores, jdaniusculfc, membranaccic. Antherce o!)Iongic, 

 apiculatai, flavidse, dorso fcrnigincic, filainentis albidis ligulifor- 

 mibus breviores. Pistiili rudimentum tristyhun vel nulhim. — Spi- 

 culcc feminece cymoso-paniculata?, singula erects, oblongo-ovata*, 

 denium obcuneato;, plmiflorae, 2 lin. longic, 2 lin. latie, Bractem, 

 quoad forinam, ut in mare Jloribusquc oblongis, subtrigonis, brcvis- 

 sime stipitulatis, brevioribus vel raro longioribus. Gluma ut in 

 plauta mascula. Siaminodia 3, liguliform»a. Ovarium trilobatuni, 



