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nato subaristate (aristis patulis), flores ovato-lanceolatos, breviter 
pedicellatos, 2-3plo superantes. Glume externe laterales duo, ovato- 
lanceolate, acutate, naviculari-conduplicate, carinatz, carina ferru- 
gineo villosa. Gluma intermedia antica ovato-lanceolata, planiuscula, 
dorso superne ferruginea, lateralibus vix brevior. Glume interne 3, 
minores, tenuiores, ovate, acute ; postica plana; lateralium margines 
superne involuti. Staminodia nulla. Ovarium oblongum, compla- 
natum, biloculare, stylo elongato, superne in ramos stigmatosos duo 
exsertos curvatos diviso superatum. Capsula bilocularis (an semper?), 
rotundata, lenticulari-complanata, coriacea, spadicea, marginibus lon- 
gitudinaliter dehiscens. Semina solitaria vel duo magna, oblongo-ob- 
tusa, trigona ; testa cartilaginea, albida, impresso-punctulata, maculis 
parvis violaceis notata. ° 
Nees, in ‘ Linnea,’ v. p. 643, says, in reference to the synonym 
R. cuspidatus, Thunb., “ R. cuspidatus Thunb., quoad descrip- 
tionem, sane nimis incompletam, nulli cognitorum proprius quam 
isti accedere videtur.” 
R. OCHREATUS, Kunth, En. iii. p. 385. n. 3; Steud. Synops. ii. p. 250. 
n. 10.—Calopsis peronata, Kunth, l. c. p. 426, quoad plant. masc.— 
R. Lehmanni, Nees, MSS. in herb. Sonder, pl. masc. 
Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex.s.sp. 9. Drége,47 pro parte!, 2505!; Harvey, 
388c! d. Drege, 1623!, 42!; Onderbokkefeld, Eck. et Zeyh. 1207! 
Plants mascule culmus vagineque ut in feminea. Spicule 00 in pani- 
culam densam, ramosam, terminalem, 2-3-pollicarem disposite. Pe- 
dunculi breves, singuli spatha vaginzformi suffulti; pedicelli brevis- 
simi, nudi.  Spicule singule erecta vel patentes, nonnunquam 
curvate, ovato-acutz, 3-4 lin. long., 1-1} lin. lat. Bractee omnes 
fertiles, undique arcte imbricate, oblong®, recurvato-acuminatze, 
coriacez, ferruginez, superne pallidiores, vix membranacez, flores 
oblongo-lanceolatos parum superantes. Perianthium biseriale, sex- 
glume, glumis externis duo lateralibus oblongo-acutis, naviculari- 
conduplicatis, ad carinas ferrugineo villosis, rigidiusculis; gluma in- 
termedia antica, subzxquali, oblonga, arcuata, dorso medio maculis 
ferrugineis notata; glumis internis 3, brevioribus, inter se aequalibus, 
oblongis, subhyalinis. Filamenta liguleformia, albida. Anthere ovate, 
acutatz, antice flavidz, postice ferruginex, dorso peltatim affixe, 
demum exserte. Pistilli rudimentum nullum. 
R. FRATERNUS, Kunth, l.c. 386. n. 6. 
Hab. C.B.S. Ex.s.sp. Dröge, 45 !, 1623 pro parte! 
Planta feminea adhuc incognita, nisi forte sub diverso nomine descripta. 
R. PAvciFLORUS, Poir. Enc. vi. 168; Kunth, En. iii. p. 412. n. 49; 
Steudel, Synops. ii. p. 254. 
Planta feminea adhuc incognita. 
