226 DR. M. T. MASTERS ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES 
R. GLOMERATUS, Thunb. Fl. Cap. 88. 
An hujus sectionis? 
R. cuspipatus, Thunb. Fl. Cap. 87. 
An hujus sectionis? 
R. SIMPLEX, Thunb. Diss. n. 15. 
An huc recte referenda ? 
tt Spieule mascule in paniculas elongatas disposite. 
R. FERRUGINOsUs, Link, in herb. reg. Berol. fide Kunth, En. iii. p. 393. 
n. 20, absque pl. femin.—R. ameles, Steud. Synops. ii. p- 252. n. 30. 
Hab. Pr. B. Sp. Ex.s.sp. d. Ecklon!; Drége, 1619 b !, 1620 pro 
parte! ; Table Mountain (Julio); Krauss; (Cayley !) Harvey! 
V. v. cult. in hort. bot. Oxon. sub nomine Willdenovie teretis. 
Drége’s specimens distributed under n. 1620, considered by 
Steudel as the type of a new species, do not differ from R. Serru- 
ginosus, except in the more elongated form of the branchlets and 
the thinner texture of the bracts, glumes, &e. 
R. ELATUS, sp. n. Culmo (3-4-pedali) basi decumbente, tereti (erassitie 
penne anserinz), versus medium parum dichotome ramoso, ramisque 
elongatis, erectis, compressiusculis, nitidis, viridescentibus, minutissime 
impresso-puncticulatis, aphyllis; vaginis subpollicaribus, laxe patenti- 
bus, ovatis, coriaceis, sub apice obtusiusculo hyalino membranaceo 
acuminatis : spiculis masculis 6-8, in apice ramulorum parum approxi- 
matis et in paniculam simplicem disticham dispositis, singulis cylin- 
draceo-lanceolatis, arcuatis, erectis v. patentibus, breviter pedicellatis 
(6-7 lin. long., vix 1 lin. lat.) ; bracteis arcte imbricatis, oblongo-acutis, 
coriaceis, sub apice obtuso membranaceo subulato-mucronatis, flores 
oblongos vix superantibus; glumis externis lateralibus duo, oblongis, 
obtusis, naviculari-conduplicatis, ad carinas ferrugineo villosis ; gluma 
antica intermedia subzquilonga, oblonga, membranacea, dorso medio 
ferrugineo villosa; glumis internis tribus, quam externz dimidio bre- 
vioribus, illisque latioribus, membranaceis; antheris exsertis, ovatis, 
apiculatis, ferrugineis: spiculis femineis 4-6, in apice culmi, erectis, 
approximatis, sessilibus v. breviter pedicellatis, singulis ovato-oblongis 
(3-5 lin. long., 1-2 lin. lat., pluriflor.) ; bracteis ut in mare, infimis va- 
cuis, ceteris fertilibus, flores oblongos parum superantibus ; glumis 
externis late ovatis, acutis, lateralibus duo conduplicatis, villoso cari- 
natis, antice approximatis et glumam intermediam celantibus ; glumis 
internis 3, dimidio brevioribus, membranaceis, dorso medio ferrugineis, 
lateralium marginibus superne parum involutis; staminodiis nullis ; 
ovario oblongo, compresso, biloculari, stylo érasso tereti (superne. in 
ramos duo stigmatosps curvatos exsertos diviso) superato; cap- 
sula 
Hab. C. B. S. Ex. s. sp. Drége 931, d et 9. 
