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Plante mascule adhuc indescriptz notas adjicio. Culmus ut in feminea. 
Spicule 3-4 in apice culmi parum remotze, singule ovato-acute, spatha 
vaginzeformi spiculas vix zequante suffulte ; pluriflore. Bractee arcte 
imbricata, ovate, subulato-acuminatz, dorso superne impresso-punc- 
tulate, marginibus superne membranaceis, flores arcuatos acutos 
superantes. Glume externe 3, acutat, subzequales, vix coriacez, la- 
terales conduplicate, ad carinas ferrugineo villose ; glume interne 3, 
parum breviores, conformes, subhyaline. Stamina 3, filamentis com- 
planatis, albidis. Anthere . Pistilli rudimentum nullum. 
In this species the style is deeply bipartite, an unusual circum- 
stance in the genus. 
R.? oBLonGus, sp.n. Culmo pedali, basi decumbente, compressius- 
culo, spongioso (crassitie penne gallinacez), cinnamomeo, albo tuber- 
culato, versus basin subfasciculatim dichotomeque ramoso, ramisque 
erecto-patentibus, flexuosis, elongatis, compressis, aphyllis; vaginis 
nisi ad ramificationes arctis, unguicularibus, ellipticis, coriaceis, 
tuberculatis, apice mucronato-aristatis ` spiculis masculis in apice ra- 
mulorum 2-3, approximatis, sessilibus pedicellatisve, singulis ob- 
longis, spatha aperta lanceolata longe acuminata coriacea ad margines 
superne membranacea suffultis (3-4 lin. long., 1-2 lin. lat.); bracteis 
undique laxe imbricatis, lanceolatis, ferrugineis, maculatis, flores ob- 
longos arcuatos superantibus; glumis externis oblongis, arcuatis, 
pergamentaceis, ferrugineis, lateralibus 2, conduplicatis, carinatis, 
carma (villo delapso?) glabra; glumis internis 3, conformibus, ex- 
ternis vix minoribus, tenuioribus, lateralium marginibus superne parum 
involutis; staminibus 3, antheris oblongo-ovatis.—An hujus sectionis ? 
Hab. C. B. S. Ex. sp. s. Drége, 65! 
Feminea adhuc ignota. 
R.? CRINALIS,sp.n. Culmo decumbente, filiformi, tereti, pedali, prope 
basin dichotome ramoso, ramisque erectis, ascendentibus, cinnamomeis, 
crasse tuberculatis; vaginis arctis, ellipticis, fuscis, coriaceis, tubercu- 
latis, sub apice subulato-mucronatis, mucrone nonnunquam in setam 
longissimam producto: spiculis masculis in apice ramulorum approxi- 
matis, sessilibus v. pedicellatis, singulis oblongo-ovatis (3-4 lin. long., 
1-2 lin. lat.), spatha aperta lanceolata apice longe setacea suffultis ; 
bracteis laxe imbricatis, lanceolatis, submembranaceis, medio ferru- 
gineis, infimis 2-3 vacuis, ceteris flores brevissime pedicellatos ob- 
longo-lanceolatos paulo superantibus; glumis externis lateralibus 
lanceolatis, naviculari-conduplicatis, carinatis, carina (villo delapso ?) 
glabra, gluma intermedia antica, conformi, dorso (przcipue versus 
basin) ferruginea ; glumis internis 3, parum minoribus, tenuioribus ; 
filamentis albidis; antheris exsertis, flavidis; pistilli rudimento nullo. 
Hab. C. B. S. Ex. sp. s. Drige, 11! 
This plant has much of the appearance of R. oblongus, but differs 
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