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in its smaller stature, cylindrical stems, the long threads that ter- 
minate the sheaths, the lanceolate glumes, &e. I retain this and 
the preceding in the genus Restio until the discovery of the 
female plants may definitely decide the question whether or not 
they are properly members of this genus. 
'R. scoparius, Kunth, En. ii. p. 390. n. 15; Steudel, Synopsis, ii. 
p. 251, 9 tantum. 
Hab. C.B.S. Ex.sp.s. d. Drege, 2495!; 2. Drige, 9450! ex parte. 
Plant. mase. Culmus vagineque ut in feminea. Spieule in apice ra- 
mulorum solitarize, erectze, lineari-lanceolatz, 4-5 lin. long., vix 1 lin. 
lat. Bractee undique arcte imbricatze, oblong, coriacez, sub apice 
obtusiuseulo membranaceo mucronato-aristulate, superiores aristula 
destitute. Flores lanceolati, bracteis dimidio breviores. Glume 
externe oblongo-lanceolatze, laterales duo conduplicatze, villoso-cari- 
nate. Glume interne 3, oblongæ, dimidio breviores, tenuiores. Fila- 
menta exigua. Anthere incluse, lineares, flavidze, mucronulate. 
Àn sequentis forma exilis? 
R. LANIGER, Kunth, En. iii. p. 986. n. 8; Steudel, Synops. ii. p. 250. 
n. 14, g tantum. 
Hab. C. B. S. Ex. sp. s. d. Drége, 51! ; 9. Drige, 361, 2496! 
In planta feminea hactenus indescripta adsunt culmi steriles spi- 
thamei, teretes, exiles, medio dichotome ramosi, ramique elongati, 
olivacei, albo lepidoti, iterumque ramulosi, ramuli ultimi erecti, cur- 
vati, filiformes. Vagine culmee parvee, arcte, coriacex, superne mem- 
branaceze, sub apice hyalino breviter foliaceo mucronate. Culmi fer- 
tiles erecti, sesquipedales, crassitie penne gallinacex, basi spatio 2- 
3-pollicari, vaginis ellipticis obtusis mueronulatis coriaceis spadiceis 
nitidis obtecti, versus medium dichotome ramosi, ramique erecti, 
curvati, olivacei, tuberculis parvis albidis obsiti. Vagine nisi ad rami- 
ficationes arcte, oblongo-acutz, coriacez, fuscz, sub apice membra- 
naceo mucronatz, plerumque squamam alteram dorso bicarinatam, 
' ad carinas villosam, amplectentes. Spieule in apice ramulorum soli- 
taris, erectze, ovate, pluriflore, 3-4 lin. long., 2 lin. lat. Bractee 
arcte imbricate, ovate, coriacez, castanez, sub apice obtusiusculo 
membranaceo acuminato-mucronatz, flores maturos oblongos stipitu- 
latos vix aquantes. Glume externe oblongo-lanceolatz, rigidiuscule, 
pallide ferruginez, laterales dux naviculari-conduplicatz, ad carinas 
ferrugineo villosee ; gluma intermedia antica, dorso medio superne 
nervo ferrugineo notata: glume interne 3, parum breviores, latiores, 
conformes, ad margines involute. Capsula oblique ovata, compressa, 
abortu unilocularis, monosperma, castanea, superne flavida, styli 
brevis teretis bifidi ve:tigiis coronata. Semen magnum, trigonum, 
obtusum; testa cartilaginea, grisea, impresso-punctulata, purpureo 
maculata. 
