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R. viLis, Kunth, En. iii. p. 389. n. 185; Steud. Synops. ii. p. 251. n. 19- 
Hab. C. B. S. Es eps d et 9. Drége, 2476! 
R. INTERMEDIUS, Kunth, En. ii. p. 388. n. 12; Steud. Synops. ii. 
p. 251. n. 18. 
Hab. C.B.S. Ex.sp.s. det, Dróge, 2475! 9. Drége, 197!, n. 8l 
pro parte ! 
KR. vilis and R. intermedius are sometimes difficult to distinguish 
one from the other; in the latter plant the bracts and glumes are 
less acutely pointed than in R. vilis, and the female spikelets have 
usually a smaller number of perfect flowers. R. intermedius seems 
to vary considerably in the size of its spikelets and glumes. 
R. vENusTULUS, Kunth, En. iii. p. 388. n. 11 ; Steud. Synops. ii. p. 250. 
n. 17, g tantum. 
Hab. C. B. S. Ex.sp.s. d. Drége, 9450! 2. Drége, 1608! 
Plante feminex culmus simplex vel parce ramosus, pro ceteris ut in 
mare. Spicule in apice culmi 1-4, spicatim dispositze, juniores cylin- 
draceo-lanceolatz, fructifer late ovate, acute, 3-5 lin. long., 1-2 lin. 
lat. Bractee arcte imbricate, oblongo-lanceolate, coriacez, nitidæ, 
striatze, sub apice parum membranaceo haud hyalino subulato-mucro- 
natz, infime vacuz, ceterz fertiles flores lanceolatos pedicellatos su- 
perantes. Glume externe ovato-lanceolate, rigidiuscule, laterales duce 
naviculari-conduplicatze, ad carinas ferrugineo villosee ; glume interne 
3 vix breviores, conformes, tenuiores, postica plana, laterales ad mar- 
gines superne parum involutz. Ovarium oblongum, compressum, bi- 
loculare, stylo tereti bifido exserto superatum. Copsula oblique ovata, 
abortu unilocularis, coriacea, castanea, ad margines viridis, styli ves- 
tigiis coronata. Semina 
R.scBrALCATUS, Nees, in herb. Sonder. Culmis sterilibus spithameis, 
basi decumbentibus, squamisque laceratis sphacelatis obsitis, superne 
flexuosis, erectis, teretibus (crassitie penne corvin®), infra medium di- 
chotome ramosis, ramisque arcuatis, ascendentibus, superne ramu- 
losis, ramulis curvatis, interdum fasciculatis, foliiferis ; culmis fertilibus 
duplo longioribus, minus ramosis, plerumque aphyllis, punctulatis, 
viridescentibus vel stramineis ; vaginis arctis, pollicaribus, ellipticis, 
coriaceis, striatis, ferrugineis, sub apice hyalino mewbranaceo mucro- 
nato-aristatis: spiculis masculis 00, erecto-patentibus, in paniculam 
terminalem parce diffusam dispositis, singulis eylindraceo-lanceolatis, 
arcuatis (3-4 lin. long., l lin. lat.) ; bracteis arcte imbricatis, ovato-ob- 
longis, coriaceis, sub apice membranaceo subulato-inucronatis, flores 
arcuatos ovato-acutos duplo superantibus; glumis externis oblongo- 
acutis, lateralibus 2, conduplicatis, ad carinas ferrugineo villosis, in- 
termedia antica, conformi, dorso nervo medio ferrugineo notata ; glumis 
internis 3, parum brevioribus, conformibus, hyalinis; antheris demum 
exsertis, oblongis, mucronulatis: spieulis femineis 3-4, ovatis, pluri- 
