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busve, plurifloris (1 lin. long., vix 3 lin. lat.), spatha aperta brevi vaginz- 
formi suffultis; bracteis arcte imbricatis, ovatis, coriaceis, ferrugineis, 
nigrescentibus, marginibus superne membranaceis, sub apice subulato- 
mucronatis, flores oblongos superantibus; glumis externis oblongis, 
obtusiusculis, lateralibus duabus conduplicatis, ad carinas ferrugineo 
villosis ; glumis internis conformibus, externas paulo superantibus, 
dorso superne parum ferrugineis, membranaceis; filamentis compla- 
natis, albidis; antheris lineari-lanceolatis, apieulatis. Plants femineze 
culmo vaginisque ut in mare nisi magnitudine majoribus; spiculis 
3-5 in paniculam latam simplicem terminalem dispositis, singulis 
ovatis, demum clavatis (2-3 lin. long., 1-2 lin. lat.), 2-3-flor.; bracteis 
arcte imbricatis, masculinis omnino similibus, nisi magnitudine ma- 
jore substantiaque rigidiore; glumis externis oblongo-acutis, rigidius- 
culis, lateralibus conduplicatis, ad carinas ferrugineo villosis; glu- 
marum interiorum longitudine eadem ac glumarum externarum, late- 
ralium marginibus superne involutis, postica planiuscula; ovario ob- 
longo, compressiusculo, stylo brevi tereti crasso bifido superato; cap- 
sula oblique ovata, uniloculari, ad latus rima longitudinali dehiscente, 
styli vestigiis coronata, glumis persistentibus obtecta. 
Hab. C. B. S. Ex.sp.s. d. Eck. et Zeyh. 72.11! 9. E. et Z. i. 12! 
At first sight the male plant greatly resembles some forms of 
R. Gaudichaudianus, Kunth; but it is readily distinguishable by 
the characters afforded by the sheaths, glumes, &c. 
In Dr. Sonder's herbarium the male and female plants have 
attached to them the name of R. bifurcus, Nees von Esenb., in the 
handwriting of that botanist; but as that author has applied the 
same name to an entirely different species, in the before-mentioned 
collection, I venture to attach to the above-described plant a 
different appellation, and one which will be significant of the re- 
cognition of the plant as a distinet species by the learned author 
above named. 
R. HELENE, sp. n. Culmis sterilibus pedalibus et ultra, decumben- 
tibus, basi vaginis ellipticis coriaceis castaneis approximatis obsitis, 
infra medium dichotome ramosis, ramisque compressis, olivaceis, albo 
tuberculatis, iterum ramulosis, ramulis ultimis elongatis, flexuosis, 
ascendentibus; culmis fertilibus teretibus, 2-3-pedalibus, stramineis 
vel juventute olivaceis, superne parum ramosis, ramis dichotomis fasci- 
culatisve ; vaginis arctis, ellipticis, coriaceis, cuspidatis, ad margines 
superne membranaceis, vaginis ramularibus sub apice bifido membra- 
naceo foliaceo-mucronatis: spiculis masculis pluribus, ad apicem 
culmi, in paniculam magis minusve ramosam approximatis, singulis 
cylindraceo-lanceolatis, erectis, arcuatis (4-5 lin. long., 1 lin. lat.), 
spatha aperta bracteiformi suffultis ; bracteis arcte imbricatis, oblongis, 
acuminatis, coriaceis, ferrugineis, ad margines superne membranaceis, 
