234 DR. M. T. MASTERS ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES 
flores oblongos superantibus ; glumis externis oblougis, obtusis, char- 
taceis, lateralibus duabus naviculari-conduplicatis, ad carinas ferrugineo 
villosis, intermedia dorso medio superne nervo ferrugineo notata ; 
glumis internis tribus parum brevioribus, latioribus, hyalino-membra- 
naceis ; filamentis complanatis, antheris denique exsertis : spiculis fe- 
mineis ut videtur solitariis, ereetis, eylindraceo-oblongis, plurifloris 
(8-10 lin. long., l lin. lat.) ; bracteis glumisque ut in mare, nisi magis 
acutis ; glumis internis lateralibus ad margines superne parum involutis, 
postica plana; ovario rotundato, compresso, stylis duobus elongatis 
superato; capsula 
Hab. C. B. S. Ex.sp.s. det 9. Drége, n. 1616. 
Closely allied to R. triflorus, but readily distinguished by its 
larger size, the acuminate bracts, and obtuse glumes. 
R. rRiFLORUS, Rottb. Desc. Gram. p. 3, t. 2. f. 2(d); Thunb. Prod. 
p.15; Diss. p. 16. n. 16; Fl. Cap. i. p. 86. n. 17; Spreng. Syst. Veg. 
i. p. 185. n. 27; Kunth, En. Plant. ii. p. 391. n. 17, quoad pl. femi- 
neam.—R. dichotomus, Thunb. var. 8. culmo simplici, fide Nees ab 
Esenb. in Linnea, v. p. 641.—R. Kunthii, Steud, Synops. ii. p. 251. 
n. 26. 
Hab. C. B. S. Ex.sp.s. d. Dr. Maton in herb. Mus. Brit.!; Eck. 
et Zeyh. 54. 7. (April.-Decemb.!) 9. Table Mountain, Eck. Un. It. 
n. 845!; Tulbagh, 56. 5!; Zeyher, 4342!; Sieber, Fl. Cap. 115! 
d et 2. Drége, n. 69! 
Nees himself has assigned the name R. dichotomus to several 
very different plants in Dr. Sonder's herbarium ; hence I have 
preferred to keep Rottboell’s species intact, being the more in- 
clined to do so fiom the excellent figure he has left us in the 
work referred to. Steudel’s R. Kunthi is in no way distinguish- 
able from R. triflorus, Rottb. Kunth does not appear to have 
seen male plants of this species—the only ones, however, described 
by Rottboell. 
R. WarrıcHu, sp. n. Rhizomate repenti, squamis coriaceis castaneis 
obsito ; culmis erectis (bipedalibus), infra medium dichotome ramosis, 
ramisque ascendentibus, strictis, compressiusculis, viridescentibus, mı- 
nutissime impresso-punctulatis; vaginis oblongis, obtusis, coriaceis, 
ferrugineis, sub apice obtuso vix membranaceo subulato-mucronatis, 
aphyllis; spiculis 6-8, plurifloris, in apice ramulorum per paniculas 
lineares (bipollicares) distiche dispositis, singulis erectis vel erecto- 
patentibus, evlindraceo-lanceolatis, spatha bracteiformi suffultis (3-4 
lin. long., vix I lin. lat.); bracteis arcte imbricatis, oblongis, obtusis, 
corlaceis. nervoso-striatis, sub apice, obtuso membranaceo mucronato- 
subulatis, flores lanceolatos superantibus; glumis externis rigidius- 
culis, lanceolatis, acutatis, lateralibus conduplicatis, ad carmas ferru- 
gineo villosis; glumis internis 3, dimidio minoribus, ovato-lanceolatis, 
