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membranaceis, maculis ferrugineis notatis; ovario subgloboso, com- 
pressiusculo, biloculari, stylo brevi tereti superato; stigmatibus duo- 
bus, linearibus, curvatis, exsertis; capsula 
Hab. C. B.S. Ex. sp. s. 9. Wallich, sine numero in herb. Hook. 
aliorumque ! 
There can be little doubt that this very distinct-looking species * 
is a true Restio, although none of the specimens that have come 
under my observation have had the fruit sufficiently matured to 
decide the point with certainty. 
R. MAcER, Kunth, En. iii. p. 390. n. 14; Steudel, Synops. ii. p. 251. 
n. 20.—R. limbatus, Nees, MS. in herb. Sonder. 
Hab. C. B.S. Ex. sp. s. g. Drége, 2487! ; Eck. et Zeyh. 1. 11, pro 
parte! ©. Eck. 84 partim! 
Plante feminee cl. Kunthio incognitz characteres adjicio. Culmus va- 
gineque ut in mare. Spicule in apice ramorum 3-5, erecto-patentes, 
in paniculam simplicem disposite, singule cylindraceo-lanceolate, 
unguiculares, 1 lin. lat., pluriflore. Bractee arcte imbricatze, oblonge, 
corlacez, fuscæ, sub apice obtuso profunde hyalino membranaceo 
subulato-mucronat:e, infima vacua spathacea, spicula vix dimidio bre- 
vior; ceterz fertiles, flores oblongo-lanceolatos stipitatos paulo su- 
perantes.  Glume externe lanceolatz, laterales conduplicate, ad 
carinas ferrugineo villose. Glume inferne minores, conformes, late- 
ralium marginibus anticis parum involutis. Ovarium rotundatum, 
compressum, biloculare, stylo tereti longiusculo apice bifido exserto su- 
peratum. Capsula compressa, ovata, bilocularis, lateraliter dehiscens, 
styli vestigiis coronata, glumis persistentibus obtecta. 
In Dr. Sonder's herbarium the male plant of this species is la- 
belled R. microstach yus B. humilis by Nees. It differs, however, 
greatly from other specimens bearing this name, and which I 
have elsewhere referred to R. Gaudichaudianus, Kunth. The 
female plant in the above-named herbarium is labelled by the 
same distinguished botanist as R. limbatus, N. ab E. MS. ; but as 
there can be little or no doubt that it is the female plant of 
Kunth’s R. macer, I have retained the published name of the 
latter author. 
` R. SIEBERI, Kunth, En. iii. p. 387. n.9; Steud. Synops. p. 250. n. 15. 
Hab. C.B.S. Ex.sp.s. d. Masson!; Sieber, 228! sub nom. R. tri- 
fori. 9. Drége, 9615 !; 47 pro parte! ; 81! 
Plante feminez characteres adjicio. Culmus vagineque ut in mare. 
Spicule fructifere 1-5, late ovate, 3-4-flore, 3 lin. long., 2 lin. lat. 
Braciee arcte imbricatz, late ovate, coriacez, ferruginese, sub apice 
membranaceo mucronate, flores maturos haud zequantes. Glume 
omnes rigidiusculie, oblongo-acutz, pallide ferruginew, laterales ex- 
terne naviculari-conduplicatz, carinis (villis delapsis) glabris. Glume 
