238 DR. M. T. MASTERS ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECLES 
sum, uniloculare, stylo crasso tereti apice bifido superatum. Capsula 
oblique ovata, abortu uniloculari, coriacea, ferruginea, ad marginem 
dehisceus, styli vestigiis coronata, glumisque persistentibus obtecta. 
Semen magnum, ovato-oblongum; testa cinerea, micans, impresso- 
punctulata, maculis purpureis obsita. 
The male plants vary considerably in habit and stature; the 
spikelets on the same specimen frequently differ considerably in 
size, and toa less degree in form; the shape of the bracts, glumes, 
&c., remains constant; the smaller sheaths are frequently close, 
but the larger ones always lax. In the female plant the spikelets 
have generally but one perfect flower, and are frequently the sub- 
jects of lateral leafy prolification. ` 
R. Eveocnaris, N. ab E. MS. Culmis sesquipedalibus, erectis, tere- 
tibus (crassitie pennze corvinz), basi spatio 4-pollicari vaginis spadiceis 
nitidis approximatis vestitis, medio dichotome ramosis, ramis elon- 
gatis, erectis, filiformibus, virgatis, prope basin ramulosis, aphyllis ; 
vaginis arctis, ellipticis, coriaceis, striatis, marginibus parum mem- 
branaceis, sub apice membranaceo mucronulatis; spiculis masculis 
in apice ramulorum solitariis, ellipticis, acutis, erectis, plurifloris (2-4 
lin. long., ! lin. lat.) ; bracteis arcte imbricatis, oblongis, coriaceis, fer- 
rugineis, sub apice membranaceo mucronatis, flores ovato-Janceolatos 
breviter stipitatos paulo superantibus; perianthii segmentis externis 
rigidis, oblongis, lateralibus conduplieatis, ad carinas ferrugineo vil- 
losis, segmentis internis paulo brevioribus, oblongis, aequalibus, sub- 
hyalinis, dórso superne ferrugineo maculatis; filamentis ligulz- 
formibus, albidis; antheris linearibus, dorso ferrugineis, apiculatis, 
demum exsertis. Feminez culmo habitu parum robustiore, spiculis 
in apice ramulorum solitariis, bifloris, ovatis, erectis, plurifloribus (1-2 
lin. long., vix 1 lin. lat.); bracteis ut in mare; glumis externis rigi- 
diusculis, ovato-lanceolatis, superne parum ferrugineis, lateralibus 
eonduplicatis, ad carinas paulum ferrugineo villosis; glumis internis 3 
conformibus, vix brevioribus, tenuioribus, ad margines superne parum 
involutis ; ovario oblongo, compresso, biloculari, ferrugineo, stylo brevi 
tereti apice bifido coronato. Fruetum non vidi. 
R. Eleocharis, N. ab E. in herb. Sonder. absque descriptione. 
Hab. C. B.S. Ex.sp.s. d. In planitie Capensi, Ecklon, 1 et 560!; 
Drege, 2489! 9. Zeekoe Valley, 78! 894! (Maii). 
R., MONANTHOS, sp. n. Culmis erectis, teretibus, sesquipedalibus (cras- 
sitie penne corvinze), parce dichotome ramosis, ramisque ascendentibus, 
stramineis, impresso-punctulatis, aphyllis; vaginis nisi ad ramifica- 
tiones aretis, ellipticis, coriaceis, striatis, ferrugineis, sub apice obtuso 
ferrugineo subulato-mucronatis: spiculis femineis 6-8, in apice ramu- 
lorum parum approximatis, spicatim dispositis, singulis subglobosis 
(magnitudine nuclei cerasi), unifloris; bracteis arete imbricatis, ovatis, 
