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coriaceis, fuscis, sub apice parum membranaceo acutiusculo subulato- 
mucronatis : flore femineo solitario (an semper?) bractea stipante vix 
breviore; glumis externis oblongis, rigidis, ferrugineis, lateralibus 
naviculari-conduplicatis, ad carinas ferrugineo villosis; glumis internis 
parum minoribus, late ovatis, obtusiusculis, membranaceis, ferrugineis, 
lateralium marginibus superne parum involutis; ovario ovato-ob- 
longo, compresso, biloculari, ferrugineo, stylo tereti bifido superato; 
capsula biloculari (an semper ?), ad margines debiscente, ultra glumas 
marcescentes producta; seminibus 
Hab. C. B. S. Ex. sp.s. Dröge, 2486, 9! 
R. ROTTBOELLOIDES, Kunth, En. iii. p. 394; Steudel, Synops. ii. p. 252. 
n. 32. > 
Hab. C. B. S. Ex.sp.s. d et 9. Drége, 2494! 
The female flowers in this species are destitute of a perianth, 
the ovary being subtended by a sheathing bract. 
R. GRAMINIFOLIUS, Kunth, En. ii. p. 407. n. 49; Steudel, l. c. 254. n. 52. 
Hab. C. B. S. Ex.sp.s. d. Drige, 2021! 
This species is noteworthy for its well-marked foliage, its pedi- 
cellate spreading spikelets, and the cellular cushion-like pads 
placed in the forks of the pedicels. 
R. Lupwicıı, Steudel, CHAR. EMEND.—Radicibus simplicibus, flexu- 
osis, lignosis, horizontaliter patentibus; culmis pluribus, cæspitosis, 
erectis, teretibus, spithamæis et ultra, crassitie penne passerine, basi 
squamis approximatis castaneis ovatis coriaceis striatis-obtectis, versus 
medium di- vel trichotome ramosis, ramisque filiformibus, erecto- 
patentibus, flexuosis, tuberculis albis obsitis, aphyllis; vaginis nisi ad 
ramificationes arctis, coriaceis, ellipticis, sub apice obtusiusculo mem- 
branaceo breviter subulato-mucronatis: spiculis masculis solitariis 
vel binis, in apice ramulorum erectis, ovatis, 1-2-floris (singulis 1 lin. 
long., vix l lin. lat.), spatha aperta vaginzeformi suffultis ; bracteis laxe 
imbricatis, oblongis, obtusis, coriaceis, tuberculatis, sub apice parum 
membranaceo valide subulato-mucronatis, flores lanceolatos vix super- 
antibus ; glumis externis oblongis, obtusis, submembranaceis, latera- 
libus conduplicatis, ad carinas subvillosis ; internis conformibus, vix 
brevioribus, hyalino-membranaceis; filamentis albidis, complanatis ; 
antheris lineari-oblongis, apiculatis, flavidis, exsertis: spiculis femineis 
1-2, in apice ramulorum erectis, oblongis, demum pyriformibus, 
clavatis nutantibusque; bracteis laxe imbricatis (quoad formam ut 
in mare), floribus solitariis vel binis; glumis externis oblongo-lanceo- 
latis, membranaceis, lateralibus conduplicatis, ad carinas villosulis ; 
glumis internis 3, brevioribus, obtusis, hyalinis, marginibus superne 
stylum obvolventibus; ovario rotundato, compresso, biloculari, ferru- 
gineo; stylo longo, tereti, ad basin dilatato, ibique flavo, superne in 
ramos stigmatosos duos revolutos exsertos diviso; capsula oblique 
