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erectis vel leviter arcuatis, eylindraceo-oblongis, plurifloris, spatha 
aperta vaginzeformi suffultis (3-4 lin. long., 1 lin. lat.) ; bracteis arcte 
imbricatis, oblongis, coriaceis, ferrugineis, sub apice parum membra- 
naceis, breviter mucronatis, flores oblongos subtrigonos breviter stipi- 
tatos parum superantibus; glumis externis oblongis, rigidiusculis, 
subfuscis, lateralibus conduplicatis, ad carinas parce villosis; glumis 
internis tribus, vix brevioribus, hyalinis, ima basi connatis, inzequalibus, 
postica latiore; antheris linearibus, apiculatis, ferrugineis; pistilli ru- 
dimento minuto, tristylo; ovario cuneato, subcompresso, purpureo, 
margine viridescente, stigmatibus villoso-plumosis coronato, ad basin 
staminodiis tribus ligulzeformibus cireumdato; fructu 
Hab. C. B. S. . Ex. sp. s. d et Q. False Bay, Robertson!; Eck. et 
Zeyh. 78.7! Cape Flats, Ecklon!; Zeyher, 1742, 3! 
A species apparently nearly allied to R. triticeus, Rottb., but 
differing from it in the more branched inflorescence, in the smaller 
spikelets, in the presence of a spathe, in the different form and 
proportions of bracts, glumes, &c. The membranous edges of the 
sheaths and spathes give the plant a very ragged aspect—whence 
the name. 
** Culni plerumque compressi v. angulati. 
R. TETRAGONUS, Thunb. Prod. p 15; Pus Se 17. n. 17; Fl. Cap. i. 
p. 87. n. 20; Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. 2. p.725. n. 21; Nees ab Esenb. Linnea, 
v. p. 642; Kunth, En. iii. p. 400; Steudel, er ii. p. 253. 
Var. 8. EXALTATUS, Nees, l.c. Culmo alto folioso, panicula virgata, 
spiculis sessilibus peduneulatisque. 
Hab. C. B. S. Ex. sp.s. d. Masson !; False Bay, Robertson !; Eck. 85! 
Q. Sieber, Fl. Cap. 118!; ad pedem montis Diaboli altit. ii., inter 
frutices, Eck. (August); R. C. Alexander!—ß. d, ad cataractas 
montis Diaboli (Junio), Eck.!; Drege, g, 364!; Milne in herb. 
Hook. 435! 
A distinct and handsome species, varying in luxuriance accord- 
ing to the situation in which it grows. The female plant distri- 
Dad under Drége, 364, belongs to a hitherto undescribed species, 
R. bifureus, Nees, MS. 
R. EGREGIUS, Hochstetter, Flora, (B. Z.) 1845, p. 337, adnot. ; Steudel, 
Synops. ii. p. 253. 
Var. 8. NurANs, Mast. MS. Culmis spiculisque minoribus, spiculis 
(maseulis) nutantibus, 
Hab. C.B.S. Ex.sp.s. d et Q. Zeyher. d. Hottentotshollandberg, 
Ecklon!; Dr. Thom in herb. Hook. 6321, 906 1—8. d et 9. Zeyher! ; 
Admiral D in herb. Hook.!; Table Bay. Robertson! ; False Bay, 
Robertson ! 
It is remarkable that so M a species should 
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