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glumis internis inter se zequalibus, externis paulo brevioribus, oblongis, 
acutis, hyalinis, basi incrassatis; antheris oblongis, apiculatis, purpu- 
rascentibus; pistilli rudimento minuto. Femina latet. 
Hab. C. B. S. Ex.sp.s. d. Eck. et Zeyh. 52. 8. 
One of the outer lateral glumes in this species exceeds its fellow 
in size, and partially overlaps it. 
R. BIFURCUS, Nees, MSS.  Culmis erectis, bipedalibus, simplicibus vel 
parum dichotomeque ramosis, ramisque compressiusculis, olivaceis, 
squamis orbicularibus albidis obsitis ; vaginis arctis, semipollicaribus, 
tubulosis, coriaceis, striatis, fuscis, sub apice obtuso membranaceo 
cuspidatis, basi annulo impresso notatis, ad ramificationes nonnun- 
quam squamam alteram oblongam dorso bicarinatam villosam am- 
plectentibus: spieulis masculis pluribus, in panieulam erectam cymosam 
elongatam magis minusve ramosam dispositis, singulis plurifloris, 
erectis, ovatis, sessilibus vel breviter pedicellatis (3-5 lin. long., 1-2 
lin. lat.), basi spatha vaginzformi suffultis; bracteis arcte imbricatis, 
oblongis, coriaceis, castaneis, dorso superne impresso-punctulatis, sub 
apice obtusiusculo cuspidatis, infimis 2-3 vacuis, ceteris fertilibus, 
flores masculos oblongos stipitulatos vix eequantibus; glumis externis 
oblongis, obtusis, rigidiuseulis, dorso medio villosis, lateralibus 
naviculari-conduplicatis ; glumis internis parum brevioribus, oblongo- 
lanceolatis, hyalinis, ima basi connatis, nonnunquam incrassatis; fila- 
mentis complanatis, albidis, intra discum parvum membranaceum lo- 
batum orientibus ; antheris lineari-oblongis, dorso ferrugineis, demum 
exsertis; pistilli rudimento trigono: spiculis femineis paucioribus, in 
paniculam minus ramosam dispositis, singulis oblongo-lanceolatis, 
demum subclavatis, paucifloris (4-5 lin. long., 1-2 lin. lat.); bracteis 
glumisque ut in mare; staminodiis 3, liguleformibus, basi disco mem- 
branaceo parvo lobato cinctis; ovario trigono, nigro-castaneo, bilocu- 
lari, stigmatibus longis villoso-plumosis superato ; capsula biloculari, 
glumis persistentibus obtecta. 
R. bifureus, Nees, MS. in herb. Sonder. 
Hab. C. B. S. Ex. sp. s. Gnadenthal, Eck. et Zeyh.d et 9, n. 39! 
In planitie Capensi, Eck. n. 564c, d! Cape Flats, Zeyher, d et 9, 
1011; Drege, nn. 46, 364, 1608, 9! ; Dr. Thom in herb. Hook. 49,3! 
Cape Town, Harvey, g! 
Adsunt nonnunquam culmi steriles quam fertiles dimidio breviores, 
supra basin dichotome ramosi, ramique ramulosi, ramulis longiusculis, 
ascendentibus, compressis, olivaceis, albo lepidotis ; vagine arcte, 
coriacex, olivacez, sub apice obtuso membranaceo, nec hyalino, lon- 
gissime foliaceo-mucronate. 
Both male and female spikelets occasionally have a small leaf- 
bud in the place of a flower (lateral foliar prolifieation). The 
small membranous disk which is so constantly found in this spe- 
