250 DR. M. T. MASTERS ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES 
Un. It. 8491; Sieber, 224! ; Eck. et Zeyh. 51.8! Babyloonske-toorne 
(August), Zeyh. 4350!; Drége, 48! 
R. FASTIGIATUS, Nees, MS. in herb. Sonder.—R. callistachyus, Kuntk, 
En. iii. p. 400. n. 29; Steud. Synops. ii. p. 253. n. 40 (quoad plantam 
femineam).—R. polystachyus, Kunth, En. iii. p. 402. n. 31; Steud. 
Synops. i. p. 253. n. 42 (quoad plantam masculam).— R. elongatus, 
Thunb. (2) teste Hochstetter, sed viz. —R. digynus 9, Link, MS. in 
herb. Sonder.—R. dubius d, Klotsch in herb. 
Hab. C. B. S. Ex.sp.s. Q9. Zeyher, nn, 539, 4341 (Febr.)! ; Win- 
terhoeck, Ecklon!; Uitenhage, Krauss (April) teste Hochstetter ; 
Krebs teste Link; Drége, n. 30! d. Ecklon!, Zeyher!, Mundt!; 
Drége, n. 32! 
I have ventured in this case to depart from the usual rule of 
adopting a manuscript rather than a published name, for the fol- 
lowing reasons :—Nees, as I believe correctly, recognized the two 
forms as male and female respectively of the same species, and ap- 
plied a very appropriate name, and one equally applicable to either 
sex. So far as I have been able to ascertain, Nees did not in any 
way publish the name. Later, when Kunth examined Drége's 
specimens for his ‘ Enumeratio,’ he considered the male and female 
plants to constitute two distinct species, and named them accord- . 
ingly, but neither of his names is so appropriate to either plant 
as Nees's. 
**%* CuInmi filiformes. 
R. vaciNATUS, Thunb. Prod. p.15; Diss. p. 10. n. 2; Fl. Cap. i. p. 83. 
n. 2; Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. 2. p.719. n. 4; Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. p. 184. 
n. 3; Kunth, Enum. ii. p. 408. n. 42; Hochstetter, Flora, (B. Z.) 
1845, p. 337.— R. pseudoleptocarpus, Kunth, En. iii. p. 399; Steud. 
Synops. ii. p. 252. n. 39. 
Hab. C. B. S. Ex. sp. s. d et Q. Sieber, Herb. Cap. 221; Flora 
Mixta, 22! In summitate montis Tabularis (Jan.-April.), Eck.! 
Uitenhage, Zeyher, 91; Ludwig, d! Cape Town, Harvey, 21: Drege, 
28,8! Table Mountain (Maio), Krauss. 
Hochstetter, I believe correctly, speaks of the above in these 
words: “ R. pseudoleptocarpus Kunth. ipsissimus R. vaginatus 
Thunb. esse videtur, quem inter dubias, a se non visas, cl. 
Kunthius enumerat." 
R. DEBILIS, Nees ab Esenb. Linnea, v. p.640; Kunth, En. iii. p. 412. 
n. 50; Steud. Syuops. ii. p. 254.— Thamnochortus debilis, Zeyh. teste 
Kunth. 
Hab. C. B. S. Ex. sp. s. d . Zeyher, n. 33 (Martio, Aprili) ! 
Plante cujusdam femineæ, in herb. Sonderiano, a me examinata, huic 
speciei forsan referenda, notas adjicio :— 
