OF IHE GENUS RESTIO. 253 
spikelets are also somewhat longer and of a more oblong shape 
than in the species just mentioned. 
R. Harveıs, sp.n. Rhizomate repenti, culmos plures teretes ascen- 
dentes squamis laceratis approximatis obtectos emittente: ramis ste- 
rilibus 2-4-pollicaribus, basi decumbentibus, teretibus, subspongiosis, 
infra medium dichotome ramulosis, ramisque curvatis, subcompressis, 
patentibus, sordide olivaceis, tuberculis albis parvis dense obsitis; va- 
ginis arctis, ovatis, acutis, marginibus membranaceis, sub apice obtuso 
subulato-mucronatis : ramis fertilibus conformibus, duplo longioribus ; 
spiculis in apice ramulorum solitariis, oblongo-cuneatis, bifloris (1 lin. 
long., vix 1 lin. lat.); bracteis laxe imbricatis, ovatis, acutis, convexis, 
marginibus superne membranaceis, sub apice acuto subulato-mucro- 
natis, infimis 2 vacuis, ceteris fertilibus flores oblongos vix duplo 
superantibus; glumis externis zequalibus, oblongis, obtusis, chartaceis, 
marginibus ciliolatis, lateralibus conduplicatis, ad carinas ciliolatis ; 
glumis internis conformibus, vix brevioribus, dorso medio subcari- 
natis, ciliolatis ; staminodiis 3; ovario oblongo, subcompresso, bilocu- 
lari, stigmatibus 3 villosis superato ; fructu 
Hab. C.B.S. Ex.sp.s. 9. Cape Town, W. H. Harvey in herb. Coll. S. 
Trin. Dubl.! 
The comparatively long trailing rhizome of this plant, like that 
of Carex arenaria, gives it a distinct aspect from the other species. 
Its spongy texture is also remarkable. In the form of its spike- 
lets it much resembles R. tenwissimus, Kunth, but the structure of 
the spikelets and flowers is very different (see Pl. XV. figs. 1-7). 
R. PERPLEXUS, Kunth, En. iii. p. 406. n.38; Steudel, Synops. ii. p. 253. 
n. 51.—R. dichotomus, Willd. herb. (nec Thunb.) teste Kunth. 
Hab. C.B.S. Ex.sp.s. d et Q. Drége, 339a! d. Breutel!; Drige, 
n. 8! 
R. BIFIDUS, Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. p.87; Nees ab Esenb. Linnea, v. p. 636; 
Kunth, En. iii. p. 409; Steud. Synops. ii. p. 250.—R. filiformis, Poir. 
Enc. M. V. p.173? — R. monostachyus, Steud. in herb.—V ariat spicis 1—4. 
B. “ Culmo flexuoso mono- vel distachyo, vaginis in mucronem longum 
trigono-subulatum foliaceum patulum exeuntibus."— Nees, l. c. 
R. oligostachyus, Kunth, En. iii. p. 399. n.27; Steud. Synops. ii. p. 252. 
n. 38.—R. bifidus, N. ab E., forma gracilis in herb. Sonder. 
Hab. C. B. S. Ex. sp. s. Thunberg in herb. Sonder.!; Eck. Un. It. 
un. 840, 846, d , forma depauperata = R. monostachyus, Steud. !; Eck. 
et Zeyh. 56.5, 3! Table Mountain, Ecklon, 77, d et 2!; Breutel, 9! ; 
Zeyher, 4343,8 et 9!; Drige, 197 !, 849, 1628b! Simon’s Town, 
C. Wright in herb. Coll. S. Trin. Dubl., sub nn. 485, 497 3! (Aug.)— 
B. False Bay, Robertson in herb. Mus. Brit. Q! Table Mountain, Eck. 
et Zeyh. 9 , 1.11 !, 1. 12!; Dröge, nn. 37 !, 1624 9 ! Simon's Town, 
Wright ! 
