1034 OXCVIHI. RESTIACEZE. 
l-loculare, 1-ovulatum ; stylus simplex, filiformis, jam infra medium uno latere stigma- 
tosus. Fructus ovoideus v. ideo-obl , teres, tatus, pericarpio duro, inde- 
hiscens.— Caules e rhizomate horizontali v. repente q sepius lanato-piloso erecti, 
simplices, virgati v. flexuosi. Vagin:e rigidulse, deciduz, annulum nigrum more Dovec 
relinquentes. Spicule terminales, capituliformes, solitarix: v. in maribus additis 1-9 
inferioribus sessilibus ; 9 quam d swpius angustiores. Glum:e inferiores in utroque sexu 
presertim in 9 vacus.  Bracte:se spath sub infl tia 1-2, floribus breviores. 
Species 3, Australiz extratropiez australis incole, Benth. Fl. Austral. vii, 244. 
12. cheetanthus, R. Br. Prod. 251. (Prionosepalum, Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. ii. 266.)— 
Flores dioici, maseuli ignoti.  Spiculie 9 parvz, co-florz, in glomerulum terminalem 
confertz, glumis imbricatis, bracteolis 0.  Perianthii segmenta 6, exteriora linearia hya- 
lina, interiora eapillacéa. Staminodia 0. Ovarium 1-loculare, 1-ovulatum ; stylus simplex, 
filiformis, jam infra medium uno latere stigmatosum. Fructus indehiscens?, maturus 
ignotus. — Caules tenues, erecti, simplices, dense czspitosi. "Wagin:e tenues, cylindrace:w, 
arcte app , persist Infi ia terminalis, parvula, oblonga, densa etsi 
ramosa, e spiculis sat numerosis sessilibus confertisque. Glum:e exteriores fusco-brunne:e, 
interiores hyalins. Flores 6-8 v. plures, brevissime pedicellati. 
Species 1, Australis austro-occidentalis incola. Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 245. 
13. Onyehosepalum, Síeud. Syn. Pl. Glum. ii. 249.— Flores dioici, spiculis utriusque 
sexus solitariis terminalibus oc-floris, glumis imbricatis, bracteolis 0. Perianthii segmenta 
3, tenuiter hyalina, unguiculata. Fl.d: Stamina 3, filamentis filiformibus; anther:e 
oblongee, dorsifixze, 1-loeulares, rima unica dehi Pistilli rudimentum 0. .Fl.9: 
Staminodia 0. Ovarium stipitatum, 1-loculare, 1-ovulatum ; stylus elongatus, filiformis, 
indivisus, a medio uno latere stigmatosus. Fructus maturus ignotus.— (Caules e rhizo- 
mate v. basi ezespitoso-ramosa sqj erecti, simplices, tenues, prweter squamas basales 
imbricatas nudi. Spicule ovoidez, erectz ; glume inferiores plures prsesertim in 9 sepe 
numerose vacuze, florentes tamen in utroque sexu plures, spe deciduz florem denu- 
dantes. 
Species 1, Australi: austro-occidentalis incola. Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. 246. 
14. Thamnochortus, Berg. PI. Cap. 353.— Flores dioici, spiculis utriusque sexus oo- 
floris, glumis imbricatis, bracteolis 0. Spicule d' paniculatz, glumis margine plus minus 
scariosis, inferioribus paucis vacuis. Perianthii gmenta 2 exteriora complicato-carinata, 
3-4 interiora hyalina. Stamina 93, filamentis filiformibus ; antherz oblongze, dorsifixce, 
l-loculares, rima unica dehi Pistilli rudimentum 0. Spicule 9 masculis cras- 
Siores, in spica paucze, erectce, sessiles, glumis inferioribus pluribus v. perpaucis vacuis. 
Perianthium plan I 5 2 exterioribus complicatis carinis late alatis, 
interioribus hyalinis. Staminodia 0. Ovarium sessile, l-loculare, l-ovulatum ; stylus 
simplex, elongatus, superne uno latere Stigmatosus, basi interdum dilatatus. Fructus 
ovatus, complanatus, indehiscens.— Caules florentes e rhizomate repente v. brevi erecti, 
juncei, indivisi, vaginis paucis distantibus persistentibus, ad nodos tamen s:pe ramulos 
breves steriles dense fascicul. issi ue emittunt. Spicule in panicula d haud 
; swpius pedicellatze nutantes, in spica 9 secus rhachin simplicem v. breviter 
ramosam paucz. Spieulw utriusque sexus, uti ramorum sterilium fasciculi, nunc argenteo- 
nitentes nunc brunnei. Flores plano-compressi. 
Species 10, Africze australis incole, Kunth, Enun. Pl. ii, 428. Mast, in DC. -Monogr. Phanerog. 
1. 814, quoad $ 1; /.2,f.16 ad 27. — Rottb. Descr. et Ic. PI. t. 1, f. 1 (Restio). 
15. Staberoha, Kwnth, Enwm. Pl. ii. 449.— Flores dioici, spiculis utriusque sexus 
cc-floris, glumis imbricatis, bracteolis 0. Spicule d panieulatz, ovatz, glumis brunneis 
nitidis, inferioribus paucis vacuis,  Perianthii gi angusta, subzequalia, 2 exteri 
