250 RESTIACEiE. 



LEPTOCARPUS. 



Flores dioiei, fasciculati v. amentacei. Perinnthium (5-glume. 

 Masc. Stamina 3. Antherce simplices, peltatae. 

 Fem. Ovarium 1-spermum. Slylusl. Stigmata 2 — 3. 



Utriculus v. Nux crustacea, basi styli coronata. 

 Culmi aphylli, vaginati, vaginis hinc Jissis, plerumque sim- 

 plicissimi. Fasciculi v. Amenta subspicala. 



Obs. Species fasciculatae ab amentaceis (ad quas referendi 

 Restio imbricatus Thunb. distachyos Rottb. et forsan non- 

 nulli alii capenses) posthac separandae. 



1 . L, aristatus, fasciculis alternis : superioribus aggregatis, 



squamis subbifloris, perianthii feminei foliolis 3 exteriori- 

 bus subulatis cartilagineis : interioribus brevioribus muticis 

 lineari-oblongis, culmo simplicissimo. (M.) v. v. 



2. L. simplex, fasciculis alternis : femineis superioribus aggre- 



gatis, perianthii glumis lanceolatis : exterioribus mucro- 

 natis, culmo simpiicissimo. (D.) v. v. 

 Restio simplex. Forst. prod. n. 367. Willd. sp. pl. 4. p. 722, 



3. L. elatior, paniculae ramis divisis, fasciculis capitato-spicatis, 



bracteis ovatis acuminatis, perianthiis femineis subaequali- 

 bus margine tenuissime pubescentibus, culmo tereti sim- 

 plici. (T.) v. v. 



4. L ramosus, paniculse ramis divisis, fasciculis capitatis, pe- 



rianthii foliolis inlerioribus margine dense lanatis, culmo 

 » ramoso. (T.) B. v. s. 



5. L. spathaceus, spicis parum divisis paniculatisve, perianthii 



foliolis mucronatis nudis, pericarpiis nucamentaceis, cul- 

 mis subramosis teretiusculis, vaginis subulato-mucronatis. 

 (T.) v.v. 



6. L. scariosus, panicula conrctata simplici, amentis spicatis 



subimbricatis ovatis, squatrHs acuminatis : axillis barbatis, 

 perianthii glumis irrterioribus margine lanatis, culmo sim- 

 plicissimo. (M.) r. v. 



7. L. tenax, spica divisa, amentis oblongis subsquarrosis, squa- 



mis cartilagineis acuminatis : axillis perianthiisque nudis, 

 -culmo simplici. (M. J. D.) v.v. 

 Schrenodum tenax femina. Labill. nov. holl. 2. /. 229. 



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