RESTIACEAE endl. (Restio.) 389 



Cap. b. spei. (Drege, Rest. Cap. n. 2475.) Culmi pedales et al- 

 liores, teretes ramique pallide olivacei, obsolefe et subtilissime 

 punctulato-tuberculosi. Vaginae fuscae, subtilissime albido-punc- 

 tulatae. Panicula terminalis, simplicissima ; ramis erectis. Spi- 

 cae sessiles vel breviter pedunculatae. Squamae arcte imbrica- 

 tae. Sepala subaequilonga; exteriora Jateralia carinata, carina 

 ferrugineo-villosa. Filamenta 3. Antherae .... In specimine fe- 

 mineo culmus simplex?; panicula ramosior; spicae pauciflorae ; 

 flores tluo ? superiores fertiles, inferiores minores, aborfientes, 

 in his sepala exteriora lateralia carina ferrugineo- villosa. Se- 

 pala subaequilonga, fructifera rigida; exteriora lateralia navicu- 

 lari-carinata, carina (ob villum tlelapsum) glabrafa. Ovarium 

 subrotuntlum, complanatum, bilocularc. Sfylus 1. Stigmafa 2. 

 Capsula lenticulari-compressa, oblique subrofundo-ovata , stylo 

 persistente terminata, abortu l-locularis, immatura ferruginea. 

 Medium tenet inter R. venusfulum et vilem. Vicli in herbario 

 Lucaeano specimen monoccum?, ramis masculis et femineis in- 

 structum Suppetunt specimina mascula parum juvenilia (Drege, 

 Rest. Cap. n. 2500) vaginis cinnamomeo-fuscis. 



13. R. VILIS. Culmis simplicibus vel ramosis, obsoletius 

 tuberculosis; vaginis arctis, apicem versus hyalino- membrana- 

 ceis, aridis et laceris, sub apice aristulatis ; spicis masculis mul- 

 tifloris, cylindraceis, acutis, in apice culmi vel ramorum pcr pa- 

 niculam simplicem tiispositis ; squamis ovatis, superne hyalino- 

 marginatis, apice subulato-mucronatis, florcm paulo superanti- 



bus ; sepalis exterioribus lateralibus acutatis ; antheris ; 



spicis femineis cluabus, terminalibus, approximatis, mulfifloris, 

 cylindraceo-oblongis ; sepalis exferioribus angustato-subulatis, 

 fructum bilocularem duplo superantibus ; stylo elongato. — Cap. 

 b. spei.(Drege, Rest. Cap. n. 2476. cT ct 2) — Culmi erecti, sim- 

 plices vel simpliciter ramosi, teretes, subolivaceo-fuscescentcs, ob- 

 solete et subtilissime punctulato-tuberculosi, subl5-pollicarcs. Va- 

 ginae fuscae. Spicae masculae multiflorae, sessiles vel breviter pe- 

 dunculatae. Squamae arcte imbricatae. Sepala 6, rigida, dorso fer- 

 ruginea; exteriora paulo longiora , lateralia naviculari-carinata, 

 carina ferrugineo- villosa , tertium planum; interiora aequalia. 



Filamenta 3, elongata, linearia. Antherae Specimina fe- 



minea (an vere hujus speciei?): Culmi? simplices. Vaginae 

 ut in speciminibus masculis. Spicae in apice culmi (?) 2, ap- 

 proximatae. Squamae ut in mare, nisi robustiores et longius 

 mucronatae. Sepala 6, rigida, castaneo-fusca ; exteriora paulo 

 longiora, lateralia carinata, carina ferrugineo-villosa, tertium et 

 interiora plana. Fructus (capsularis?) obovato-subrotundus, len- 

 ticulari-complanatus, stylo persistente elongato apice bifido (stig- 

 matibus delapsis) terminatus, bilocularis, calyce dimidio brevior. 

 Vix a Restione trifloro distinctus ; flores feminei in R. vili du- 

 plo majores. Suppetunt alia specimina mascula (Drege, Rest. 

 Cap. n. 75.) mox descriptis simillima, nisi robustiora; descrip= 



