470 RESTIACEAE endl. (Elegia.) 



papyraceo-membranaceae, opacae, interne nitidulac, pollicarcs et 

 longiores, deciduae. Panicula terminalis, ramosa, conferta, spi- 

 caeformis, oblonga, 8 lineas longa; vaginae florales ramos sti- 

 pantes culmeis similes. infima 10 lineas longa, reliquae grada- 

 tim minores et tenuiores. Flores spicato-conglomerati, glome- 

 rulis subrotundis, sessilibus vel breviter pedunculatis, singuli 

 sessiles, suffulti bractea abbreviato- ovata, acuminato-subaristata, 

 naviculari-subcarinata, dorso castaneo - fnsca, margine hyalino- 

 membranacea et lacerata, dorso hispidulo-scabra, absque arista 

 flore breviore; arista subuncinato -recurvata. Calyx convexo- 

 planus, 6-sepalus; sepala castaneo-fusca, externe bispidulo-sca- 

 bra, acuminato-mucronata ; exteriora dimidio breviora, subaristu- 

 lata, ex his lateralia naviculari-carinata, anticum convexiuscu- 

 lum; interiora oblonga, lateralia inaequilatero-naviculari-carinata, 

 posticum planiusculum. Stamina 3, sepalis interioribus oppo- 

 sita. Filamenta brevia. Antherae oblongae, mucronulatae, dorso 

 supra basim affixae, uniloculares, pallidae, zona mcdia fusca 

 notatae, antice sccundum longitudinem dehiscentes. Planta fe- 

 minea *) : Culmi simplices, 2^-pedaIes, tenues, teretiusculi, farcti ?, 

 remotissime vaginati, subcinerei, epunctulati. Vaginae elonga- 

 tae, convolutae, laxiusculae, acuminato - mucronatae, membrana- 

 ceae, pallide ferrugineae, punctulalae, persistentes ; inferiorcs 

 2-2|-poIIicares. Panicula terminalis, ramosa, conferta, spicae- 

 formis, subovata, ^ pollicis longa; vaginae florales iramos sti- 

 pantes oblongo-lanceolatae, acutato-mucronatae, membranaceae, 

 fuscescentes, persistentes? ; infima 8-9 lineas longa, patens ; 

 reliquae gradatim minores. Flores subspicato-glomerati, glome- 

 rnlis ovatis, sessilibus vel breviter pedunculatis. singuli sessiles, 

 bracteati; bractea ovata , acuminato-subulata , subaristata, ca- 

 rinato-navicularis, castaneo-fusca, margine subhyalina, apicem 

 versus punctulis spadiceis asperata et pallida, florem superans: 

 arista recurvato-squarrosa. Caiyx triangularis, castaneo-fuscus, 

 persistens, bracteam absque arista superans ; sepala acuminato- 

 submucronulata, praesertim interiora, superne margine hyalina 

 et lacerulata, dorso superne pnnctulis spadiceis asperata; exte- 

 riora paulo breviora, lanceolafo-oblonga, naviculari-carinata; in- 

 teriora oblongo-subspathulata, planiuscula. Stamina rudimenta- 

 ria nulla. Ovarium triquetrum, subpyriforme, fuscum, unilocu- 

 lare, uniovulatum. Stigmata 3, scssilia, elongata, intus villosa, 

 revoluta. Achenium ellipticum vel ovatum, triangulare, obtu- 

 siusculum, nigro-castaneum, laeve, nitidum, calycem persistentem 

 clausum vix superans, crustaceo-durum, non dehiscens, 1-sper- 

 mum. Semen immaturum. Conf. Restioni asperifloro Nces ub 

 Esenh. 



9. E. PA?ficoiDES. Culmis simplicibus ?, teretibus , farc- 



*) An rccte cum praecedeute raascula sub eadcm. specie conjuucta? 



