RESTIO. 



RESTIACEAE. 893 



late hjallno-marglnatis mucronatls ; perianthiis 6-sepali8, sepalis linearibus acuminatls ; 

 tribus interioribus duplo brevioribus. ^ — Crescit in solo turfoso planitiei prope op- 

 pidulum Albany, Plantagenet in Australasia. 



5. R. SETULIGERUS N. ab E. 1. c. p. 58. f — Culmis simplicibus teretibus subtills- 

 simeque punctulatis ; panicula effusa laxa; ramis fasciculatis inaequalibus divisis; spi- 

 culis oblongis multifloris; squamis omnibus membranaceo-marginatis , setaceo-auumi- 

 natis; perianthio (^ pentasepalo, sepalis acuminatis. — Crescit in .\ustralasia occidentali. 



6. R. (?) TRISEPALUS N. ab E. 1. c. f — Culmis simplicibus teretibus laevibus; panl- 

 cula composita laxa, spiculis nutantibus subglobosis, squamis acuminatis hyalino-mar- 

 ginatis nitentibus; perianthio trisepalo, sepalis obcordatis cum mucrnne apicem versus 

 dentatis. S — Crescit in Australasia meridionali.occidentali. 



7. R. NITENS N. ab E. I. c. p. 59. •{• — Pubescens : culmis ramosis; ramis curvatis 

 compressis rigidulis; spiculis foemineis in ramis racemosis subglobosis, squamis ovatis 

 mucronatis , margine pubescenti-ciiiatis vaginisque rufo-castaneis nitidis, ore lanatis 

 mucronatis; perianthii glabri sepalis quinque obtusiusculis, tribus exterioribu» latio- 

 ribus. — Crescit in arenosis porrectis sylvae prope Uassandeen distr. Perth In Au- 

 stralasia et ibidem ad fluvium Cygnorum supra oppidulum Perth. 



8. R. ABORTIVUS N. ab E. 1. c. p. 60. f — Culmis superne paniculatis, ramis fastigiatls 

 coarctatis , ramulis subflexuosis, vaginis mucronatis ore ciliatis ; spicis (^) alternis 

 sessilibus pluribus abortivis minoribus, squamis ovatis mucronatis nudis; perianthiis 

 sesglumibus, — Crescit in Promontorio Cape Riche. 



III. CALOPSIS Palis. Beauv. 

 (Knth. Enumer. III. 421.) 



1. C. NEGLECTA Hochstett. Flora (B. Z.) XXVIII. 338. adn. — Blpedalis v. altior : 

 culmi subdichotome ramosi ramique teretes olivacei, densissime papillosi sublepidoti, 

 vaginae remotae arctae pollicares v, breviores nervoso-striatae fuscae, inferiores pun- 

 ctis lepidotis conspersae , sub apice liyalino-membranaceo arido bifido saepissime 

 lacerato v. in lanam soluto mucronato-aristatae, rami steriles, si adsunt ramosissimi 

 et foliosi ut in C. paniadata , vaginulis apice lanatis , rami fertiles elongati solitarii 

 stricti, inflorescentia spicata v. subpaniculata, spiculis 5 — 20 composita, spiculae ova- 

 tae v. ovato-oblongae 4 — 5 lin. longae dllute castaneae multiflorae, squamae in spiculis 

 masculis ovatae acuminato-mucronatae patulae , perlanthium squama paullo brevius, 

 sepala duo extima lateralia navicularia aptera spadicea glabra, tertlum triaque intima 

 concaviuscula pallidiora aequalla, stamina 3, antheris subacutis , spiculae foemineae 

 similes, squamae tamen brevius acuminatae et flosculi squamam aequantes, perian- 

 thium maris, ovarium trigonum dilatatum, styli 3 dlstincti. — Restio neglectus Kltzsch. 

 mss. — Affinis C. triticeae Knth. — Crescit in Promontorio bonae spei. 



IV. TIIA^tlNOCHORTUS R. Br. 



(Knth. Enumer. III. 428. [excl. no. 11 — 14.]) 



1. TH. STRIATUS Hochstett. Flora (B. Z.) XXVIII. 339. — Culmus simplex teres stria- 

 tus (praesertim in parte inferiori) validus 3 — 4-pedalis multinodls, vaginae arcte cir- 

 cumvolutae acutae v, acuminato-mucronatae striatae sesqulpolllcares brunneae, pani- 

 cula simplex spicaeformis 5-pollicaris (planta mascula adhuc ignota est), paniculae 

 rami pauci breves triquetri appressi subtristachyi, pars superior omnino spicata, spi- 

 culae alternae obovatae 6 — 7 lin. longae sessiles multiflorae, bracteae spiculis sub- 

 duplo breviores brunneo-atrae, squamae spadiceae late lanceolatae acuminato-mucro- 

 natae , flosculus squama vix brevior compressissimus , perianthii sepala exteriora 

 acuta, duo lateralia navicularia, carinae ala lata prominente, tertlum angustius longi- 

 tndine aequale anceolatum planum, 3 intima paullo breviora aequalia obtusa, omnia 

 dilute spadicea, ovarium corapressum subrotundum , stylo longo plano , altero latere 

 villoso terminatim. — Affinis Th. spicigero Knth. — In Proniontorio bonae spei. 



