28 ICONEa PLANTAKUM. 



Bhizoma crassitie digiti minoria, reliquiis fibrosis foKorum veins- 

 tonim opertum. Culrai 2-3-pedale9, foliosi. Folia pedalia et ultra 

 marginibus sicco ad cos tarn revolutis, apices versus plana. Inflores- 

 centia pedalis et ultra, anguste oblonga, rachi flexuosa, ramis gracilibus 

 inclinatls. Spiculce nunierosissimse, pallide castanese, stigmatibus et 



apicibus setarnin exsertls. 



This differs from the G. eloiiga f a, Benth. (of the Seychelles Islands), 

 in the very narrovr leaves, and from Asterochcete nitenSy Kunth (which 

 -r T ^ J „^ — ^Q ^Q ]^g ^ Cyclocamjpe)j\n the more numerous 



glumes. — J. D. Hooker. 



Fig. I. Spikelet. 2. Flower. 3. Nut. All enlarged. 



Plate 1435. 



ASTEBOCH^TE GLOMERATA, Nees. 



Gtperace^, Tribe EHYNCHOSPOREiE. 



A. glomerata, Nees in Lirincea^ x. 194 ; elata, robusta, culmis 3-goiiis, 

 foliis culmo brevioribus 1 poll, latis, plania coriaceis marginibus sub 

 lente scaberulis, apicibus 3-gonis pungentibus, vaginis elongatis, spiculis 

 in capitula subglobosa pollicaria bracteata dense congestis lanceolatis 

 compressis, glumis ad 5 lanceolatis acuminatis tenuiter coriaceis v. 

 membranaceis obscure scaberulis, setis scaberulis staminibus styloque 

 filiformi sequilongis, filamentis antheris lineari-elongatis multo brevio- 

 ribus, nuce elliptico-lanceolata compresso-3-gona. 



Hab. South Africa; in the Uitenhage district, BurcJieU^ &c. 



Gulmi 3-4-pedales, foliosi, basi crassitie poUicis humani, omnino Iseves. 

 Folia suberecta, raultistriata ; prseter margines laevia, Panicida pedalis 

 et ultra, elongata, ramulorum angulis obscure scaberulis, Capitula 

 bracteata ; bractege breves, spiculas superantes. Spicul(B ^ ^^W. longse, 

 pallidae. Nnx -^^ poll, longa. 



A gigantic species compared with its congeners. The leaves are used 

 by the Hottentots for the manufacture of hats. — J, D. Hooker. 



Fig. 1. J?pikelet 2. Flower. 3. Nut. All enlarged. 



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