Restio.] RESTIACER (Masters). 
icy Pc temale spikelets few in number, alike 
a ete tr sare on beni? mature spike- 
lets ast $ in ong ; 
Spikelets globose ; 
# obovate-orbiculr ee .. (55) strobilifer. 
ong a (56) pachystachyus, 
Bre 
Spikelets ne ret phen Arg ail lan- 
(57) purpurascens. 
Spikelets compressed, oblong eg a 
subulz eae mucronate . (58) bifidus, 
Stems sliform, ¥ very — ; “matare spike-. 
lets sma Le —} in 
Stem rect 5 pin straight, or 
near 
Spathe lanceolate, as long as the 
rec obtuse compe bracts 
aa miser. 
Spathe ‘and bracts ; kee 
of perianth- segient ek * (60) sonderianus. 
Spathe, bracts, and perianth-seg- 
me whe iE = mucronu- 
late; keel glabro . (61) scien 
—_ ‘eallnk: sande curved, en- 
angled : 
n Penida: segments _linear-oblong, 
acute 62) implexus. 
Perianth- -segments broadly. "oblong (63) pespese 
Stems creeping ; branches erect, straight (64) Harveii 
***Mule spikelets numerous, in panicled cymes; 
male spikelets solitary or few: 
pre and branches terete : 
ikelets vagal 
racts recurved (65) bifarius. 
Bracts latent. ‘flat 5 keel gi 
rous . (66) bigeminus, 
Spikelets eylindrie, n not compressed : 
Branches few 
"Breese oblong, acuminate te egrogius 
Bract nd - (68) obtusissimus. 
Branches numerous, ascending : 
i i lados. 
Spikelets $ in. —s ae .. (69) saroc 
Spikelets ¢ in. long . (70) Bhodocoma 
Stems or branches see spikelets and 
bracts flattened : 
Sheaths subulate-mucronate : 
ale spikelets 6-9 ... oie gee tr} caizachyus 
ale spikelets 1-4 . ‘ ioe 
Sheaths with a leafy mucro : ee a . (73) compressus, 
Stems or branches 4-sided ; male and female 
spikelets panicled ae . (74) quadratus. 
filitorm ; bracts or quite 
muticous ; spathe srstate, ealng the 
- spike let .. (75) debilis. 
IMPERFECTLY KNOWN SPECIES. 
Stems s] slender, erect, much-branched ; sheaths close ; 
perianth-se; -segments narrow; ovary 3-at yled... eee (76) seopula. 
Stems very oes ; sheaths loose, black ; har pe m8 
and ; female not not known . (77) ambigw 
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