aaa 
_— 
Oe er een ee 
Restio.] RESTIACEH (Masters). pe 4 
iii. 390; Steud. Synops. ii. 251; Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
vill. 230; DC. Monog. Phan. i. 240. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Drage, 73, 9 ! 
Coast Recion: Clanwilliam iv.; Ceder Bergen, near Ezels Bank, 4000- 
000 ft., Drége, 2496, 9 ! Worcester Div.; between the Bokke Veld and Hex 
River, t., Drége, 9616, Dutoits Kloof, 3000-40 ., Drége, 1608 
partly, 2 ! Constable, 3000-3500 ft., Drége, 9450, g and  ! 
13. R. squarrosus (Poir. in Lam. Encycl. vi. 174); stems 2 ft. 
high, slender, simple or sparingly branched, terete, coarsely tubereled ; 
each about 3 in. long, oblong, erect or spreading, supported at the 
base by a short, bract-like spathe ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, prolonged 
at the apex into a long recurved awn; flowers oblong-lanceolate, 
shorter than the bracts; outer perianth-segments oblong-lanceolate ; 
lateral conduplicate, villous-keeled ; inner subequal, flatter ; anthers 
g, apicnlate; ovary ovoid-globose; style bifid; capsule 
2-celled. Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soe. viii. 228; DC. Monog. 
Phan. 236. Restio echinatus, Kunth, Enum. iii, 384; Steud. 
li. 250. 
Coast Region: Worcester Div. ; Dutoits Kloof, 3000-4000 ft., Drége, 49 
Partly, g! 
14. BR. 
oO 18 in. high, slender, simple or slightly branched ; mag tragn' 
2 
membranous and lacerate near the apex; male spikelets 3-4, each 
a x in. long, oblong-ovate, acute, with a short sheath-like 
spathe at the base ; bracts oblong, acuminate, coriaceous, membranous 
at the edges; flowers curved ; perianth-segments oblong, acute ; 
lateral villous-keeled ; inner smaller, hyaline; female spikelet 
lacerate ; flowers lanceolate; perianth-segments lanceolate; lateral 
oo Region: Aliwal North Div.; Witte Bergen, 5000-6000 ft., Drége, 
’ . 
15. RB. oblongus (Mast. in Journ. Linn, Soc. viii. 229); stems 1 
ft. high, very slender, decumbent, compressed, purple, with white 
i ea 
Owers; outer perianth-segments oblong, acute; lateral con- 
duplicate, keeled; keel glabrous; inner similar, thinner, involute 
