72 resT1acea (Masters), [ Restio, 
the. sgneraipa ; anthers oblong-ovate. Mast. in DC.. Monog- 
Phan. i 239. 
Sours Arrica: without locality, Drags, 65, fo! 
_ This may be the male of some species of Hypolena. 
6. R. crinalis (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. viii. 229); 
erect from a decumbent base, filiform, terete, coarsely ‘intel 
much branched from the base; leaf-sheaths coriaceous, closely con- 
volute, about 1 in. lo oy with a hair-like awn of the sere Se 
submembranous, slightly exceeding the flowers ; perianth-segments 
lanceolate ; outer lateral keeled; keel ai bet inner shorter ; 
anthers oblong. Mast. in DC. Monog. Phan. i 
South Arrica: without locality, Drége, 11, g ! 
Perhaps the male of a species of Hypolena. 
17, BR. setiger (Kunth, Enum. iii. 385, female pl.) ; stem 2 ft. 
high, = orgy or sparingly branched, puncticulate, white- spotted ; 
sheaths about in. long, elliptic, striate, tubereled, coriaceous 
beneath, ‘yale above, and ending in a long awn; male spikelets 
clustered, each about + in. long, “eylindric- lanceolate ; spathe open, 
sheath-like, sriiale as long as the spikelet ; bracts oblong, hyaline 
above, ending in a long, spreadin ng awn; flowers oblong-lanceolate ; 
outer parianth-eegmenta oblong, acuminate ; pee conduplicate, 
villous-keeled ; inner oblong, flat, as long as the outer; anthers 
wo, each t 
cylindric-lanceolate ; spathe sheath-like, open, shorter than the 
spikelet ; bracts oblong, hyaline at the margins, ending in a long, 
spr awn ; flowers oblong-lanceolate ; outer perianth- “segments 
oblong lanceolate; lateral conduplicate, villous- keeled ; inner flat 
or slightly involute at the margins, sometimes provided in the 
centre with a tubercle; ovary turbinate or compressed; style 
simple or dividing into 2 stigmatic branches ; capsule 2-celled ; seed 
tubereled, Steud. Synops. ii. 250; gags ‘in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
viii. 228; DC. Monog. Phan. i. 236. ce ee, Kunth, 
Enum, ili, 386 ; Steud. Synop. ii. 250, male plan 
Coast Reeion: Clanwilliam pata, 3 near Honig ei. on the Koude Berg, 
3000-4000 ft., Drége, 2504, 3 ! 8, 9 
18. R. vilis (Kunth, Enum. iii, 389); stems 2 ft. high, erect, 
simple or branched towards the base; bran ts erect, filiform, 
pike i with disc-like white spots ; leaf-sheaths 8 in. long, closely 
onvolute, coriaceous, ferruginous, deeply hyaline near the top, 
pie aga ey male spikelets numerous, loosely aggregate into a 
linear, spicate cyme 1-2 in, long, each } in. long, cylindric, acute, 
with a short, acuminate spathe at the base ; bracts oblong, acute, 
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