, 
F 
Restio.] RESTIACEE (Masters). 81 
n. long, ovoid, pyriform, 1-flowered; braets coriaceous, ovate- 
Sadi: subulato-mucronate, membran nous above ; ; outer perianth- 
segments equalling the bract, linear oblong; lateral conduplicate, 
villous-carinate ; inner rather shorter, thinner, involute at the 
margins ; staminodes 3; ovary compressed, ovate, oblong, 2-celled ; 
style simple or dividing into three branches; capsule 1-celled by 
abortion. Mast. in DC. ”Monog. Phan, i. 265. 
es AFRICA: without gers c rd > aH 
Ast REGION: George Div. w River, Burchell, 5782, ¢! 
Sic Div. ; between Groene Vale a ee + Vallei, Burchell, 5672, a! ‘ on 
“i hills at the west of Groene Vallei, Burchell, 5652, ¢! ar Gou- 
ma gen Burshel. 5589, 3! between Plettenberg Bay oO “Melville, 
Burchell, 5353, 9! 
40. R. Eleocharis (Nees ex Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soe. viii. 238) ; 
stems 18-24 in. high, ereet, terete, slender, dichotomously branched; 
branches filiform, ascending ; sheaths 1 in. long, elliptic, coriaceous, 
mincronalate ; margins membranous; male spikelet eryRe elliptic, 
acute, {1 in. long; spathe braet-like, half the length of the spikelet; 
braets oblong, ferruginous, coriaeeous, mucron ate ; mucro often 
twisted ; flowers ovate-lan ceolate ; ; outer perianth-segments rigid, 
oblong ; lateral ee villous-carinate; inner subequal, 
oblong, ferruginous ; anthers linear; female spikelets solitary, 
ovate, erect, 2 in. long; ov i oblong, compressed, 2-celled; bee e 
rete dividing into two stigmatic branches. Mast. in DC. M J 
266. 
es Re@ion: Clanwilliam Div.; Ceder Bergen at Ezels Bank, 
4000 ft., Drage, 2489! Cape Div. ; Sand-dunes near Cape Town, Bolus, 133, al 
ne, 556, 9! Zeekoe Vale, Zeyher, 78! 984, g and 9! Cape Flats, 
cklon, 1! 560! Rehmann, 1802 
Al. RB. Par apr res Enum, iii fh ge stems 12-14 i 
Pressed, 1]- celled by abortion; seed oblong; testa covered with 
white tubercles, Steud Si ynops. ii. 252; Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc 
Vili. 241; DC. Monoy. Phan. i. 268. 
Souty iia. without localit Thom, 1 aig 
Peoy ST Ruatoy ; Tulbagh Div 8 pear Tulbagh, Drege, ih 
d?! Tulbagh, 600 ft., Behleciter, “617, $! 7518, Q! Worcester Div. 
hares Kloof, Drege, 1625, g! 
R. tetragonus (Thunb. Diss. Rest. 17); stems 2-3 ft. high 
fers upw 
ards, leafless or leafy; leafless stems four-sided, x 
branched, wrinkled, and Sanky. tubercled ; leaf-sheaths cag t 1 in 
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