96 RESTIACEZ (Masters). [ Restio. 
ce re minute ; ovary 3-lobed, 3-celled; capsule 3- lobed, or 
ba ae 2-1-celled, scarcely shorter than the persistent perianth. 
"DC. Monog. Phan.i. 293. R. tetragonus, 2 ange sat Nees 
at heely / Scheenus capensis, Burmann, Fl. Cap. Prod. 3. 
Equisetum, Breyn. Exot. Pl. Cent. 176, t. 91. 
So hee AFRICA: Hiboacs deem 8 Pappe; 96,9! Drége, 364c! Niven, ?! 
Coast Region : Cap ; Table Mountain, Ecklon! vicinity of Cape Town, 
Burehell, 408, ¢! 
Variable in stature. 
5. R. debilis (Nees in Linnea, v. 641); stems czespitose ; branches 
ascending, very slender, minutely puncticulate ; leaf-she aths 3-1 in, 
long, closely convolute, coriaceous, striate, membranous and 2- lobed 
above; apex subulate, mucro nate ; male spikelets numerous, in an 
erect, "linear cyme, each about 1 lin. long, oblong, erect ; spathe 
aristate, nearly as long as the spikelet; bracts oblong, obtuse, 
membranou h i 
s at the apex, icous or mucronulate; perianth- 
segments linear-oblong; lateral conduplicate, wi villous 
ke anthers oblong, apiculate; pistillode minute; female 
spikelets solitary or few, ovoid, 2 lin. long; bracts ovate-oblong, 
mucronulate; per ianth-segments oblong, obtuse; lateral con- 
duplicate, vllous-eatinat inner oblong, spathulate, wider than 
the outer; ovary on g, obtuse ; styles 3. Kunth, Enum. iil. 
412; Steud. S, pope ii. 254; Ma st. in Journ. Linn. Soc. viii. 250; 
DC. Monog. Phan. i. 290. 
Zaye Region: Caledon Div.?; “near Knoblauch” (=Knoflooks Kraal?), 
Imperfectly known species. 
6. BR. § (Mast.) ; stems much branched; branches very 
slender, ascending, terete, greyish-olive, sachet coarsely tubercled; 
leaf-sheaths * in. long, tightly convolute, coriaceous, nervoso-striate 5 
upper edges “brow wn, membranous; apex ta apering into a lanceolate, 
acuminate or mucronate process; spikelets } in. long ; linear-oblong, 
solitary, terminal, or 5-7 in linear cymes; spathe sheath-like, halt 
the length of the spikelet ; bracts exceeding the flowers, oblong- 
lanceolate, with a thin white margin; peria anth compressed ; segments 
cartilaginous, Pipa -oblong ; outer lateral conduplicate ; inner 
shorter; ovary 3-styled. 
j oe Re@ion: Cape Div.; eastern slopes of Table Mountain, 2600 ft., Bolws, 
5 
cymes, each espe ees Sin, long, lin Suan ed oso 
spikelet ; i lindde-gblaag acute, havin at the margins, 
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