98 RESTIACEE aera a: 
shining ; bracts imbricate, ovat embranous, with whitish or 
scarious = Kunth, Sia: iii. i. Ald: Mast. in DC. Monog. 
Phan, i 
‘tia minor (Mast. § in DC. Monog. Phan. i. 296) ; panicles and spikelets smaller. 
Sour Arsgica, in Lamarck’s herbarium at Paris, I have not seen this plant. 
82. R. eS (Thunb. Diss. Rest. 18). A monstrous form 
of some species of Willdenovia. Thunb. in Usteri, Delect. i. 52; 
Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 88; Kunth, Enum. iii. 414; Mast. in Journ. 
Linn. Soe, xiv. 418. 
83. R. micans (Nees in Linnea, v. 649). Under this name Nees 
escribes some imperfect specimens nae : ep unable to identify. 
Thamnochortus micans, Kunth, Enum. iii. 
Coast ReGion: Cape Div.; Cape Flats near arent collector not men- 
tioned. 
4. R. simplex (Forst. ex Thunb. Diss. Rest. 16). This has been 
wrongly stated by Kunth (Enum. iii. 414) to be a South African 
species, but according to Thunberg it is a native of New Zealand (see 
Thunb. in Usteri, Delect. i. rad and 57 in note). On p. 51, under 
i. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 87; Kunth, Enum. iii. 414 ; 
in te. Iinn. Soc. xiv. 418. 
Il. ASKIDIOSPERMA, Stend. 
Outer perianth-segments subequal, oblong-lanceolate; _ lateral 
realy pot Dee ig inner — flattish, longer than the 
narrow, strap-shaped. Capsule 2-lobed, 2- 
called, dchiaving ® iheetiaile. Seed pendulous, 
Male unknown, 
Distris, Endemic. 
1, A. capitatum (Steud, Synops, ii. 257); stem simple, erect, 
terete, slender, dull olive-coloured, wrinkled; leaf-sheaths about } in- 
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