102 RESTIACEX (Masters). [ Dovea. 
i earn Div. ; near hei creieh Kloof, Dickson in Herb. Bolus, 4243, 9! sa : 
ils betw n Pretor’s a d Piquiniers Kicof, 1000-1500 ft., Drege, 2528, 9! 
Ponders. 1500-3000 ft, Drége, 2507, 3! Paes Tn 
%. D. ebracteata (Kunth, Enum. iii. 458); stems cespitose, 
12-18 in. long, covered at the base with deep brown scales, erect, 
terete, caiienchad sheaths alternately deciduous, 14 in. long, loosely 
convolute, deep brown, coriaceous, thinner towards the obtuse apex, 
aristulate ; male spikelets numerous in terminal, erect, spicate cymes 
about 1 in. ne bracts ovate-subulate, mucronate, coriaceous, 
shorter than the flowers, which are about 1 line long, trigonous ; 
e 0 
plant as in the male; perianth-segments cartila, 
ovate, acute, mucronulate ; inner flat; capsule 3-lobed, longer than 
the. persistent perianth. eh re ii, 248; Mast. in Journ. 
Linn. Soe. x, 250; DC. Phan. i. 308. 4D. mierocarpa, 
Kunth, Enum. iii. 459 ; nes pups vi. 248; Mast. in Journ. 
Linn. Soe. x. 248. 
Souta ARCs without Sent Sieber, 232,9! Drége, 9602, ¢! 
ida Reeion: Cape Div. e Mo untain, Milne, 236, 3! parapet By 
438, ¢! Burche li, 124, 9! wae ry 567,¢! Bolus, 4145, 3 and?! Dréy 
72,3! Worcester Div.; Dutoits Kloof, Drége, 72 ?, g! 4, 3! 
~ 
8. D. Bolusi (Mast. in Journ, Linn. Soc. xxi. 576); stems 18 in. 
long, cespitose, slender, erect, terete, unbranched, covered at the 
oblong, 1 line long and upwards ; outer perianth-segm 
cular, acute; inner similar but longer ; pistillode minute, "3-atyled ; 
female flower like et male ; staminodes none; ovary 0 oblong, : 
styles 
Coast sabe : Cape Div.; Muizenberg, 1600 ft., Bolus, 3909, 9! 3910, 3! 
This differs from D. ebracteatain the smaller proportions of all its parts. 
cwespitose, zu ft. lon 
stipitate, trigonous ; outer 
rianth-segments oblong acuminate, of parehment ike consistence > 
inner similar but longer; female infloresce bout 2 in. long, 
compact, alos, slightly branched, with few wpilesiaee' spathes and 
spathelle (bracts) as in the male ; outer perianth-se gments horny, 
