104 RESTIACEH (Masters). [Dovea. 
surmounted by the remains of the cells, dehiscent at the angles; 
seed solitary, pendulous from the inner angle of each cell of the 
capsule; testa mem mbranous, with prominent wany, ridges. Mast. 
im DC. Monog. Phan. i. 808, t. 2, figs. 1-6, t. 5, fig. 6. Restio 
mucronatus, Nees in Linnea, v. 660. Llegia mucronata, Reich. ex 
Nees in > ibis v. ib cee Enum. lil. #195, Steud. pha: a 
Souta Arrica: without locality, Masson! Zeyher 
Coast Reeton: Cape Div.; Table Mountain, ‘3600 ft., Bolus, 2878, 3! 
4468,9! Burchell, 563, g apt ere 514, g! 
Dutoits Kloof, 3000-40 000 ft.. Drége, 34.3! hive nas Div.; Lange Bergen 
near Riversdale, 1800 ft., Schlechter, 1915, dand 9! and near aaa Berg, 
Burchell, 7026, g and 9! ' 
2. D. thyrsoidea (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 251); stems — 
wet simple erect, 3-4 ft. long, terete or rather compressed, grey, — 
impresso-punctieulate ; sheaths loosely convolute, somewhat persistent, — 4 
elliptic, coriaceous, brown, puncticulate, studded with minute pits ; 
male inflorescence densely cymose, 2-3 in. long; pedicels 2, unequal, 
i ; bracts ovate-concave, as long 
acute, boat-shaped, rigid ; inner oblong-obtuse, longer than the 
outer; female plant as in the male; inflorescence erect linear- 
oblong, 5—6 in. long, ieee numerous large, convolute, sheath- ae 
spathes ; n the male; ovary 3-lobed, 3-celled, 
mounted by 3 revolute atisisa capsule 3-lobed, 3-celled, acho 
at the angles and surrounded by the sone: acerescent perianth ; 
seed oblong, testa in wavy folds. Mast. in DC. Monoy. Phan. 1- 
309. 
Coast Reeton: George Div. 
et 
3; summit of Post Berg, near George, Burchell, 
5895, gand 
pga ree 
inner segments are nearly equal. Stamens 3; anthers 1-celled. 
Pistilloce when present minute, 3-styled. Female flower : Ovary 
l-celled, l-seeded ; styles 2-3, linear, distinct. Fruit triangular, 
indehiscent. 
ush-like herbs with creeping or tufted rootstock; leaf-sheaths generally 
deciduous and leaving a black annular scar, 
Distris. Endemic, 
eames Manica : 
Tufl 
escence 6-8 in. long... ss bas ... (1) verticillaris. 
icucenes 1-3 in. long _... te me ... (2) equisetacea. 
Worcester Div.3 
