hearers ) oi 
aiceeg tt 
Elegia.] RESTIACEH (Masters). 105 
Branches, if present, not verticillat 
tem oss in (at least when ‘ry): 
Leaf-sheaths sub-persisten 
ge ‘comedies perianth-seg- 
= oblon (3) coleura. 
eo ;_perianth-segments acute (4) glauca. 
Leaf-sheaths caduc 
Inflorescence 12 2 in, long, ovoid; bracts 
paren os a wee 3-lobed ... (5) thyrsifera, 
ichemmenncs 2-3 ong, linear; some- 
what gy paniels 
Bra and panes aS acu- 
min (6) acuminata 
Bracts and perianth-segments acute (7) coined 
Spathes ovate-oblong, acute ; “= 
and per fanth-sogments obtu (8) propingua. 
Lidonesiaes linear, 1-— G5 bails 
panicled, with persistent ovate-lanceo- 
ate spathes .. (9) juncea, 
Inflorescence 1-4 in . long, linear, Panicle, 
very dense ; spathes subcaduco 
aie: pa er entire.. » cuspidata. 
Bra e; margins lacera 11) asperifiora. 
Stem terete, fistular rat wt E. th ire ine Gy Astuloes, 
Stem filiform, wiry, solid, except in EB. parviflora: 
Inflorescence rarely exceeding 3 in bes length 
subpersistent, conspi 8 
obatoes creeping ; ovary heal .. (13) squamosa, 
ootstock czespitose ; ovary smooth ., . (14) vaginulata. 
perianth-segments acute... _ (15) deusta. 
e 
rianth-segments obtuse .., 2 6) filacea, 
balletssniiiae fad ale) 1 — in. long: 
e 
Sheaths aca sak flat 17) stipularis. 
Sheaths persistent, convolute ~ OB} obtusifiora 
yen veer ey perianth-segments 
Stam satniars eer “hihhasere 
20) parviflora. 
; pe a v (21) rigida, 
may oe or inconspicuou 
hs persistent ; tall aessonis , 
P linear ose . (22) Verreauxii. 
heaths deciduous : 
nflorescence den: are om nuda. 
Inflorescence iatoriael ... (24) elongata. 
1. £ verticillaris (Kunth, Enum. iii. 471); stems tall, solid, 
white-spotted, aig off numerous thread-like, sinc “branchlets “ 
convolute o T open, coriaceous, with two hyaline lobes at the apex, 
shortly mucronate ; male imilar, 6-8 in. long, 
