106 RESTIACES (Masters). [ Hlegia. 
much branched, linear-paniculate, cymose, many-flowered, interspersed 
ith numerous, deciduous, sheath-like spathes; bracts shorter than 
the flowers, bro ovate, acute, hyaline at the tips; perianth- 
f 
the outer; fruit 3-sided, with 3 styles, indehiscent, 1-seeded, sur- 
rounded at the base by ‘the persistent oe Mast. in Journ. 
Tinn. Soc. x. 244; . Monog. n. i, 351. Restio vertt- 
eillaris, Linn. f. Suppl. 425; Steud. S, nei, ii. 262; Linn. Herb. 
outH AFRICA: without locality, Masson! Mund and Maire, 9! Harvey! 
a , 
ast REGION : Clanwilliam Div.;  Oliphants River, Zeyher, J and?! 
Worces iv.; Bain : ft., Bolus, 4101,9! Dutoits Kloof, 3000- 
00 ft., Drége, 1609, gand?! mountains above Worcester, , 2568. 
Caledon Div.; banks of th t River, near Genadendal, Krauss, ? l- 
lendam Div.; mountain ridges along the lower part of Zonder Hinde River, 
500- bs —_ 44,gand9! Riversdale Div.; lower part he 
Lange Bergen, about the waterfall at ‘‘ Valley Rivers Poort,” near Kauipsche 
Berg, Burchell, 6992, Zand 9! Mossel Bay Div.; Attaquas Bloor, Thunbery ! 
Humansdorp Div. ; north side of Kromme River, Burchell, 4845, 2! 
2. E. equisetacea (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 583); 
2-3 ft. long, terete, olivaceous, white-spotted, simple or at Br 
branched at the nodes ; branches again verticillately ramulose ; leaf- 
sheaths 11 in., spreading ; male spikelets numerous, linear-oblong 
45 i ; i 
acuminate ; perianth jin. long ; outer segments linear-oblong, shorter 
than the inner; anthers a apiculate ; female inflorescence 3—4 in. long, 
linear-oblong, spicate-cymose ; flowers three-sided ; perianth-segments 
nearly equal, linear-oblong ; fruit ovoid, somewhat 3- cornered, aS 
long as the persistent perianth, 1-cell ed. l-seeded. Llegia 
pinqua, Kunt » var. oo Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soe. x. 242 
DC. Monog. Phan. 
1000. ft., D » do! ‘al on Div.; near — ioe ysial 116! 
Swellendam (sage 0 ousigian near Swellendam, Ecklon and Zeyher! at the ws 
of the Lange Bergen, near Swellendam, Burchel ll, 7429, 91 Uitenhage Div. ; 
the Van Stadens Berg nearest Galgebosch, Burchell, 4715, g! 
3. E. coleura (Nees ex Mast. in DC. Monog. Phan. 
rootet 
i. 358) ; 
tetock creeping; stems erect, gone flattened ; —— 
loosely convolute, subpersistent, 1-11 in. long, coriaceous, membrano 
