Hlegia.| RESTIACEE (Masters). 107 
at the oh ae acute, Spee oe — ee 13-2} in. fees: 
Becks seven half the length of the inner; female inflorescence 
oblong, 1-12 in. long, spicately or subpaniculately cymose ; flowers 
ovoid, 1 line long ; perianth-segments subequal, ovate, mucronate, 
asperulate ; hea ovoid, trigonous ; ; styles (2%) 3. Mast. in Journ. 
Linn, Soc. xxi. 586. 
al AFRICA: without locality, mal de 9599, as to the male specimen ! 
AST REGION: mien eat Div. ; Ceder Bergen, on. sand flats near Pacete: 
8000 ft., Drége, 2519! Cape Di v.; Cape Flats, Ecklon and Zeyher! near 
Fiablinach, Burchell, — Table Mountain, Burchell, 571, d! Paarl ee 
bank of the erg Rive er in Klein Drakenstein Mouutwins, below 500 ft., Drege, 
‘nl as fil hod male specien Tulbagh Div.; Tulbagh, Zeyher’ Worcester 
above Worcester, vn 2570, 6 ! 2571! Caledon Div.; 
Binadentat, "30004000 ft., Drége, 1638, ¢! 
4. E. glauca (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 579); stems caspi- 
tose, 2-3 ft. long, erect, slightly branched, compressed, solid, glaucous ; 
leat-sheaths persistent, 11 in. long, loosely convolute, subcoriaceous, 
ames ous at the margins, mucronato-aristate ; male inflorescence 
about 1 in. long, oblong, compact, spicately cymose, with oblong, 
flat, nt ad spathes, the smaller ones with very long spreading awns ; 
spikelets many-flowered ; flowers rather more than 1 line long, 
4st Region: Worcester Div.; mountains above Worcester, Rehmann, 2564, 
rhe Stellenbosch Div.; Hottentots Holland Mountain r Grietjes Gat, 
Bolus, 4221, 2! Riversdale Div.; summit of Kampsche Bar. Bur chell, 7105, 3 
5. E. thyrsifera (Pers. Syn. ii. 607, excl. syn.); stems erect, 
slightly compressed, simple, sent writkiod:: leaf-sheaths 12 in. 
One loosely convolute, chestnut-coloured, shining on the inner sur- 
; male inflorescence 21 in. long, oblong, densely paniculate- 
eymose; spathes oblong, flattened, about 1 in. lon ng; flowers ovoid, 
I line long ; bract. suborbicular, navicular, shorter than the flower 
Oner perianth. -segments oblon , obtuse, glabrous ; inner dindibe! 
but twice the length; female inflorescence 14-2 in. long, compact, 
oveld, paniculate- -cymose; spathes oblong, ovate, flat, coriaceous, 
purple-spotted ; Spathellee much shorter, with long tapering points ; 
hal mene nly 3 in. long, slightly compressed, straight ; perianth- 
= subequal ; subcoriaceous, lanceolate; inner thinner, 
scarcely shorter ; fruit oblong, obtuse, 3-winged, econ by the 
Persistent perianth. Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 585. Restio 
