Elegia.)] RESTIACEZ (Masters). 109 
DC. Monog. Phan.i. 356. e Kraussii, Hochst. in Flora, 1845, 
340. Restio propinquus, Nees in Linnea, v. 653. R. erectus, Nees 
in Linnea, v. 655, excluding pa not of Thunb. 
Var. minor (Mast.) ; smaller in all parts. 
pee AFRICA: without locality, Bergius ! Drége, 113! Thom, 1023! 
Re@ion: Cape Div.; Camps wie Burchell, 353, 3! Table Mountain, 
Reklon: MacGillivray, 432,92! Drége, 89! Lion n Mountain, Ecklon. Worcester 
IV. 5 rakenstein mountains near Bains Kloof, 1600-2000 ft., Bolus, 
4087,2! Dutoits Kloof, 3000-4000 ft , Drége, 112! 120 partly ! Stellenbosch 
iv.; Hottentots Holland, Zeyher ! Cuedan Div. ; Nieuw Kloof, Houw Hoe 
Mountains, Burchell, 8066! Humansdorp Div. ; Kromme River, below oa 
rege, 115! Uitenhage Div.; sides of Winter Hoek Mountains, Krauss. Port 
Elizabeth Div.; Witte Klip near Port Elizabeth, MacOwan, 2152! 2153! 
ar. minor, Cape Div. ; Flats near Rondebosch, Burchell, 822, 3! 
. E. juncea (Linn. Mant. alt. 297, and in herb. !) ; stems cxspi- 
tose, 3-4 ft. high, solid, erect, simple or slightly branched, terete 
or rather compressed, puncticulate, faintly ‘gyrose-suleate ; sheaths 
deciduous; male inflorescence by in. long, linear-oblong, compact, 
oblong-obtuse, scans shorter ae the cure: Aad 
Segments linear-oblong, subequal ; is linear-clavate, somewhat 
3-sided, as long as the perianth. Mast. in DC. Monog. Phan, i. 857 ; 
Journ. Li inn. Soc. x. 241; xxi. 583, Elegia juncea, Kunth, 
Masters and others, all in part and with doubtful synonymy. Restio 
legia, Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. 13, 738. Restio thyrsifer, Lam. Eneyel. 
Meth. vi. 177 ; Il. iii, 399, ¢. 804, fig. 3, hig aoe “ 
SourH i bei with 4. ! Harvey, 3 
REGION : Ca ta gM eA ped le "00 ft i ‘inca a 3! 4457, ?! 
Table Mountain, 1800 tt., Bolus, 2884! Cape Town, Rehmann, 1455, 3! beta ieg 
nh +3 Mountains fe ery vicinity of New Kloof, near 2 Tulleth; 1000 ft., MacO 
erb. Aust.- Afr., ! Caledon Div.; Nieuw Kloof, Houw Hoek "Mo dintalue, 
Burchell, 8132, bt aaliploes Tower, 3000-4000 ft , Zeyher, 4340, 9 ! 
10. E, cuspidata (Mast. in Journ. Linn, Soe. x. 240) ; stems about 
3 ft. high, sl compressed, olive-coloured, puncticulate ; eaf- 
sheaths 2-3 in. lon , loosely convolute, elliptic, mucronate, ulti- 
mately dee diag, ti spikelets very numerous, densely compacted 
in terminal spike-like or panicled cymes, 13-3 in. long, with 
rumerous, open, sheath-like, ultimately deciduous spathes; bracts 
broadly ovate, coriaceous, brow n, ending in long spreading awns ; 
OWwerg three-sided ; outer perianth-segments equal, rigid, oblong, 
acute, boat-shaped, l-nerved, glabrous ; inner oblong-lanceolate, 
longer th the outer; anthers oblong, apiculate ; female in- 
florescence generally less branched than the male; ; bracts an 
th-segments as in the male; fruit oblong, 3-sided, shining 
