i 
Leptocarpus. | RESTIACEE (Masters). 119 
4 In. long, cylindric-Janceolate, sometimes curved, protected by 
a sheath-like spathe of equal length ; bracts oblong elliptic, shining, 
shertly mucronate; outer perianthaeeee oblong ; lateral con- 
duplicate, villous on the keel; inner 3 smaller, flat, united at the 
base ; anthers oblong, obtuse, apiculate ; female ig Aa pus numerous, 
in erect, linear, much-bra nched cymes; spikelets 2 in. long, cylindric- 
lanceolate, many-flowered ; bracts elliptic, Srucecnnte perianth- 
segments ‘oblong, obtuse ; lateral conduplicate, villous on the keel; 
inner shorter, oblong, obtuse, flat or slightly involute ; ovary oblong, 
obtuse, somewhat 3-sided, surmounted ‘by a yellow epigynous disc ; 
stigmas 3 3. Mast. in DC. Monog. Phan. i. 333. Calopsis peronata, 
Kunth, Enum iii. 426 ; Steud. Synops. ii. 258, 2. 
Var. hirtellus Aes in sae Linn. Soc. 24); stems and branches 
pubescent. Mast.in DC. Mor Phan. i. 334. oats hirtella, Kunta, See: 
lil, 426 ; Steudel, oueet: ii. 25 58. : 
AST REGION; gy i liam Div. ; between Grasberg River and Watervals 
ore: 2500-3000 ft., Drege, 2499, ot both a glabrous type and the pubescent 
variety are Savibates under this number, r. B, from the same locality, Drege, 
2500 partly ! 
. L. modestus (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 225); stems 
l- i ft. high, terete, pipe spotted, slightly Seta: + pert 
erect or spreading, filiform ; leaf-sheaths 3 in, long, pep haere coriaceous, 
membranous at the pex, prolonged ale a long, deciduous awn ; 
he Phan, fi Niehantker lus modestus, Kunth, Soke ill. 
434. Restio paleaceus, tele partly, in various herbaria ex Mast. 
tn Journ. Linn. Soe. 225. R. fruticosus, Thunberg herb. ex 
Mast. in Journ. Linn. Ser. xiv. 417. 
Sourg a without — Drage, 7! Ecklon and Zeyher, 82! 
Ast ReGion: Cape if Table Mountain or Devils Mountain below 
1000 ft. Pe e ahead Mhore Div. ; Grahamstown, Ecklon! between Donker 
d Houw Hoek Mount: ains, Burchell, : ' 
cane Reon: Albany Div. ; near Riebeek, ‘Burchell, 3470! 
VII. THAMNOCHORTUS, Bergius. 
Perianth- -segments 6 in two rows; outer lateral generally 
longer, navic cular, more or less keeled or winged. Stamens 3 ; 
filaments filiform ; anthers oblong-linear, 1-celled, ” dehiscing length- 
Female per ianth as in’the male, but the lateral segments more 
pea Winged. Staminodes none, or only I-celled, 1-seeded ; 
