134 RESTIACEE (Masters). [Hypolena, 
— unequal, linear-oblong ; outer lateral meet cari- 
nate, opposite the axis of the spike; remaining segments smaller, 
thinner, aR anthers linear-oblong, apiculate. pean im 
Monog. Phan. i. 371. 
Souta Arrica: without locality, Thom, 632a, g ! 
Coast ReGcion: Stellenbosch Div. ; Hottentots Holland Mountains at Lowrys 
ass, Ecklon and ail ad} Caledon Div. ; Nieuw Kloof, Houw Hoek Moun- 
tains, Burckell, 8069, 3! 
Variable in habit and stature. 
9. H. tenuis apes in Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 265); culms tufted, 
erect, filiform, 18 in. long, striate or subangular ; Jeaf-sheath } in. 
long, tightly iuavianee setaceo-aristate, longitudinally sulcate; male 
spikelets in long ierminal spikes ; aoe with a long, open, setaceo- 
aristate spathe; flowers facing the axis of the spikelet; perianth- 
segments linear, oblong, subequal ; hewn apiculate ; female spikes 
solitary ; pe erianth-segments oblong-obovate ; re trigonous ; sty1es 
2, deciduous. Mast. in DC. Monod. miaaaenes yee: 
F hong "Burchell, 7360, » 2! Rive redei e Div.; lower part of i — bese 
near Kampsche Be erg, pen 7 028, $! onthe Kampsche Berg, towards the 
wg 
mmit, Burchell, 70 ar Geo rge Div. ; on the Post Berg pa Georg’, 
Barshelt 5896 partly 
o. 
10. H. filiformis (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 267); stems 
erect, slender, sparingly branched, purplish, white-spotted ; leaf- 
segments oblong, ferruginous; ngrhy conduplicate, Mang inner 
hyaline ; batons ‘apiculate. Mast. in DC. Monog. Phan. i 
Sovrn Arrica: without locality, sale g 
Pio Region ; Caledon Diy. ; Houw Hoek Mountains, Zeyher, 4349 partly, 
41. H.? virgata (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soe. 268) ; culms 
erect, senile. moderately branched, olive-coloured, thinly tubercled 
and white-spotted ; leaf-sheaths about in. high, tightly conyvolute, 
striate, with a long mucro ; male spikelets 8-10, in terminal, spike- 
like cymes ; each spikelet oblong, about 2 in, long ; spathe elliptic, 
mucronate; bracts oblong, i 
Coa pass n Div. ; mountains of Baviaans Kloof, near Gena- 
Rondel: "Burehell, sai7, aL Genadendal, Drége, 1613, 3! 
12. H.? Burchellii (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 268); stems 
2-3 ft. high, tufted, erect, terete, olive-coloured, white-spotted 
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