140 RESTIACER (Masters). [ Hypodiscus. 
protected at the base by a short sheath-like — braets chestnut- 
wn, ovate-oblong, with long terminal whit awns;_ perianth- 
segments unequal, oblong-lanceolate ; lateral mci diislicee glabrous ; 
1-seeded, surrounded at the base by a pexaiabctes perianth, Mast. 1 
DC. Monog. Phan. i. 387 
oast Region: Humans Div.; near Kromme River, Drege, 17,9 ! 
he sae Div. ; Van Sta aaa Bore, Scauik 4705, 3! Ecklon i Zeyher, 
7,dand 9! Zeyher, 4334, dand@ ! 
-— 
10. H. atboutictatns (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 257) ; stems 
tufted, erect, 2 ft. high, slender, unbranched, purple spotted ; “Teal 
sheaths about 1 in. long, tightly cane. aristulate ; male spikelets 
“—3, approximate, oblong or subglohose acts oblong, acuminate, 
whitish ; ter Pee erence ¢ oblong acute; an Inear, 
apiculate ; female spikelets 2-5, approximate, oblong ; ovary oblong, 
Stipitate, surmounted by a lobe d disc ; fruit oblong, surrounded at 
the base by the persistent perianth, Mast . in DC. Monog. Phan. i. 
382. Restio alboaris tatus, Nees in Linnea, v. 635; Kunth, 
Enum. iii. 407 ; Steud. Synops. li. 249, as to the male plant. Restio 
aristatus, Thunb. herb. / female plant, ex Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soe. 
xiv, 415. 1 Hypodiseus duplicatus, Hochst. in Pon. 1845, 338. 
Boeckhia laevigata, Kunth, Enum. iii. 450, female plant 
Sour AFrica: 803! locality, Thom, 1060, 3! Drege, 19! Massun! 
Coast Reaion: Cape D 3 Table Mountain, Drege #; 19a, Ft Schlechter, 
725; Devils Mountain, 206 ft., Bolus, ore Gand?! Cape Flats, Zeyher ! 
Worcester Div.; Dutoits Kloof, 2000-30 00 ft., inde 15! 1653! Caledon 
m 500— -, Zeyher, 4333! Uitenhage 
Div. ; _— Stadens g, Ecklon ih Cohen, 816 3, 818, 9! Mountuins of 
Baviaans Kloof, near ‘Gemdendal, Burchell, 7655, 9! Genadendal, 2000- 
3000 ft., Dréye, 16 ! 9608 
ey: H. ahi hat in. Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 255) ; stems 
¢ 
eespitose. , 8-12 ong, simple, olivaceous, white s otted ; 
leaf- sheaths aa + in. 1" 
female spikelets 2-3, a aggregated at the anid of the iam cee abavt 
the base by the e persistent perianth and s rmounted at ne apex 0 
the deciduous style by six small teeth, a in DC. Monoy y. Phan. 
i, 386. 
