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142 RESTIACEH (Masters). [ Cannomois. 
Encyl. vi. 171. Elegia gti Pers. Synops. ii. 607 (fide 
synonym), Thamnochortus robustus, Kunth, Enum, iii. 436; 
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Mesanthus macrocarpus, Nees in Lindl. Nat. Syst. Bot. ed. 2, 451, 
1836; Kunth, Enum. iii. 485 ; Steud. Synops. ii. 264, Willdenovia 
compressa, Thunb. in Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockh. xi. 1790, ¢. 2, fig. 3; 
Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 82; and of Thunberg herb. ! Mast. in Journ. 
Linn, Soc. xiv. 421. 
7 fo ae AFRICA: without locality, Thunberg, and? ! Burchell, 5810, g! 5811, 
eae AST Re GIon: Clanwilliam Div. ; Gift Berg, 1500-2000 ft. ae 139 pel 
g! Onder Bokke Veld, Drége, 1606 ?, ¢ and?! Talbagh Diy. the 
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Berg, Burchell, 869 dee 3; mountains around Ceres, 2 100 ft., pea 
54 ue een ree Div. ; enstein Mountains, near Bains ve 1600-20 
Bolus, 4088, 2! Dutoits ito, Drage, 1605, 2! 1606, gand 9! 1607, 7, monstrosity ! 
Caledon Div. ; as hy the Zonder Einde River, near Appels Kraal, Dephar, 1738, 3! 
Semenien ; Voo pnd osch, Zeyher, aye Riversdale Div. ; between Vet 
er and ee roinbeks River, Burche il, 7163, g!n dg foot of the Lange Bergen, 
ear a ans mpsche Berg, Burchell, 7139, 3 eet ol: t Elizabeth Div. ; Witteklip 
ner at near Port Elizabeth, "MacOwan, 2151, pooochion Alexandria Div. 3 
Zuurberg Range, Drége, 2024, monstrosity ! 
ee in the size of the parts and in the shape of the male spikelets. 
2. C. scirpoides (Hochst, in Flora, 1845, 340); stems tufted, 
erect, fistular, moderately branched, somewhat coarsely rugulose ; 
leaf-sheaths about 1 in. long, closely convolute, mucronate ; male inflor- 
escence panicled ; spikelets numerous, crowded, each about 1 in. long, 
ovoid, acute ; bracts lanceolate, markedly acuminate, chestnut- hrown, 
shining ; perianth-segments ovate, apiculate, membranous; female 
spike solitary, about 11 in. Cn ovoid, eylindric, surrounded at the 
base by an open spathe nearly as long as itself; bracts concave, 
neummeato-sristate, coriaceous ; terminal bract sterile ; flowers 2-3, 
one only maturing ; perianth- -segments oblong, obtuse, membranous ; 
fruit oblong, obtuse, compressed, PAA, ; seed solitary, arage 
Mast. in Journ. Linn, Soc. x. 236, and in DC. Monog. Phan. i. 362. 
Thamnochortus scirpoides, Kunth. Enum. ii. 438. Restio pre us, 
Thunb. Diss.13; in Usteri, Delect. i. 48; Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 85 ; and 
Thunb. herb. ! male plant, Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soe. xiv 
Sovrn Arrica: without locality, ies nber 
bap ReGioN: Clanwilliam Diy.; Brak snbet Zeyher, Sand a Mado 2 
Div. ; mountains jabove Wo rcester, Rehmann, 2674 3! Caledon Div.; Houw Hoek 
Mciutin, 1000-3000 ft., Zeyher, 4837, gand 9! mountains of Dain 1ans Klcof, 
eon Gana ndal, Bice 7874, 3! Uniondale Div.; Welgelegen, in Lange 
CENTRAL Rigiow' Prince Albert Div. ; Great Zwart Bergen, near Vrolykheid, 
4000-5000 ft., Drege, 100, g! 
3. C. simplex (Kunth. Enum. iii. 448) ; stems erect from a creep” 
ing rhizome, fistular, slender, scarcely branched, faintly striate, 
obscurely rugulose ; leaf-sh eaths about 11 in. long, closely convolute, 
mucronate; male spikelets num merous, terminal, in close, muc 
branched panicles, each about 3 in. long; spathe open, lanceolate 
