Cannomois.] RESTIACEH (Masters). 143 
acuminate, nearly as long as the panicle; bracts ovate-oblong, 
acuminate, chestnut-brown, white- margined ; perianth-segments 
oblong, obtuse ; female spikes few, sessile near the apex of the stem, 
2—t In. long ; spathes oblong, acute, as long as the spikelet ; bracts 
ovate oblong, acute, shining brown ; flowers solitary or two or three in 
Thunb. herb. ! Cueullifera dura, Nees in Lindl. Nat. Sysz. ed. 2, 
451, Thamnochortus strictus, Kunth, Enum, iii. 438 ; Steud. S: i 
il. 259, 3! 
Sourm Arrica: without localit Thiunberg, 3! 
Coast ReGion: Clanwilliam Div; betecan'G Gr g River and Watervals 
River, 2300-8000. ft., Drége, 10 01, 3 12514, e! Racitid fe Div. ; near — 
Kloof, 300 ft., Bolus, £240, 31 Tulbazh Div. ; Tulbagh, Zeyher! Ceres Div. 
mountains around Cer es, 1800 ft., Bolus, 5450 Pa 
4. C. congesta (Mas st.) ; stems erect, 2-3 ft. high, of the thickness of 
@ crow-quill or rather thicker, terete, unbranched, olivaceous, nearly 
smooth, obscurely puncticulate ; leaf- sheaths about 1 in. long, tightly 
convo lute, coriaceous ; apex lanceolate, shortly mucronate ; male flowers 
numerous, in dense, compact, paniculate heads at t sa end of the 
lateral segments oblong, rbnioege inner eae 
: é i imi to e 
flowers 3-4 in the spikelet; bracts oblong, acuminate, aristate ; 
perianth-segments obsolete ; ovary cylindric, surmounted by a smo ooth 
dome-like top from whence roceed the two styles.  Mesanthus 
Ricinus, Nees a in various Herbaria. 
Coast Region: Clanw william Div.; Ceder Bergen, near Ezels Bank, 4000- 
5000 It. Diss, 2508, dand @! ‘alba Hate” — places in the vicinity of New 
Kloof, 1000 ft., MacOwan, Herb. Aus -Afr., ! Caledon Div. ; Donker Hoek 
Sandee Burchell, 79609! 1 pant Ble Ait gf vera Ecklon and Westie 
XI. WILLDENOVIA, Thunb. 
Male inflorescence or pag! branched many-flowered ; female inflores- 
Sree it Spicate cymes ; pikelets 1-flowered. Perianth-segments 6. 
Stamens 3 ; 3 anthers 1 ook Pistillode none. Female flowers sup- 
ported on a short t, fleshy, often lobed, stalk. Perianth-segments 6, 
equal, persistent, Stam tnodes none. Ovary y 1-celled, generally sur- 
y an epi eycione dise. Styles 2, deciduous. Fruit cylindric, 
bony l-celled, indehiscent, Seed solitary, pendulous. 
rep : ee es und producing 
erect, more lane ee a covered with sheatl.-like scale Pp 
Disrars, Endemic. 
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