144 RESTIACER (Masters). [ Witldenovia. 
Stems slender 
Feat cbeathe twisted-aristate, > ia meee! 
female peria was’ segments very short (1) humilis. 
Leaf- — mina ste. aristate, not t twisted; _ female 
peria seeigbarie nearly as long as the fru . (2) cuspidata. 
Stems robust generally much branched : 
Stem: a riate 
Ge f-sheaths ods convolute, acuminate, aristate ; 
vie ale perianth-seginents ovate, shorter than the 
(3) striata. 
List-aboethe closely convolute, ‘acuminate ; perianth- 
segments nearly as long as the fruit (4) sulcata. 
Leaf-sheaths deeply membranous, with long awns: 
Spathe payeidg hese ene 3 membranous at 
tip . divs is (5) arescens. 
tk i inat ‘aristate, 
“not membranous at the t .. (6) luceana 
Spathe oblong-ovate, abrup em acuminate (7) teres. 
~~ etuboed Gita fimbriate at the edges (8) fimbriata. 
Imperfectly know (9) brevis. 
at W. humilis (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 272); stems erect 
from a decumbent base, about 1 ft. high, slightly branched, terete, 
fistular, slender, — spotted ; leaf-sheaths 11 in. long, tightly 
convolute, edges membranous, apex aristate ; male spikelets numerous, 
in an erect, dire ade cyme; spathes ‘deciduous ; flowers loose ; 
bracts oblong-lanceolate, membranous, ferruginous ; perianth-segments 
subequal, ciliiform, twisted ; anthers linear-oblong ; ; female spikelets 
1-3 in a linear, erect cyme, provided with a sheath-like spathe; 
bracts sebielnaseilal mucronate, membranous; female flower 
solitary sessile ; perianth-segments 41-6, ovate, hyaline, shorter than 
the fruit; ovary on a short, fleshy stalk and with an a rir’ 
4-lobed dise ; ovule pendulous, Mast. in DC. Monog. Phan. i. 396. 
Coast Ratios Cape Div.; Cape Flats, Ecklon, 867!; Ecklon and : eye! 
Viellard, gand 9! 
2. W. cuspidata (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 271); stems erect, 
about 2 ft. high, terete slender with spreading branches ; leaf-sheaths 
acted convolute, membranous above, acumin ate ; female spikelets 
4 ; 
membranous, scarcely as long as the fruit ; fruit stipitate, 8 
obtuse, ae punctate ; styles deciduous. Mast. in DC. 
Phan, i 
Coast i EGIoN: Clanwilliam Div.; near Groen River and Watervals River, 
1500-2000 ft., Drege, 2516, 9! 
v S. Pa striata (Thunb. in Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockh. xi. 1790, 7, 
t. 2, fig. 1); root-stock creeping ; stems a yard high, terete, sulcato 
as , branched ; Jeaf-sheaths 4 in. long, loosely convolute, reer 
deeply membranous, aristate, 
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