756 ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. 
one linear-spathulate, subacute or obtuse, lacerate-ciliate, the other 
boat-shaped, bifid, hairy on the back ; outer perianth-segments about 
13 lin. long, subequal, lanceolate, acute, light yellowish- -brown ; 
inner segments shorter, lancenlate, acute, very membranous, trans- 
parent ; anthers linear, apiculate ; female spikelets not seen 
pr ig ReGcion: Swellendam Div.; Zuurbraak Mountain, 4000 ft., Galpin, 
Similar to H. Burchellii, Mast., but differing in its 1-flowered spikelets, less 
membranous spathes, aud acute perianth-segments. 
4a. Willdenovia simplex (N. E. Brown) ; stems — straight, 
terete, slightly suleate, glabrous, ochreous ; leaf-sheaths ‘lin 
b 
ong, "closely convolute, acute, brown; female siete of 1 
(or °2.9) erect 1-flowered spikelets ; ¢ spathes 2, erect, 1-11 in. long, 
2 lin. broad, lanceolate, long-acuminate, expanded, thinly coriaceous, 
outer about 8 lin. long, lanceolate, acuminate into an arista, inner- 
most shorter, ovate; perianth 0; disk or stalk of the ovary 
corrugated, lobulate, white ; young fruit subcylindric, es at 
the apex, ‘with transverse irregular impressed lines, or somewhat 
rugulose in the lower half, not punctate nor pitted ; styles 2. 
Galpin! Rea@ion: Riversdale Div.; mountains of Garcias Pass, 1000 ft., 
apr 
o W. sulcata, Mast., but differing in its push ne honey badge 
— especialy b y the absenc 2 of a perianth and non-pitted fruit. I have not 
male plant. The cimens are 14 in. long, and eae no cena 
cukite? but appear to be ae the upper euch of the plant. 
6a. Willdenovia fraterna (N. E. Brown); stems terete, branching, 
hid minutely and densely pitted, glabrous, ochreous; ‘leaf-sheaths 
1-1} in. long when entire, elosely convolute, acuminate ; lower 
part coriaceous, persistent, at first ochreous with brown margins, 
part m 
deciduous; male inflorescence not seen; female spikelets 1-2, 
terminal, erect, 1-flowered ; spathes usually 2, somewhat convolute, 
but the margins not meeting, 11-12 in. long, 1 in. broad, lanceolate, 
acuminate into a stiff awn, coriaceous, shining, brown aud very 
minutely pitted in the lower half, greyish and densely marked with 
purple-brown in the upper half, narrowly membranous at the 
margin; bracts several, 9-11 lin. long, mcdatats, acuminate into an 
awn, brown, with narrow white membranous margin DS ; erianth- 
apical groove, giving the appearance of superposed lobes; youns 
ovary turbinate, pitted and dark brown in the apical part ; styles 2- 
Coast Recion: Knysna Div.; on a hil ‘ lebe,” 800 ft., 
Galpin, 4830! 7 a hillside near ‘The @ 
Allied to W. luceana, Kunth, but easily distinguished by its different perianth- 
segments and pitted fruit. 
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