934 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. RESTIO, 
folium lineare. curvatum products. Spiculæ masculæ 2-5 ad apicem 
culmi approximate, singulæ cirea 9 mill. long. juniores, cylindrato-lan- | 
ceolat:e, seniores oblongo-acutæ erecte vel leviter arcuato-patentes | 
basi spathà apertà vaginiformi quam spiculà dimidio breviore, 
suffultæ, Bracteæ arcte imbricatie oblongæ acuminatæ aristatæ, aristà 
tandem patente seu reflexa, coriaceæ ferrugineæ, versus apicem albi- 
do-membranaceæ. Flores bracteis breviores oväto-lanceolati cur- 
vâti. Perianthii segmenta oblongo-lanceolata, lateralia naviculari-con- 
duplicata carinata, carina ferrugineo-villosa; anticum planum obtu- 
siusculum ; interiora minora plana tenuiora. Antheræ lineari-oblongæ 
apiculatæ demum exsertee; Plantæ femineæ culmus vaginæque ut in 
mare. Spiculæ 2-3 in apice ramorum approximate 15 cent. long. 
erectæ oblongo-lanceolatæ demum ovoideæ. Bracteæ flores ovato- 
lanceolatos breviter pedicellatos 2-3- plo superantes. Ovarium oblon- 
gum complanatum biloculare, stylo elongato, superne in ramos stigmä- 
tosos duos exsertos curvatos diviso, superatum. Capsula bilocularis 
(an semper ?), rotundata lenticulari-complanata coriacea spadicea, 
marginibus longitudinaliter dehiscens. Semina oblongo-obtusa tri- 
gona; testa cartilaginea albida impresso-punctulata maculis D TA 
violaceis notata. 
Ad. Pr. B. Sp. (Thunberg !, Bergius), False Bay (Robertson, in ; 
herb. Mus. Britt.). In campis arèhbels lapidosis sub monte Tabulari 
(Nov., Déé.); ad dorsum Leonis inter frutices, Junio Ecklon, n. 84 
pro parte; Zeyher, Sieber, Harvey, 388 b, Milne 923; Thom, | 
Drége, 48, Burchell, 39-1, 120, 854, 7474, Bosjeveld, 8017) 4; (Eck. 
Un. It. 348, Eck, et Zeyh, T1, 9; 9, Drège, 4); Wynberg (Wallich, Q) ; 
(Bolus, Burchell, 8017, 7474 f et Q). i 
2. R. ocreatus (Kunth Enum. 3. 385); spiculis masculis o 
dense paniculatis spathis suppositis vix longioribus; bractearum 
concolorium aristis brevibus appresis vel vix patentibus. — Steud. 
Synops. 2, p. 250; Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 8, p. 225. Calopsis pero- 
nata Kunth loc. eil: p. 426 quoad plant. masc. R. Lehmanni Nees in 
herb. plurim. 
X Culmi erecti teretes crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ, supra medium 
parce dichotome ramosi ramique sub compressi erecto-patentes, plus 
minusve longitudinaliter suleati fusco-olivacei minutissime impresso- 
punetulati, Vaginæ culmeæ circa 2 cent. oblongæ acuminatæ laxe pa- 
entes coriaceæ castaneæ fuscæ albo-tuberculatæ obsolete striatæ, i 
intus pallidiora nitentes Spiculæ mascule œ in cymam. densam | 
ramosam terminalem 2-3-pollicarem disposita». Pedunculi breves, 
singuli spatha vaginiformi suffulti, pedicelli brevissimi nudi, Spicu- 
le singulæ 6-8 mill. long. erectæ vel patentes nonnumquam eurvatze, 
cni nn virer 
