236 «  MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. RESTIO. 
% Culmi cylindrati graciles subpubescentes vel scabriusculi foliati 
secundum totam longitudinem ramosi. Rami alterni graciles subflexuosi 
foliati basi vaginis ovalibus membranaceis acuminatis vestiti. Folia 
spathacea basi membranacea albida patentia apice subulata. Spi- 
culæ mascule in apice ramorum 2-3 sub-glomeratæ sessiles, vel 
infima pedunculata, ovales obtuse fuscæ nitide, singule spathà 
brevi basi dilatatæ suffultæ. Bracteæ imbricatæ Giles breves ob- 
tusæ, Antheræ oblongæ obtusæ. — Species mihi omnino ignota. Fe- 
mina indescripta. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. (fide Poiret supra citat.). 
" Vaginæ culmeæ arcte cireumvolute, superne (mucronibus neglectis) culmo 
appressa. 
5. R. squarrosus (Poiret in Lam. Encycl. Method. 6, p. 174, 
Ill. t. 804, f. 1); spiculis masculis 2-5 in apice culmi laxe aggregatis 
spathas suppositas superantibus; bracteis recurvo-aristatis. — Mast. 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. 8, p. 228. R. echinatus Kunth, Enum. 3, p. 384. 
Steud. Synops. 2, p. 250. 
% Culmi bipedales erecti erassitie pennæ corvinæ, simplices vel su- 
perne parce dichotome ramosi ramique teretes fusci tuberculis majus- 
culis obsiti. Vaginæ culmeæ remotiuscule circa 15 mill. oblongæ 
coriaceæ nervoso-striatæ, sub apice obtusiuseulo subulato-mucro- 
natæ, mucrone appresso. Spiculæ masculæ 2-5 in cymam unilateralem 
approximatæ, singulæ circa 1 cent. longæ oblongæ erectæ vel patentes 
plurifloræ, basi spathà aperta bracteiformi ipsä triplo breviore suf- 
-— Bracteæ laxiuscule imbricatæ ovato-lanceolatæ concavæ coria- 
superne in acumen seu aristam longiuseulam patenti-reflexam 
eiui. Flores breviter stipitati oblongo-lanceolati bracteis paulo 
breviores. Perianthii segmenta oblongo-lanceolata, lateralia externa 
navicularia cartilaginea villoso-carinata, anticum planiusculum, inte- 
riora conformia minora. Antheræ lineari-oblongæ apiculatæ demum 
exsertæ. Ovarium (fide Poiret) ovoideo-globosum stylo bifido gupe- 
ratum, Capsula bilocularis. 
Ad. Pr. B. Sp. Dutoitskloof (Drége, 49 '), 9 non vidi. 
6. R. setiger (Kunth Enum. 3, p. 385 quoad pl. fem.); spicvlis 
' masculis numerosissimis dense aggregatis spathas longe aristatas 
vix superantibus; bractearum superne hyalinarum aristis erecto- 
patentibus. — Mast. in Journ, Linn. Soc. 8, p. 228. R. setiger Kunth, 
Enum. 3, p. 385; Steud. Synops. 2, p. 250, quoad panam femineam. 
R. fuitenoides, Kunth I. e. 386; Steud. Synops. 2, p. 250, quoad 
plantam masculam. 
