iine. . RESTIACEÆ (AUCTORE MASTERS). 237 
2; Culmi erecti bipedales teretes crassitie penræ gallinaceæ sim- 
plices, vel versus apicem parce dichotome ramosi, ramique erecto- 
patentes subfusci albido-maculati impresso punctulati. Vaginæ culmeæ 
circa 3 cent. ellipticæ coriaceæ pallide ferrugineæ striatæ tubercn- 
latæ, sub apice hyalino bifido longe aristatæ. Spiculæ masculæ œ in 
apice culmi congestæ, singulæ vix 1 cent. long. cylindrato-lanceolatæ 
plurifloræ, basi spathâ apertâ vaginiformi spiculam subæquante suf- 
fultæ. Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ oblongæ, sub apice hyalino-membra- 
naceæ, longiuscule aristatæ, arista erecto-patente. Flores oblongo- 
lanceolati. Perianthii segmenta externa lateralia oblonga acuminata 
navicularia villoso-carinata, anticum æquilongum oblongum planius- 
culum; segmenta interiora conformia plana exteriora æquantia vel 
enim paulo superantia. Antheræ oblongæ demum exsertæ. Plantæ 
femineæ culmi vaginæque ut in mare. Spiculæ in apice ramorum 
solitariæ vel bins, sessiles vel breviter pedicellatæ cirea 3 cent. 
long. cylindrato-lanceolatæ, basi spatha vaginiformi apertà dimidio 
breviore suffultæ. Bracteæ undique laxe imbricatæ oblongæ ad mar- 
gines superne hyalino-membranaceæ, apice in aristam longiusculam 
erecto patentem productæ. Flores oblongo-lanceolati compressi, intra 
bracteam breviter stipitulati, stipite nonnunquam bracteolà minutà 
infra florem instructo. Perianthii segmenta exteriora oblongo-lan- 
ceolata; lateralia villoso-carinata; anticum paullo brevius nervoque 
medio prominente notatum; segmenta interiora anticum subæquantia 
conformia, ad margines superne parum involuta, versus medium non- 
nunquam tuberculo parvo prominente instructa. Ovarium turbinatum 
compressum inferne ferrugineum superne flavescens (juventute sal- 
tem). Stylus cylindratus a in stigmata duo divisus. Capsula 
bilocularis, Semen tubercul 
d Pr. B. Sp. Honigvalei iR, 2504 (f, 2503 9). 
mnt 
J 1. R. sehonoides (Kunth Enum. 8, p. 391); spiculis masculis 
3-4 spathas setaceo-mucronatas superne hyalinas paulo superantibus; 
bracteis acuminatis erecto-patentibus. — Steud.: Synops. Gram. 2, 
p. 251. Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 8, p. 228. 
7 Culmi decumbentes erecti sesquipedales simplices vel parum ra- 
mosi teretes olivacei minutissime punctulati et striolati. Vaginæ eul- 
meæ 10-15 mill. ellipticæ acutatæ coriaceæ fuscæ, superne membrana- 
ceæ selaceo-mucronatæ, demum lacerato-destractæ, Spiculæ masculæ 
3-4 in apice eulmi parum remotæ, sing. 10-15 mill. oblongo-ovatæ 
acute plurifloræ, basi spatha vaginiformi spiculam vix æquante suf- 
fultæ. Bracteæ omnes fertiles undique arcte imbricatæ oblongæ subu- 
lato-acuminatæ coriaceæ ferrugineæ versus apicem membranacec, 
flores arcuatos acutos superantes. Perianthii segmenta oblonga acu- 
