238 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. RESTIO. 
tata, exteriora paulo longiora, lateralia eonduplicata villoso-carinata, 
interiora magis membranacea. Filamenta liguliformia. Antheras non 
vidi. Plantæ femineæ eulmus vaginæque ut in mare. Spiculæ solitario 
10-45 mill. long. ovato-oblongæ erectæ plurifloræ, basi spatha vagi- 
niformi spiculam vix æquans suffultæ. Bracteæ laxiuscule imbricatæ 
lanceolatæ longe acuminatæ, ad margines superne membranaceæ de- 
mum lacerato-destructæ. Flores lanceolati. Perianthii segmenta lan- 
ceolata, lateralia conduplicata villoso-carinata, interiora breviora pla- 
niuscula seu ad margines parum involuta. Ovarium rotundatum stylo 
profunde bifido superatum. 
Ad Pr. B- Sp. (Eckl. n. 84 pro parte 4), (Wittbergen alt. 5000 ped. 
Drége, 50 9). 
A 8. R. laniger (Kunth Enum 3, p. 386 quoad marem); spieulis 
masculis 3-6 aggregatis patentibus cylindrato-lanceolatis spathas 
subulato-mucronatas multo superantibus; bractearum mucronibus ap- 
pressis; vaginis lanigeris. — Steud RAD 2, p. 250; Mast. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. 8, p, 230 
% Culmi 18 pollicares cæspitosi erecti teretes, ad basin squamis 
coriaceis castaneis nitidis dense vestiti, supra basin subdichotome 
ramosi, ramique erecti teretes seu compressiusculi straminei albo- 
lepidoti. Vagine culmeæ circa 12-15 mill. long, arcte tubulatæ co- 
riaceæ fuscæ, ad margines concolores tenuiores, apice in mucronem 
subulatum productæ, mucrone erecto seu arcuato-patente, ad rami- 
ficationes squamam alteram dense villosam amplectentes. Spiculæ 
masculæ 2-9 vel plures in apice ramorum approximatæ, singulæ 
circa 15 mill. long. erectæ vel patentes cylindratæ acutæ strictæ 
vel parum arcuatæ, singulæ ad basin spathà aperthà coriacea late 
ovata obtusa, spieulà ipsà dimidio breviore, suffultæ. Bracteæ 
spathæ conformes arcte imbricatæ flores vix superantes. Perianthii 
segmenta oblonga aeuta; lateralia externa naviculari-conduplicata 
villoso-carinata ; interiora minora. Filamenta liguliformia. Antheræ 
ovatæ acutæ éficulats. Spiculæ femineæ in apice culmi 1-3 mascu- 
linis imprimis conformes, nisi longitudine breviores (circa 8 mill. 
long. demum late ovoideæ, basique spathà bracteiformi tertia 
parte breviore suffultæ. Bracteæ oblongo-ovatæ coriaceæ ferrugi- 
nez, marginibus superne parum membranaceis, apice longiuscule 
acuminato-aristatz, arista appressa. Flores maturi stipitulati oblongi 
bracteas demum parum superantes. Perianthii rigidi segmenta 
oblongo-lanceolata, lateralia villoso-carinata, interiora planiuseula 
seu circum stylum paulo involuta. Ovarium ovoideum stylo ad 
medium bifido terminatum, Stigmata exserta. Capsula abortu 4- loeu- 
