944 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. RESTIO. 
mate, singulæ 7-8 mill. long. cylindrato-lanceolatæ plurifloræ. Brac- 
teæ undique arcte imbricatæ late ovatæ acutæ flores vix superantes. 
Perianthii segmenta externa oblonga acuta; lateralia conduplicata 
villoso-carinata; segmenta interiora conformia membranacea. Fila- 
menta complanata albida. Antheræ ferrugineæ mucronulatæ demum 
exsertæ. Femina ignota. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. (Drége, 75, olim a me ad R. subfalcatum Nees 
. referta, huicce speciei tamen attinere videtur, Drége, 79) 
18. E, Neesii (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 8, p. 232) ; vaginis 
culmeis spathisque acuminato-aristatis ; bracteis mucronatis ; peri- 
anthii segmentis interioribus exteriora paulo superantibus. 
2% Culmi 11/,-2 pedales erecti teretes, crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ, 
basi vaginis ovatis castaneis coriaceis approximatis obtecti, infra me- 
dium dichotome ramosi ramique erecti ascendentes straminei minutis- 
sime impresso-punctulati aphylli. Vaginæ culmeæ 2 cent. et ultra 
oblongæ coriaceæ striatæ albo-tuberculatæ ferrugineæ, sub apice 
obtusiusculo fusco-membranaceo, acuminato-aristata, aristà appressá. 
Spiculæ masculæ in cymam densam paniculiformem terminalem 
1/a-pollicarem dispositæ, singulæ 2-8 mill. longe plurifloræ, basi spathà 
aperta vaginiformi spiculà dimidio breviore suffultæ. Bracteæarcte 
imbricatæ ovatæ coriaceæ ferrugineæ nigrescentes ad margines 
superne membranaceæ, sub apice subulato-mucronate, mucrone 
appresso, flores oblongos superantes. Perianthii segmenta oblonga 
obtusiuseula, lateralia naviculari-conduplicata villoso-carinata, inte- 
riora planiuscula quam externa paulo longiora. Filamenta liguliformia 
albida. Antheræ lineari-lanceolatæ apiculatæ. Spiculæ femineæ 9-5 in 
cymam latam simplicem terminalem dispositæ, singulæ 4-6 mill. long. 
ovoideæ demum elavatæ. Perianthii segmenta interiora exteriora 
æquantia. Ovarium obiongum compressiusculum stylo brevi tereti 
crasso superatum. Capsula oblique ovata 1-locularis styli vestigiis 
coronata. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. (Eckl. et Zeyh, 1, 12 © et 72, 41 |). 
^ 19. R. Sieberi (Kunth Enum. 3, p. 387); vaginis acuminato-aris- 
tatis ; spiculis masculis in cymas lincutos aggregatis ; bracteis mu- 
S MN — Steud. Synops. 2, p. 250; Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 8, 
p 
2% Culmi decumbentes erecti 12-18- pollicares ramosi teretes cras- 
sitie pennæ corvinæ olivacei impresso-punctulati. Rami ascendentes 
culmo similes. Vaginæ infimæ 1 1/3 cent. nisi ad ramificationes arctæ 
tubulatæ coriaceæ superne scariosæ, apice sensim acutatæ mucro- 
