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dium dichotome seu subfasciculatim ramosi, ramique virgati erecti 
teretes purpureo-maculati obsolete impresso-punctulati, Vaginæ cul- 
mec circa 2 cent. coriaceæ fusce laxe tubulatæ, superne longe 
sensimque acuminatæ, ad margines hyalino-membranaceæ demum 
lacere. Spiculæ mascula: 3-9 in apice culmi in cymam linearem disti- 
cham dispositæ, in rachin flexuosum complanatum sessiles vel pedun- 
culatæ, singulæ 1 cent. long. plurifloræ cylindratæ acutæ strictæ vel 
arcuatæ, basi spathá vaginiformi ipsa vix duplo breviore suffultæ. 
Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ ovato-oblongæ breviter mucronatæ, superne 
ad margines parum membranaceæ flores ovatos obtusos superantes. 
Perianthii segmenta oblonga obtusa rigidiuscula, lateralia externa 
obtusa naviculari-conduplicata villoso-carinata. Segmenta interiora 
minora tenuiora. Antheræ lineari-oblongæ mucronulatæ. Spiculæ fe- 
mineæ in apice culmi 2-8 sessiles vel pedicellatæ, singulæ 2-3 mill. 
long. ovoideæ, fructiferæ clavatæ 1-2 floræ. Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ 
late ovatæ coriaceæ ferrugineæ, sub apice concolori membranaceo, bre- 
viter subulato mucronatæ. Perianthii segmenta oblonga acuta; late- 
ralia naviculari-conduplicata villoso-carinata; interiora minora.Capsula 
oblique ovata abortu 1-locularis stylorumque vestigiis superata. Semen. 
oblongum obtusum. Testa cinerea impresso-punctulata purpureo- 
maculata. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. (Gaudichaud, Dutoitskloof Drége, 52 pro parte cum 
R. ferrugineo in herb. variis mista, 1619 «  Drège, 58, Viellard, 
Pappe 9). 
» . B, microstachys culmis magis ramosis, sterilibus foliosis ; spiculis 
^ masculis multo minoribus. — Restio microstachys Nees mss. in herb. 
Species ut videtur polymorpha, ramis sterilibus curvatis foliiferis 
arbusculam mentientibus sepe munita. Spicularum magnitudo in 
eodem eulmo nonnunquam valde diversa. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. (Eck., 81; Ecklon et, Zeyher 1. 11, 1. 12, Drége 52, 
sub nom. R. venustuli; Pappe 78) (f. | 
23. R. areuatus (Mast. sp. nov.); culmis superne intricato- 
ramosis ; ramis ultimis arcuatis spiculigeris ; spiculis (masculis) soli- 
tariis. 
% Culmi primarii 2-3-pedales? teretes, medio ramosi, ramique erecto- 
patentes stricti spiculigeri, nonnunquam superne arcuato-recurvi com- 
pressiusculi impresso-punctulati purpureoque-maculati, Vagina cul- 
mec circa 1 cent. long. laxiuscule tubulatæ coriaceæ ferruginese 
Striatæ, sub apice hyalino-membranaceo demum lacero, breviter subu- 
lato-mucronatæ. Vaginæ ramulales minores mucrone tenuiori munitæ. 
Spiculæ mascule 4-5 mill. ovatæ oblongæ demum cuneatæ, basi 
