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RESTIO. RESTIACEJE (AUCTORE MASTERS). 249 
Ecklon, Zeyher, Palmiet Rivier Burchell, 8112) £. (Drége, n. 1, 
Harvey, Ecklon et Zeyher, n. 61. 5) 9. 
** Spicule masculæ femineæque conformes cylindrato-oblongæ. 
oblongis obsolete mucronatis vel muticis ; spiculis femineis 2-3. — 
Thunb. Prod. p. 15; Diss. p. 16. n. 16; Fl. Cap. 1, p. 86. n. 17; Spreng. 
Syst. Veg. 1. p. 185. n. 27; Kunth. Enum. Plant. 3. p. 391. n. 17, 
quoad pl. femineam. R. dichotomus, Thunb. var. B. culmo simplici, 
fide Nees in Linnæa 5, p. 641. R. Kunthii, Steud. Synops. 2, 
p. 251. | 
À 25. R. triflorus (Rottb. Gram. p. 3. t. 2. f. 9 £); bracteis ovato- 
Z Culmi cæspitosi dimorphi, steriles spithamæi versus basin ramo- 
sissimi foliosi, fertiles alt. 25-30 cent. erecti rigidi teretes simplices 
crassitie penne corvinæ tuberculis majusculis obsiti, Vaginæ culmeæ 
circa 15 mill, longæ coriaceæ striatæ, sub apice membranaceo, acu- 
minato-mucronatæ. Vaginæ rameales culmorum sterilium 7-8 mill., 
sub apice bilobo hyalino-membranaceo, foliaceo-mucronalæ, mucrone 
recurvo. Spiculæ masculæ 2-4-6 in cymam spiciformem linearem 
approximate, singule erect: circa 1 cent. longæ cylindrato-lanceola- 
tæ, basi spathá bracteiformi, spiculà matura dimidio breviore, sufful- 
tæ. Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ ovatæ oblongæ obtusie coriaceæ ferru- 
gineæ, sub apice obtuso membranaceo, obsolete mucronatæ vel muticæ. 
Flores lanceolati compressi bracteis breviores. Perianthii segmenta 
lateralia externa lanceolata naviculari-conduplicata carinata, carina 
ferrugineo-villosa; antieum conforme planiusculum glabrum; interiora 
3 inter se subæqualia antico conformia nisi magnitudine minora. Fila- 
menta linearia. Antheræ lineari-oblongæ apiculatæ. Plantæ femineæ 
culmus et vaginæ ut in mare. Spiculæ 2-3 in apice culmi approxima- 
tæ erectæ, singulæ 4-5 mill. long. oblongæ utrinque acute plurifloræ. 
Bracteæ et perianthium fere ut in mare. Ovarium compressum orbi- 
culare bilobum, stylo cylindrato, superne in ramos duos stigmatosos 
diviso, coronatum, Capsula latet. 
Ad Pr. B. S. (Dr Maton in Herb. Mus. Brit.; Eck. et Zeyh. 54. T; Saq 
Rondebosch Burchell 853, Genadendal 7926; Zoetemelk's Rivier A 
6800, 17, Gaudichaud œ; Table Mountain Eck. Un. lt. n. 845; — f ” 
Tulbagh, 56. 51; Zeyher 4342 ; Sieber, Fl. Cap. 115 v (idunt 
Drège, n. 69 d et Q.). 
26. R. Helens (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 8, p. 233); bracteis 
subulato-mucronatis ; spiculis femineis solitariis. 
2% Culmi steriles pedales et ultra decumbentes basi vaginis ellipticis 
