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i Ad Pr. B. S. (Ecklon, 85; Eck. et Zeyh. 55. 8; ? Drége, 
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28, R. Walliehii (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 8, p. 234); culmis 
virgato-ramosis ; vaginis appresso-mucronatis; spiculis cylindrato- 
, lanceolatis. | 
2% Rhizoma repens squamis coriaceis castaneis approximatis obsi- 
tum. Culmi cæspitosi erecti bipedales crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ, infra 
medium dichotome ramosi, ramique ascendentes stricti compres- 
siusculi obsolete impresso-punctulati. Vaginæ culmes complures, 
inferiores circa 15 mill. long. superiores minores omnes arcte tubu- 
late coriaceæ striatæ, sub apice membranaceo concolori vel palli- 
diore, subulato-mucronatæ, mucrone quam vagin triplo breviore cul- 
moque appresso seu parum patente. Van me 8-10 mill. long. 
plurifloræ cylindrato-lanceolatæ erectæ seu erecto-patentes, singulæ 
spatha bracteiformi spicula ipsa dimidio éco suffultæ. Bracteæ 
undique arcte imbricatæ oblongæ obtusæ coriaceæ nervoso-striatæ 
sub apice obtuso membranaceo subulato-mucronatæ. Flores lanceo- 
lati bracteis paulo breviores. Perianthii segmenta lanceolata, latera- 
lia externa conduplicata villoso-carinata, anticum planiusculum, 
interiora conformia vix dimidio minora. Ovarium ovoideum, stylo 
unico versum medium in ramos duos stigmatosos recurvos exsertos 
diviso superatum. Fructus semina nec non specimina mascula 
desunt nisi forte planta cui nomen R. Ecklonii tribui rectius ad speciem 
hancce attinet. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. (Wallich in herbar plurim) Q. 
vaginis recurvo-mucronatis; bracteis superne profunde hyalinis. — 
Steud. Synops. 2, p. 251. R. macer et R. divaricatus Mast. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. 8, pp. 235, 236. 
Z 29. R. macer (Kunth Enum. 3, p. 390); culmis sparse ramosis ; 
% Culmi cæspitosi pedales basi vaginis ovatis mucronatis castaneis 
nervosis dense obtecti, superne remote vaginati, infra medium ramosi 
ramique ascendentes teretes straminei grosse albido-tuberculati di- 
morphi, steriles quam spiculigeri breviores magis ramulosi. Vaginæ 
circa 4 cent. long. arcte tubulatæ coriaceæ pallide fuscæ, sub apice 
hyalino membranaceo lacerato bilobato, mucronatæ, mucrone reflexo 
nonnunquam in folium linearem arcuatum producto. Spiculæ masculæ 
4-9 in cymam linearem ereetam disticham approximate, singule 
8-10 mill, longæ cylindrato-lanceolatæ, basi spatha bracteiformi, su- 
perne profunde hyalino-membranaceá spiculáque ipsá dimidio breviore, 
cinctæ. Bracteæ arcte imhricatæ oblongæ coriaceæ pallide ferrugineæ, 
