258 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. RESTIO. 
lanatæ apice in folium loriformem obtusum extensæ. Inflorescentia 
mascula terminalis subglobosa pluristachya laxe paniculatim cymosa. 
Spiculæ ex apice pedicellorum?2 cent. long. filiformium compressorum 
pendulæ, singulæ circa 5 mill. long. et lat. subglobosæ plurifloræ. 
Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ oblongæ obtusæ 1- nervis coriaceæ pallide 
castaneæ ad margines laceratæ. Flores oblongi bracteis suffultienti-. 
bus vix breviores. Perianthii segmenta oblonga acuta; lateralia na- 
viculari-conduplicata vix carinata; interiora 3 pallidiora tenuiora. Fi- 
— netur Antherae "onte oblonga flavidæ castaneo-striatæ. 
maoie romnacta pi- 
cule circa 5 mill. long. 4 mill. lat. ovoideæ acutæ plurifloræ breviter 
pedunculatæ basi spathà ipsá multo breviore bracteiformi suffultæ. 
Bracteæ arcte, demum laxe, imbricatæ oblongæ acute coriaceæ ferru- 
gineæ ad margines membranaceæ ciliolatæ demum glabratæ. Flores 
stipitati. Perianthii segmenta externa lineari-oblonga obtusa, lateralia 
naviculari-conduplicata anguste carinata glabra, interiora minora. 
Staminodia nulla, Ovarium ovoideum stylis duobus coronatum. Capsula 
bilocularis stylorum vestigiis superatum. 
In Australia austro-occidentali ad Swan River (Drummond, 1106 
Suppl. 342, 349) et Q; King George's Sound ( R. Brown et 9, 
Milne, Harvey, Maxwell); Perongerup. (F. Muell.). 
38. R. leptocarpoides (Benth. Fl. Austral. 7. ined.); culmis 
cæspitosis basi ferrugineo-lanatis superne striatis ; vaginis arctis 
longe aeuminato-aristatis ; spiculis masculis laxe paniculatim cymosis 
pendulis; spieulis femineis approximatis erectis; staminodiis nullis; 
stylis duobus.— R. deformis, Nees ex Steud. Synops. 2, p. 255; 
F. Muell. Fragment. 8, p. 65, nec R. Br. 
2% Culmi 30-40 cent. et ultra ad basin cæspitosi squamis coriaceis 
dense ferrugineo-lanatis obsiti, superne teretes rigidi, crassitie pennæ 
corvinæ, simplices vel sparse ramosi ramique erecti flexuosi remote va- 
ginati glabri sulcato-striati. Vaginæ culmeæ 2-3 mill. long. arcte tu- 
bulatæ coriaceæ striatæ, superne lanceolatæ acutatæ et in aristam 
filiformem longam appressam desinentes. Spieule masculæ oo laxe 
panieulatim cymosæ (pedunculis elongatis gracilibus. pendulis), sin- 
gulæ 1 cent. long. oblongæ compressa, basi spathâ vaginiformi ipsa 
parum breviore suflultæ. Bracteæ laxiuscule imbricatæ oblongo- 
lanceolatæ filaceo-aristatæ. Perianthii segmenta 5 lineari-lanceolata, 
duo exteriora navieulari-conduplicata anguste alato-carinata, cariná 
glabrà ; interiora 3 minora tenuiora planiuscula. Antheræ lineares 
apiculatæ. Spieul femine: in cymam terminalem paniculatam den- 
sam 2-3 cent. longam compacta, raro solitariæ. Spiculæ singula 
1-8 mill. long. or lisi eS plurifloræ basi, spathà aperta 
