Mr S 
RESTIO. RESTIACEÆ (AUCTORE MASTERS). IGA 
striatis; vaginis arctis obtusis ; spiculis masculis laxe paniculatim cy- 
mosis ; bracteis subulato-acuminatis ciliatis. — Benth. Fl. Austral. 
7 ined. 
% Culmi metrales crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ teretes sulcato-striali, 
ad basin vaginis lanuginosis dense vestiti, superne remote vaginati. 
Vaginæ 15 mill. long. arcte tubulatæ oblong:e obtusiusculæ coriaceæ, 
Spicukæ masculæ oo in cymas.laxas paniculiformes dispositæ. Pedun- 
culi elongati teretes penduli. Spiculæ singulæ oblongæ 10-12 mill. 
longi, basi spathà bracteiformi ipsâ multo breviore suffultæ. Bracteæ 
oblong:e coriaceæ nitide ferrugineæ subulato-acuminatæ, ad margines 
ciliolatæ. Perianthii segmenta 6 lineari- vel oblongo-lanceolata mu- 
tica glabra. Antheræ apiculatæ. Spiculæ feminæ quam masculiñæ ma- 
jores, sessiles vel breve pedunculatæ. Bracteæ rigidæ patenti-acu- 
minatæ. Capsula orbicularis 2-locularis. 
Flores perfectos masculos nec femineos vidi, quamobrem descrip- 
tiones cll. von Mueller. et Bentham secutus sum. 
In Australia austro-occidentali (Drummond, 66 4 et Q). 
B Spiculæ femineæ paucifloræ (cfr. ante ad R. Gaudichaudia- 
um) 
A. Species capenses. Spp. 43-54. 
1» Perianthium floris feminei abortivum vel nullum. 
Pac 43. R. rottboelloides (Kunth Enum, 3, p. 394); vaginis ap- 
presso-mucronatis ; bracteis ohlongo-mneronptis; flore femineo soli- 
lario, — Steud. Synops. 2, p. 254. 
% Culmi cæspitosi spithamæi erecti teretes crassitie pennæ cor- 
vinæ, infra medium parce ramosi ramique erecto-patentes straminei 
tuberculisque parvis obsiti. Vaginæ culmeæ 10-15 mill. long., nisi ad 
ramificationes, arcte tubulatæ, coriaceæ nervoso-striatæ, sub apice 
obtuso tenuiori, subulato-mucronatæ, mucrone appresso. Spiculæ 
masculæ 4-5 vel plures in cymas lineares spiciformes approximate, 
singulæ cirea 8 mill. long. lineari-oblongæ 1-2 flore, basi spathá 
vaginiformi involuta. Bracteæ oblongæ e viridi fuscescentes, margi- 
nibus superne membranaceis, sub apice emarginato, in mucronem 
appressam productæ. Bractea floris superioris oblongo-lanceolata 
membranacea plurinervia purpureo-maculata, basi ad margines ila 
decurrens ut axis spiculæ alata evadat. Flores masculi oblongo-lan- 
ceolati braeteis parum breviores. Perianthii segmenta oblongo-lanceo- 
lata membranacea lateralia ecarinata (an semper ?), ex his unum majus 
tenuiter nervosum alterum minus 1-nervium ; interiora minora te- 
