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lata. Filamenta liguliformia, albida. Antheræ lineares dorso ferru- 
gineæ, apiculatæ, demum exsertæ. Femineæ culmus habitu parum 
robustior, spiculæ in apice ramulorum solitariæ bifloræ ovatæ 
erectæ (3-5 mill. long. ). Bracteæ ut in mare. Perianthii seg- 
menta externa rigidiuscula ovato-lanceolata, superne parum ferru- 
ginea ; lateralia conduplicata , ad carinas paulum ferrugineo-vil- 
losa ; segmenta interna 3 conformia vix breviora tenuioria , ad 
margines superne parum involuta. Ovarium oblongum compressum 
biloculare ferrugineum, stylo brevi tereti apice bifido coronatum. 
Fructum non vidi. 
Ad. Pr. B. S. In planitie Capensi (Ecklon, 1 et 560! Drège, 2489) 
c. Zeckoe Valley (Zeyher, 78, 894, Maio) Q. 
52. R. cincinnatus (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 8, p. 240) ; cul- 
mis subfasciculatim ramosis; ramis arcuatis ; vaginis bracteisque mu- 
cronatis; spiculis cylindratis vel oblongis. — R. vimineus 8 Thunberg 
in herb. propr ! ; Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 14, p. 420. 
% Culmus pedalis et ultra erectus teres crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ, 
basi squamis laceratis approximatis obtectus, versus medium dicho- 
tome subfasciculatim-ve ramosus, ramique elongati erecto- patentes 
curvati, apice subcincinnati vel stricti tuberculis albidis majusculis 
dense obsiti. Vaginæ culmeæ complures distantes, majores circa 1 cent. 
long., omnes cylindrato-tubulatæ coriaceæ ferrugineæ albo-maculatæ, 
sub apice bilobo membranaceo, breviter mucronatæ mucrone tenui pa- 
tente. Spiculæ masculæ in apice ramulorum solitariæ vel binæ pluri- 
floræ singulæ 4-5 mill. longæ cylindrato-lanceolatæ, basi spatha brac- 
teiformi suffultæ. Braeteæ undique arcte imbricatæ ovatæ coriaceæ 
ferrugineæ, sub apice membranaceo obtusiusculo, breviter mucronatæ 
mucrone appresso. Flores oblongi bracteis breviores. Perianthii 
segmenta oblonga rigidiuscula; lateralia externa conduplicata vil- 
loso-carinata ; interiora planiuscula conformia quam externa tenuiora 
minoraque. Filunohíá complanata. Antheræ oblongæ flavidie apicu- 
latæ. Spiculæ femineæ in apice ramulorum solitariæ vel binæ 
circa 4 mill. long. 1-floræ”oblongo-lanceolatæ strictæ vel leviter ar- 
cuatæ erectæ ; fructifereé subclavatæ nutantes. Dractec ut in mare. 
Flos unicus bractea stipante vix brevior ovoideus nec compressus. 
Perianthii segmenta oblonga; externa lateralia naviculari- condupli- 
cata villoso-carinata; intermedium anticum superne ad margines pa- 
rum involutum; interiora conformia minora stylum obvolventia. 
Ovarium subglobosum biloculare, ad basin castaneum superne flavum 
styloque brevi versus apicem bifido superatum. Capsula oblique ova 
sub compressa, abortu 4-locularis styli vestigiis coronatum. — 
