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lanonic nht ge pip 
i teretes ramosissimi, minute 
albo-punctulati, ramique viriduli fastigiatim ramulosi ; ramuli capilla- 
cei ultimi eurvati. Vaginæ culmeæ arctæ ellipticæ córibsote ferrugineæ 
J longitudinaliter striatæ, marginibus, nec non apice hyalino, membra- 
naceis, superne in mucronem subulatum appressum extenso. Spiculæ 
mascule in ramulis sessiles paucæ, singulæ 2-3 mill. longæ lanceo- 
latæ erectæ {-floræ. Spatha vaginiformis. Bractea solitaria spathà 
angustior tenuiorque in spiculis lateralibus axi contigua et minor. 
Perianthii segmenta quatuorlanceolata pallide fuscescentia tenuissime 
hyalino-membranacea ; lateralia parce villoso-carinata vel glabra; in- 
teriora 2 vix minora. Filamenta capillacea. Antheræ lineares exsertæ. 
Spiculæ femine: 2-3 mill. in ramulis solitariæ, mox 2-3 remotæ ses- 
siles lineares ad florem unicum brevissime pedicellatum spatha brac- 
| teiformi bracteâque obtectum reductæ. Bracteæ perianthiumque ut in 
| mare. Ovarium ovoideum biloculare. Styli ad basin tantum connati, 
exserto. Capsula dimidiato-obovata lenticulari-compressa, abortu 
1 locularis. Semen oblongum basi apiceque obtusum tuberculis albi- 
dis dense obsitum. 
Ad. Pr. B. Sp. Dutoitskloof (Drège, 1625 5; 1970, et 9; Thom.9 ). 
B. Species australasicæ (Spp. 55-59). 
99. R. fastigiatus (R. Dr. Prodr. p. 246) ; culmis fistulosis vir- 
gato-ramosissimis ; vaginis arctis ; spiculis tam masculis quam femi- 
| neis secus latera ramulorum dispositis; staminodiis 3 parvis, — Kunth 
| Enum. 3, p. 418 ; Steud. Synops. 2, p. 256; F. Muell. Fragment. 8, 
p. 67; Benth. Fl. Austr. 7 ined. Restio lateriflorus Nees in Sieb. Pl. 
| Exsice. 42 nec R. Br. Calorophus Sieberianus, Steud. Synops. Glum. 
| 2, p. 265. 
| 2; Rhizoma repens lanuginosum, Culmi 40-60 cent. teretes fistulosi 
crassitie pennæ corvinæ, remote vaginati, supra medium virgato-ra- 
| mosissimi, ramique ascendentes viridi-olivacei longitudinaliter sul- 
| cati. Vaginæ culmeæ remotæ 1 cent. et ultra long. arcte convolutæ 
| coriaceæ apice obtusæ membranaceæ ut videtur muticæ. Inflorescentia 
| utriusque sexus paniculatim cymosa, pluriramosa, ramis erectis plu- 
ristachyis. Spiculæ masculæ ad latera ramulorum spicatim vel race- 
mosim dispositæ, singulæ 4 mill. long. cylindrato-lanceolat:e.. 
Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ oblongo-lanceolatæ cymbeæ acuminatæ co- 
riaceæ nitide castaneæ quam flores longiores ad margines superne 
fimbrilliferæ. Flores masc. compressi. Perianthii segmenta 6; externa 
LES. lateralia naviculari-conduplicata ad margines ciliata; segmenta inte- 
| riora pallidiora, nisi ad basin ubi crassiuscula, tenuiora. Filamenta fili- 
formia. Antheræ lineares apiculatæ. Spiculæ femineæ lineares 5-6 mill. 
