RESTIO. ‘RESTIACEÆ (AUCTORE MASTERS). 271 
neisque remotis spicatim cymosis; staminodiis nullis, — Kunth Enum. 
3, p. 418 ; Steud. Synops. 2, p. 256 ; F. Muell. Fragment. 8, p. 68. 
Benth. Fl. Austr. 7, ined. 
2; Rhizoma repens squamis parce lanuginosis obtectum. Culmi 
1-2 pedales, crassitie penne corvinæ, erecti teretes olivacei obsolete 
longitudinaliter sulcato-striati impresso-punctulati. Rami fertiles 
compressi ascendentes curvati, ad nodos sub fasciculatim dispositi 
cymam paniculiformem elongatam laxam pluristachyam terminalem 
efformantes. Vaginæ coriaceæ laxe patentes obtusiusculæ. Spiculæ 
masculæ secus ramulos distiche dispositæ singulæ circa 4 mill. long. 
plurifloræ subglobosæ. Bracteæ oblongæ coriaceæ acuminatæ flores 
stipitatos parum superantes. Perianthii segmenta exteriora oblonga; 
lateralia naviculari-conduplicata anguste alato-carinata ; interiora 3 
planiuscula externis parum breviora basique incrassata. Filamenta 
capillaria. Antheræ lineares apiculatæ. In planta feminea culmi 
minus sulcati quam in mare. Spiculæ femineæ in spicas lineares 
distichas secus ramulos remote dispositæ, singule 4 mill. long. 
oblonge demum turbinate 1-floræ , spathâ apertà ipsa breviore 
suffultæ. Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ coriaceæ castaneæ oblongæ lon- 
. giuscule acuminatæ. Flos terminalis solitarius. Perianthii biserialis 
segmenta externa lateralia naviculari-conduplicata anguste alato- 
carınata glabra demum complanata; cetera oblonga vel obovato- 
oblonga sub.coriaeea brunnea. Staminodia nulla. Ovarium 2-loculare. 
Capsula oblique ovoidea abortu 1-locularis, stylis duobus basi liberis 
persistentibus coronata. Semen oblongum obtusum albid®-tubercu- 
latum 
A. cl. R. Brown. ovarium 3-loculare est descriptum. 
In Australia orientali tropica, Ins. Moreton (F. Muell.). In Austra- 
a austro-orientali prope Port Jackson (R. Brown; Lhotsky, cy et 9; 
Fitzgerald, Sieber, 40, 44, C. Moore, Sandy island {Cuming c). 
98. R. erispatus (R. Br. Prod. p.246); culmis dimorphis sulca- 
tostriatis ; vaginis dimorphis his arctis illis laxis; ramulis culmoruin 
fertilium implexis arcuatis; spiculis masculis spicatim cymosis, femi- 
neis solitariis vel paucis. — Kunth Enum. 3. p. 418 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. 
T ined. Calorophus crispatus, Nees in PI. Preiss 2, p. 67. 
% Rhizoma repens squamis lanuginosis vestitum. Culmi cæspitosi 
erecti, alii plerumque steriles alii fertiles. Culmi steriles 40-50 cent. 
erecti, crassitie pennæ corvinæ, simplices vel raro ad vaginas ramosi, 
sulcato-striati basi lanugine albido obducti. Vagin infimæ 10-15 cent. 
long. arcte convolutæ oblongæ obtusæ coriaceæ striatæ. Vaginæ 
summ: oblongæ laxe patentes mucronulatæ coriaceæ, intus glabræ 
