274 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. RESTIO, 
- poll. long dispositæ. Spicule singulæ erectæ approximate ovato- 
oblongæ obtuse circa 1 mill. longæ, aliæ sessiles ali: pedunculatæ, 
pedunculis complanatis spiculis æquilongis, omnes basi spatha brac- 
teiformi suffultæ. Bracteæ undique laxe imbricatæ, infimæ 2-3 flo- 
ribus orbatæ, ceteræ fertiles omnes oblongo-lanceolatæ coriaceæ 
fuscæ, sub apice pallide membranaceo, breviter subulato-mucronatæ. 
Flores stipitulati obovati bracteis breviores. Perianthii segmenta 
externa lateralia naviculari-conduplicata villoso-carinata; intermedium 
oblongum planiusculum ; interiora paullo minora tenuiora conformia. 
Filamenta tenuia. Antheræ oblong:e apiculatæ demum exsertæ. Pistil- 
lodium 3-5- stylum. Planta feminea conformis, inflorescentia nonnun- 
quam quam in mare spiculis paucioribus donata. Perianthium ut in 
mare. Staminodia 3. Ovarium triquetrum nigro-castaneum ad angulis. 
albidum. Styli distincti demum exserti. Capsula abortu 2- vel 1- locu- 
aris. 
Statura rationeque florum bractearumque variat ob quam causam 
a cl. Neesio, loco supra citato, varietas sub nomine var. 8 exaltatæ 
vix necesse posita est. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. (Thunberg in herb. suo!, Masson; ad False 
Bay (Robertson); (Ecklon 85); Grœne Valley, (Burchell, 3463) d. 
(Thunb) ; Sigber Fl. cap. 118; ad pedem montis diaboli (Ecklon); 
E Yt Burchell 186). Table Mountain (Krauss) 
r. B. ad cataractas montis diaboli (Ecklon); DANGOS (Drège, 
an), (Milne in herb. Hook.) c. 
** Culmi teretes seu compressi. 
61. E. dispar (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 8; 246); culmo ramoso ; 
vaginis acutatis; bracteis oblongis acutis; perianthii segmentis exter- 
nis inæqualibus, 
2 Rami primarii erecti (crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ), subcom- 
pressi, dichotome ramulosi; ramuli erecti curvati olivacei albo- 
tuberculati. Vaginæ arcte ellipticæ 45 mill. long. acutæ coriaceæ 
fuscæ, marginibus superne hyalino-membranaceæ destruelæ. Spi- 
cule 4-6 in spicam disticham flexuosam approximate, singulæ eirca 
15 mill. long. oblongæ acute erect, spatha magna aperta vaginæ- 
formi suffultæ, Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ oblongs convexo sub cari- 
nate rigidæ purpurascentes flores oblongos duplo superantes. Pe- 
rianthii segmenta externa inæqualia oblonga obtusa rigida ; lateralia 
conduplicata villoso-carinata ; segmenta interna inter se «qualia, 
externis paulo breviora oblonga acuta hyalina basi incrassata. 
Anthere oblongæ apiculatæ purpurascentes. Pistilli rudimentum 
minutum, Planta feminea conformis, Spiculæ plurifloræ. Perianthium 
ut in mare. Ovarium oblongum obtusum truncatum 8-vel abortu 
cuis AAEN 
