278 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. RESTIO. 
stetter. cy. (Bergius, Sieber Fl. Cap. 112, Wright, 495, in herb. 
l. S. Trinit. Dublin). Donkerhoekberg (Burchell, 8005), 
(Alstróm in herb. Sonder; ad False Bay (Robertson); (Eckl. et Zeyh. 
8, 4, 7, 105 ; Zeyher, 1742) c et 9. 
65. R. pannosus (Mast. in Journ, Linn. Soc., 8, p. 244); culmis 
T ramosis; vaginis longe acuminato-aristatis lacero-membranaceis; brac- 
teis mucronatis; spiculis oblongis acutis; perianthii segmentis internis 
basi indiscretis. 
2 Culmi erecti 2-3 pedales crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ, infra me- 
dium dichotome ramosi, ramique ascendentes élongati virgati aphylli, 
olivacei albo-tuberculati. Vaginæ culmeæ 2-8 cent. arcte tubulatæ 
coriaceæ, superne profunde hyalinæ, demum laceratæ, apice longe acu- 
minato-aristatæ, aristà erecta vel arcuata. Spiculæ masculæ nec non 
femineæ œ in cymas paniculatas elongatas lineares terminales ap- 
proximatim dispositæ, singulæ 10-12 mill. longs, plurifloræ, erectæ 
vel leviter arcuatæ cylindrato-oblongæ, basi spathà apertá vagini- 
formi spiculam ipsam fere æquante suffultæ. Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ 
oblongæ coriaceæ ferrugineæ, sub apice parum membranaceo, brevi- 
ter mucronatæ floresque oblongos subtrigonos stipitulatos parum 
superantes. Perianthii segmenta exteriora rigidiuscula subfusca; 
lateralia naviculari-conduplicata villoso-carinata; interiora minora 
sub hyalina imo basi indiscreta; posticum latius. Filamenta tenuis- 
sima. Antherz lineares apiculatæ ferrugineæ. Pistillodium minutum. 
Perianthium stirpis femineæ conforme. Ovarium oblongo-ovoideum 
compressum 3-vel abortu 2-1-loculare stigmatibus villoso-plumosis 
superatum et ad basin staminodiis liguliformibus circumdatum, 
Capsulam haud vidi. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. ( Zeyher, 1742; Thom, 913. In planitie Capensi 
Ecklon, 50.) g. (Thunberg in herb. suo! sub nom. R. triticei, nec Rott- 
boell!; Ecklon et Zeyh. 78, 8, 7. ; Eckl, 50). 9. (Eckl. et Zeyh., 
1142 get 5). 
culmis ramosis; vaginis foliaceo-mucronatis ; spiculis oblongis obtu- 
sis; bracteis ovato-oblongis; perianthii segmentis interioribus basi 
Bborié- — Steud. Synops, 2, p. 253; Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 8, 
p. 242. R. xyridioides, Kunth Enum. 9, p. 397. 
A 66. R. quinquefarius (Nees in Linnæa 5, p. 639); 
2; Culmi 1-2 pedales cæspitosi tereies crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ 
medium versus parum dichotome ramosi, ramique erecti sordide oli- 
vacei tuberculisque parvis albidis obsiti. Vaginæ culmeæ remotiuscu- 
læ, majores 11/,-2- pollicarés arete tubulatæ coriaceæ, sub apice trun- 
cato in folium linearem obtusum appressum vaginam fere longitudine 
