RESTO. RESTIACEÆ (AUCTORE MASTERS). 283 
tes versus medium parum dichotome ramosi, ramique erecti olivacei 
albido-lepidoti. Vaginæ culmeæ majores circa 2 cent. long. remotius- 
cule cylindrato-tubulatæ arctæ coriaceæ ferrugineæ longitudinaliter 
striatæ superne membranaceæ, parteque membranacea cito delapsa, ad 
apicem lacerato-truncatæ. BAN masculine femineæque conformes, 
ad apices ramorum solitariæ vel binæ, circa 15 mill. long. ovoideæ vel 
subglobosæ plurifloræ ad basin spatha vaginiformi brevi obtectæ. 
Bracteæ undique arcte imbricatæ late ovatæ obtusæ subcoriaceæ ner- 
voso-striatæ ferrugineæ ad apicem membranaceæ breviter que mucro- 
natæ vel muticæ. Flores masculi oblongi obtusi curvati bracteis vix bre- 
viores. Perianthii segmenta oblongaacuta; lateralia externa rigida cym- 
beo-conduplicata villoso-carinata ; intermedium anticum planiusculum 
medio linea ferruginea notatum ; interiora 3 dimidio minora tenuiora. 
Filamenta complanata. Antheras haud vidi. Pistillodium minutum sty- 
lorum vestigiis coronatum. Flores feminei masculinis conformes bre- 
viter pedicellati, pedicello (an semper?) ad apicem infra florem in . 
verrucam-cellulosam villosissimam dilatato. Perianthium ut in mare. 
Ovarium haud observatum. Capsula bilocularis suborbicularis com- 
pressa. Stigmata vix exserta, Staminodia liguliformia. Semina oblonga 
obtusa trigona. Testa ossea nigrescens. 
d Pr. B. Sp. Ezelsbank. (Drége, 2774 cy et 9). ad False Bay 
TEARS in herb. Mus. Britt.) ; (Wallich, Harvey) g. 
13. R. pachystachyus (Kunth Enum. 3, p.399); spiculis majus- 
culis cylindrato-lanceolatis demum ovoideis ; bracteis oblongis acu- 
minatis ; — Steùd. Synops. 2, p. 252 
2% Culmi 2-pedales et ultra diametro penne corvins? erecti ramosi, 
ramique subcompressi v. teretes fusci subtilissime punetulati; Vaginæ 
8-10 mill. long. arcte tubulatæ coriaceæ nervoso-striatæ albo-ma- 
.eulatze fusce, ad margines membranaceæ, sub apice membranaceo 
ferrugineo maculato acuminatæ. Spicule femineæ solitarie vel binæ 
erectæ sessiles vel pedicellatæ, pedicello spiculam æquante, sin- 
gulæ 12-15 mill. long. ovoideæ acutæ (juventute cylindrato-lanceo- 
latæ) basi spathà bracteiformi ipsà 4-plo breviore involuta. Bracteæ 
undique àrcte imbricatæ oblongæ acuminata coriaceæ ferrugineæ ma- 
culatæ ad margines membranes, infimæ vacuas. d ipm ovati com- 
pressi, Perianthium rig Segmenta ext ra oblonezo-lanceo- 
lata; lateralia naviculari-conduplicata villoso-carinata ; interna minora 
tonformim Ovarium subrotundum vel obovatum biloculare stylis 3 lon- 
giusculis albidis superatum. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. (Drège, 43 9). 
P. 74. R. purpuraseens (Nees mss, in herb.) vaginis foliaceo 
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