284 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. RESTIO. 
mucronatis; spiculis majusculis oblongis obtusis; bracteis oblongis 
acutis; perianthii segmentis interioribus basi indiscretis ; = Mast, 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. 8, p. 249. 
2: Culmus erectus validus compressiusculus bi-tripedalis (crassitie 
penne anserinæ), grosse albido-tuberculatus, versus medium dicho- 
tome ramosus, ramis longiusculis erecto-patentibus. Vagina, nisi ad 
ramificationes, arctæ ellipticæ cbtusæ fuscæ coriaceæ purpureo- 
maculatæ, marginibus superne lacerato-membranaceis, sub apice 
obtuso, foliaceo mucronatæ, mucrone longiusculo erecto-patente. Spi- 
culie 2-5, in apice ramorum spicatim dispositæ, approximatæ vel parum 
remotæ, sessiles vel pedicellatæ, singule oblongæ obtusæ erecto 
pollicares (4-5 mill. lat.), basi spatha aperta vaginiformi præditæ. 
Bracteæ laxe imbricatæ, infimæ vacuæ, ceteræ fertiles, oblongæ acu- 
tæ coriaceæ ad margines membranaceæ, flores 3-4 plo superantes. 
Perianthii segmenta externa rigidiuscula oblongo-lanceolata; ` late- 
ralia naviculari-conduplicata; villoso-carinata , intermedium basi 
incrassatum, lateralibus vix longius; interna breviora subhyalina con- 
formia, in plant. masc. imo basi indiscreta. Antheræ lineari-oblongæ 
apicatæ dorso ferrugineæ antice flavidæ. Pistilli rudimentum tri- 
onum. Ovarium subtrigonum castaneum biloculare, stigmatibus 
tribus linearibus villosis elongatis superatum. Capsula bilocularis ad 
margines dehiscens. 
Variat puo spiculisque Dinor diih 
Ad Pr. . Dr. Lind in herb. Mus. Brit. g. Hottentotsholland- 
berg dido (Eck. et Zeyh. 59. 5) 9 i 
75, R. bifidus (Thunberg Flor. Cap. I, p. 87) ; eulmis exilibus 
rigidis parce ramosis; vaginis foliaceo-mucronatis; bracteis oblongis 
subulato-mucronatis ; spiculis binis oblongis ; — R. vaginatus, Willd. 
Sp. Pl. iv, 2, p. 719, n. 4; Sprengel Syst. Veg. I, p. 184; Kunth 
Enum. 8, p. 408 ; Hocissteltes Flora (B. Z.) 1845, p. 337 ; Mast. (olim) 
in Journ. Linn. fide; 8, p. 250 haud Thunberg. R. pseudoleptocarpus 
Kunth Enum. 8, p. 399. Steud. Synops. 2, p. 952, 
% Culmi dense cæspitosi erecti cirea 18 pollicares alti, simplices 
vel parum ramosi rigidi crassitie pennæ passerinæ fusco=olivacei 
albido-lepidoti. Vaginæ culmeæ remotiuscule 15 mill. longs, arcte 
tubulatæ coriaceæ fuscæ longitudinaliter nervoso-striatæ superne 
fusco-membranaceæ, ad apicem in mucronem subulatum appressum 
foliaceum product. Inflorescentia mascula femineaque conformis. 
Spiculæ solitariæ vel binæ raro ternæ, sessiles vel pedicellatæ, pedi- 
cello complanato apice dilatato spiculà parum breviore. Spicalæ sin- 
gulæ 15-18 mill. long, 10 mill, lat. erect: oblongæ obtusæ demum 
