RESTIO. RESTIACEÆ (AUCTORE MASTERS). 287 
Q) velZ? Culmi pedales et ultra filiformes implexo-ramosi, rami ra- 
mulique teretes subeinerei subtilissime verruculosi punctulati. Vagi- 
næ vix 1 cent. long. arcte tubulatæ coriaceæ albido-lepidotæ ad mar- 
gines membranaceæ, apice in mucronem aristiformem acutum appres- 
sum productæ. Spiculæ in ramulis solitariæ-ternæ raro plures, sessiles 
vel pedunculatæ circa 5 mill. long. ovato-oblongæ obtusæ paucifloræ, 
singulæ ad basin spathà braeteiformi ipsa breviore suffultæ, Bracteæ 
undique laxiuscule imbricatæ late ovatæ acutæ breviter mueronatæ 
castaneæ, margine albido-hyalinæ flores vix æquantes. Perianthii seg- 
menta rigidiuscula; lateraiia enian oblonga vet conduplicata villoso- 
carinata; intermedium anticum plani vo medio 
fesragingo notatum ; interiora 9 minora conformia hyalina. Filamenta 
hyalina. Antheræ lineari- -oblongæ muticæ. Pistillodium minutum. 
Flores feminei solitari vel bini bracteis suffultientibus vix breviores, 
Perianthium ut in mare nisi magnitudine parum majus. Ovarium ro- 
tundatum abortu 2-loculare. Styli tres raro duo intus stigmatosi, 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. (Drège, 339 a); æ et Ọ (Drége, 8; Breutel ; 
Ecklon ; Mundt ; Bolus). g; (Gaudichaud) 9 
Var. gracilis culmis ramulisque fere capillaribus ; spiculis plerum- 
que solitariis. 
Zwellendam (Burchell, 7420) cy et 9. 
80. R. Harveii (Mast, in Journ. Linn, Soc., 8, p. 258, tab, 15.); 
rhizomate repente; vaginis bracteisque subulato-mucronatis; spiculis 
feminis solitariis oblongo-cuneatis parvis . 
2: Rhizoma repens, culmos plures teretes ascendentes, squamis la- 
ceratis approximatis obtectos, emittente. Rami steriles 2-4 pollicares, 
basi decumbentes teretes subspongiosi, infra medium dichotome ra- 
mulosi, ramique curvati subcompressi patentes, sordide olivacei, 
tuberculis albis parvis dense obsiti. Vaginæ arctæ ovatæ acutæ, 
marginibus membranaceis, sub apice obtuso gubülatozsiucnómbtai) 
Rami fertiles conformes, duplo longiores. Spicul in apice ramu- 
lorum solitariæ oblongo-cuneatæ bifloræ circa 2 mill. long. Bracteæ 
laxe imbricatæ ovatæ acutæ convexæ, marginibus superne membra- 
haceis, sub apice acuto subulato, mucronatæ, infimæ 2 vacuæ ceterae 
fertiles flores oblongos vix duplo superantes. Perianthii segmenta 
externà æqualia oblonga obtusa chartacea, marginibus ciliolatis ; late- 
ralia conduplicata, ad carinas ciliolata ; interna conformia vix piani 
dorso medio subcarinata ciliolata, Siuninadie 3. Ovarium oblongum 
ie ts biloculare stigmatibus 3 villosis superatum. Cap- 
sulam non vi 
Rhizomate Tm ut in Carice arenario inter affines he 
insignis est hæcce species. 
