288 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. RESTIO. 
Ad Pr. B. S. (Cape Town, W. H. Harvey in herb. Coll. S. Trin. 
Dubl.!) 9. 
3° Inflorescentia mascula pluristachya paniculatim-cymosa, inflores- 
centia feminea paucistachya. (Vid. R. bigeminum.) 
81. R. bifarius (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 10, p. 278); cymis 
masculis laxis; spiculis oblongis obtusis compressis; bracteis bifariam 
imbricatis; spiculis femineis majoribus ovatis; bracteis quinquefariam 
imbrieatis. 
X Culmi 4-pedales teretes simplices solidi olivacei albo-lepidoti, 
crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ. Vaginæ culmeæ !/5-pollicares arctæ ellip- 
ticæ coriaceæ fuscæ striatæ, superne ad margines tenuiores, sub apice 
obtusiuseulo, subulato- IDUCEORUNE. Panicula mascula cymosa effusa 
ramis lis sursum dilatatis erecto-patentibus. Spi- 
culæ oblongo- obtusæ vel cylindratæ subcompressæ pluriflorie 25-90 
mill. longæ, 8-9 mill. late. Spathæ bracteiformes. Bracteæ distiche 
dispositæ, basi arcte superne laxe imbricatæ, singulæ oblongæ recur- 
vatæ coriaceæ spadiceæ impresso-punctulatæ, ad margines tenuiores, 
ad apicem breviter mucronatæ, flores 3-plo superantes. Flores stipi- 
tulati oblongi obtusi arcuati. Perianthii segmenta oblonga acuta; 
lateralia externa naviculari-conduplicata villoso-carinata ferruginea 
rigida; anticum æquale planiusculum ; interna 8 breviora tenuiora 
conformia. Antheræ inclus: lineari-oblongæ dorso ferrugineæ anti- 
ce flavidæ. Pistilli rudimentum nullum. Spiculæ femineæ 1-3 termi- 
nales erectæ oblongo-ovatæ 1-2-pollicares, eas Thamnochorti imbri- 
cati (Staberohæ imbricatæ, Kunth) referentes. Bracteæ oblongæ mu- 
cronatæ nervoso-striatæ flores 3-4-plo superantes. Perianthium ut in 
mare. Ovarium 3-loculare stylis 3 stigmatosis recurvis superatum. 
Capsula biloba abortu bilocularis, dehiscens perianthio persistente 
vix brevior. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp., (Burchell, 8068! g et 9). 
82. R. egregius (Hochstetter, Flora (B. Z.), 1845, p. 331, adnot.); 
cymis masculis laxis pendentibus; spiculis oblongis; spiculis femineis 
majoribus erectis oblongo-ovoideis; — Steud. Synops. 2, p. 253. Mast. 
in Journ. Linn. Soc., 8, p. 245. R. macrogynus Nees in herb. an ea- 
dem ac R. lucens Poiret Encycl. Meth ?. 
% Culmi erecti 2-3-pedales et ultra, crassitie pennæ anserinz versus 
medium dichotome ramosi, ramique erecti aphylli compressi olivacei 
— -lepidoti. Vaginæ culne n cent, e ultra, arcte tubulatæ coria- 
subulato- 
C4 ? i 
