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chotome vel subfasciculatim ramosi ramique compressi fusco-olivacei 
impresso. vtuboroulati, Vaginæ culmeæ 3 cent. et ultra arcte tabulais m: 
,punctulatæ 
membranaceo, valide longeque subulato-mucronatæ, muerone ap- 
presso. Spiculæ 5-12 in apice ramulorum in cymas lineares distichas 
spiciformes approximate, singulæ 12-15 mill. long. imprimis cylin- 
drato-oblongæ, demum cuneata: compresse basique spathà vagini- 
formi spiculam ipsam subæquante (tandem decidua) suffulta. Bracteæ 
arcte demum laxe imbricatæ oblongo-lanceolatæ mucronatæ ferrugi- 
neæ coriaceæ flores oblongos duplo superantes. Flores masculi ovoi- 
dei acuti arcuali breviter stipitati. Perianthii segmenta exteriora 
rigida lanceolata ; lateralia conduplicata villoso-carinata; anticum pla- 
niusculum ; interiora 3 paullo minora conformia. Filamenta capilla- 
ria. Antheræ lineari-oblongæ muticæ, Pistillodium minutum. Flores 
feminei masculinis conformes. Ovarium subtrigonum obtusum stylis 
dense ferrugineo-villosis superatum. 
r. B. Sp. (Eckl. et Zeyh. 56. 5: Drége, 33; ARTT, 4350 ; 
Burchell, 5900, 7388) 7 et 9. (Burchell, 1388) 9. 
$, major. culmis ramisque robustioribus; vaginis superne late 
pe spiculis quam in typo fere duplo majoribus. 
. Sp. (Sieber Fl. Cap. 224) |j; (Burchell, 568, locis humidis 
in em Tabulari Ecklon, 842, ; 819 ; Eckl. et Zeyh, 5158; ; Babyloons- 
ketoorne Zeyher 4350; (Drége, n^ 8) 9. 
86. R. saroelados (Mast. sp. nov.); ramis virgato-ramosis- 
simis teretibus ; vaginis mucronatis ; spiculis cylindratis demum cu- 
neatis ; bracteis lanceolato-acuminatis. 
% Culmi cæspitosi 18 pollicares erecti vel decumbentes crassitie 
pennæ gallinaceæ, infra medium dichotome ramosissimi ramique dense 
erecto-patentes teretes crassitie pennæ corvinæ olivacei albido-lepi- 
doti. Vaginæ 19-15 mill. arctæ coriaceæ fuscæ striatæ, sub apice 
obtuso membranaceo concolori, subulato-mucronatæ, mucrone ap- 
presso. Rami spiculigeri longiores simplices vel saltem minus ra- 
mosi. Spiculæ femineæ ut videtur solitariæ vix pollicares pluriflore . 
imprimis cylindrato-lanceolate demum cuneatæ compresse basi 
spatha vaginiformi spiculà dimidio breviore cinctæ. Bracteæ imprimis 
arcte demum laxe patentes oblongo-lanceolatæ coriaceæ ferrugineæ 
purpureo-maculatæ, sub apice tenuiori, sensim acuminatæ, basi ad 
margines ita decurrentes ut axis spiculæ alata evadat. Flores stipitu- 
lati oblongi obtusi bracteis duplo brevioribus. Perianthii iai 
externa pou obtusa npn lateralia eonduplieata vi 
