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apice obtusato hyalino, subulato-mucronatæ, flores oblongos subtri- 
gonos vix superantes. Perianthii segmenta oblonga obtusa rigida 
fusca, lateralia naviculari-conduplicata carinata, carina glabra; 
interna 8 paulo breviora tenuiora conformia ; lateralia superne ad 
margines parum involuta. Filamenta brevia. Antheræ lineari-oblongæ 
apiculatæ flavidæ dorso ferrugineæ. Pistilli rudimentum nullum. Spi- 
culæ bracteæque femineæ masculinis conformes. Flos unicus ter- 
minalis bracteam stipantem superans. Perianthium ut in mare nisi 
segmentis internis rigidioribus. Staminodia 3 liguliformia. Ovarium 
rotundatum triloculare stylis 3 incurvatis intus villoso-stigmatosis 
ferrugineis superatum. Capsula coriacea 3-loba 3-locularis angulis 
eminentibus longitudinaliter dehiscens. Semina magna, 3-gona. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. ad Kommedakka (Burchell, n. 3322); m 
2016) ; Zwartkopsrivier, distr. Uitenhage (Eckl. n. 788) g et 9; 
Stellenbosch (Mundt ) £. 
B. Species australasicæ. 
91.R. applanatus (Spreng, Syst. Veg. 1,185); rhizomate lanugi- 
noso; culmis compressis glabris; vaginis arctis demum laceris; inflo- 
rescentia feminea terminali dense paniculatim cymosa.— Kunth Enum, 
3, p. 416; Steud. Synops 2, p. 255. F. Muell. Fragm. 8, p. 69 ; Benth. 
Flor. Austral. 7, ined. R. compressus, R. Br. Prodr. p. 245 nec 
Rottbæll. 
% Culmi cæspitosie rhizomate lanuginoso prolati 70-80 cent. long. 
simplices crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ compressi suleato--striati glabri. 
Vaginæ culmeæ 2 cent. long. arcte tubulatæ coriaceæ ferrugineo 
nervoso-striatæ apice acutatæ demum lacerato-destructæ. Inflorescen- 
tia feminea terminalis dense paniculatim cymosa pluristachya. Spiculæ 
sessiles vel pedunculatæ, pedunculis erectis, singulæ circa 3 mill. lat; 
ei long. subglobosæ basi spathà ipsa breviore suffultæ. Bracteæ oblon- 
gæ acuiæ coriaceæ ferrugineæ flores fructiferos vix superantes, Pe- 
rianthii segmenta lineari-oblonga; lateralia externa complicata rigidiora 
vix carinata intermedium anticum nec non interiora conformia cilio- 
lata. Staminodia 3. Ovarium 3- loculare stylis 8 elongatis fere ad ba- 
sin liberis superatum. Capsula 3-loba, lobis eminentibus, stylorum 
vestigiis coronata, 
In Australia austro-occidentali (B. Brown ; (Drummond) 9. 
92. R.laxus (R. Br. Prodr. 215); culmis glabris sulcàtis ; vaginis 
laxe patentibus; spiculis ovoideis solitariis vel paucis Wr — 
Kunth Enum. 8, p. 415; Steud. Synops.2; p. 255; Benth. Fl. Austral. 
1 ined. R. chasmatocoleus F. Muell. Fesquont. 8, qb siun 
