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RESTIO; RESTIACEA (AUCTORE MASTERS). 29'i 
ginati viridi-olivacei minulissime impresso-punctulali albidoque lepi- 
doti. Vagina vix 2 cent. ellipticæ coriaceæ nervoso-striatæ fusces- 
centes, sub apice obtusiusculo vix membranaceo, subulato-mucronalæ, 
mucrone appresso. Spiculæ masculæ ad 2 cent. long. solitariæ vel 
geminæ sessiles vel pedunculatæ, plurifloræ cylindrato-oblongæ ob- 
tusæ basi spathà vaginiformi valide subulato-mucronata spiculà vix 
dimidio breviore suffultæ. Bracteæ undique arcte imbricatæ suborbi- 
culares cartilagineæ glabræ tenuiter nervoso-striatæ, sub apice rotun- 
dato vix membranaceo, obsolete mucronatæ vel ferrugineo-maculatæ . 
Flores ovati dorso compressi bracteis paulo breviores. Perianthii 
segmenta oblonga obtusa lateralia naviculari-conduplicata membra- 
nacea vix carinata dorso medio ferrugineo glabro ; anticum oblongum 
obtusum planiusculum nervis 2 ferrugineis aliquando notatum lateralia 
æquans vel enim paulo superans. Segmenta interiora 3 conformia 
hyalino-membranacea oblonga obtusissima externis breviora. An- 
theræ ovatæ acutæ mucronulatæ demum exsertæ. 
Vera R. digitatus Thunbergii, ut ex CORR Hon speciminum 
herbarii Thunbergiani confirmavi longe est alia. plan 
d Pr. B. Sp. ad Hottentotshollandberg (Ecklon, S (Drége, : 22) 
Nieuwe Kloof, (Burchell, 8072 ;) (Eckl. et Zeyh., 595) c. 
95. R. gracilior (F. Muell. in herb.); rhizomate repente; cul- 
mis cæspitosis, vaginis arctis striatis; PE, S De 5i terminali- 
bus subpaniculatis. — Benth. Flor. Austral. 7. 
2; Rhizoma repens s:uamis fere glabris obtectum. Culmi 18 polli- 
cares cæspitosi erecti crassitie pennae Corvinæ sparse ramosi ramique ` 
erecti teretes sulcato-striati. Vaginæ culmeæ circa 15 mill. long. arcte 
tubulatæ coriaceæ ferrugineæ striatæ lanceolatæ apice concolores 
membranaceæ mucronatæ seu, mucrone delapso, sub-truncatæ. Spi- 
culi? masculæ oo ad apices ramulorum in cymas distichas subpanicu- 
latas disposite, singulæ circa 6-7 mill. long. oblongæ basi spatha 
bracteiformi spiculam ipsam subæquante suffultæ. Bracteæ oblongæ 
acuminatæ ferrugineæ flores brevi-stipitatos vix superantes. Perian- 
thii segmenta oblonga, lateralia externa naviculari-conduplicata alato- 
carinata glabra; segmenta interiora minora planiuscula. Antheræ 
lineares apiculatæ. Pistillodium minutum. Femina adhue ignota. 
In Australia austro-occidentali. (Drummond, 68, 71) c 
96. R. eonferto-spieatus (Steud. Synops. 2, p. 256); cul- 
mis cospitosis villosis; vaginis laxis; spiculis masculis in capitula 
lateralia remota dispositis. — Benth. Fl. Austral. 7 ined. 
% Toia planta, perianthio florumque partibus exceptis, plus minus 
albido-pubescens. Rhizoma vix repens (Benth j. Culmi cæspilosi 
