m RESTIAGEÆ (AUCTORE MASTERS). 307 
Z Rhizoma ut videtur repens squamis obtectum. Culmi cæspitosi 
erecti 2-3 pedales crassitie pennæ corvinæ simplices vel parce dicho- 
tome ramosi rigidi teretes vel compressiusculi farcti cinerei impresso- 
punetulati maculis purpureis notati, basi vaginis parvis spadiceis 
approximatis vestiti, superne remote vaginati. Vaginæ arctæ 12-15 
mill. long. ellipticæ coriaceæ fuscæ nervoso-striatæ, sub apice mem- 
branaceo, mucronato-aristatæ, demum decidu:e basi annulo nigro per- 
sistente. Inflorescentia mascula paniculatim cymosa pluristachya con- 
ferta oblonga erecta terminalis 2-3 poll. longa spathis deciduis inter- 
stincta. Spiculæ plurifloræ. Bracteæ parvæ suborbiculares acuminatæ 
flores oblongos trigonos 8-4 mill. longos arcuatos vix æquantes. 
Perianthii segmenta rigida ferruginea ; externa 3 æqualia cymbiformia 
oblonga acuta; interna oblongo -acuta externis duplo longiora. Sta- 
mina inclusa. Antheræ apiculatæ. Pistilli 3-styli rudimentum. 
Plantæ femineæ culmus vaginæque omnino ut in mare. Flores feminei 
rotundati magnitudine pisi parvi in apice culmi in cymam linearem 
spiciformem dispositi sessiles vel pedicellati. Pedicelli complanati 
singuli spatha aperta vaginiformi decidua donati. Bracteæ ovatæ mu- 
cronatæ coriaceæ fuscæ, infimæ vacui, bractea fertilis flore oblongo 
brevior. Perianthii segmenta 6 subæqualia oblonga acuta cymbifor- 
mia rigida, Staminodia 3 liguliformia. Ovarium haud visum. Capsula 
triloba 3-loeularis angulis eminentibus per longitudinem dehiscens 
stylorum 3 vestigiis superata perjanthio persistente vix odore 
suffulta, 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. ad Genadendal (Mem-Burchell 7568 et ad Bosjeveld, 
8007); (Dr Thom, 901, 1021), '; (Zeyher, 4,335, Dr Thom 632) Qe 
(Eckl. et Zeyh. 56.6), Hottentotshollandberg (Eckl., 960); in monti- 
bus Nieuwekloof (Burchell, 8062) jet # 
3.1. m (Kunth Enum ay 458); culmis parum ramosis 
crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ ; inflorescentia mascula pluristachya, femi- 
nea paucistachya ; spiculis majusculis ovoideis spathas quandoque 
superantibus. — Steud. Synops. 2, p. 248 ; Mast. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc: 10, p. 250, Restio nudus var. paucifiórua, Nees in Linnæa 7, 
p. 631. Restio (Elegia) fuscus Nees mss. R. equisetaceus Rchb. mss. 
in herb. 
7 Culmi 2-3 pedales erecti teretes vel compressiusculi impresso- 
punctulati viridescentes parce dichotome ramosi ramique erecti elon- 
gati. Vaginæ 1-2 pollicares oblongæ mucronatæ coriaceæ. Inflores- 
centia mascula terminalis oblonga erecta pluristachya 3-4 poll. 
longa. Spiculæ 3-4 mill. long. subrotundæ plurifloræ spathis deci- 
duis interstinctæ. Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ late ovatæ coriaceæ ferru- 
gineæ ad margines membranaceæ. Flores compressiuseuli; vi sub- 
