PST UNA UMEN UM ONE SSL no Got à LS de LS Ed OS, 
THINOexOKTOS. RESTIACEÆ (AUCTORE MASTERS). 315 
pedunculis ex axillis vaginarum summarum subfasciculatim orien- 
tibus erecto-patentibus. Spiculæ mascule 15 mill. long. imprimis 
lineari-cylindratæ demum oblongæ obtusæ basi spathá lanceolata 
quarta parte breviore suffultæ. Bracteæ sexfariam imbricatæ imprimis 
arcte demum laxiuscule patentes lanceolatæ ferrugineæ coriaceæ flores 
oblongos stipitatos vix superantes. Perianthii segmenta rigidiuscula 
ferruginea, lateralia cymbea, cetera planiuscula oblongo-acuta, inte- 
riora minora. Filamenta brevia. Antheræ lineari-oblongæ aploulatæ 
- flavidæ dorso ferrugineæ. Plante femineæ culmus vaginæque omnino 
utin mare. Inflorescentia minus ramosa subspicata. Pedunculi ex 
axillis vaginarum solitarii vel subfasciculati angulati, erecti vix 
patentes. Spiculæ circa 2 cent. long. oblongo obtuso plurifloræ 
basi spathà brevi bracteiformi suffultæ. Bracteæ sex - fariam 
imbricatæ ad apices demum patentes oblongo-lanceolatæ acutæ ferru- 
gineæ coriaceæ. Flores suborbiculares. Perianthii segmenta lateralia 
externa glabra profunde alato-carinata; intermedium anticum oblongo- 
lanceolatum planiusculum ; interiora 8 conformia minora versus apicem 
quandoque involuta basi parum incrassata. Ovarium obovoideum stylo 
unico plumoso-stigmatosum superatum. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. in planitie Capensi (Ecklon 567, Masson) (7 ; (Drége 
227) Q. (Thunberg!, Adm. Gray, Eckl. et Zeyh. 78, 4)? et 9. 
2. T. giganteus (Kunth Enum. 3, p. 435); inflorescentiæ mas- 
culæ 30-40 cent. longæ laxe paniculatim cymosæ ramis patenti-recur- 
vis ; spiculis ovato-oblongis; bracteis oblongis fere muticis. — Steud. 
Synops. 2, p. 259 ; Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 10, $ 231. 
% Rhizoma ignotum. Culmi 3-4 pedales et ultra basi crassitie digiti 
minimi approximate vaginati superne tenuiores ad vaginas subfas- 
ciculatim furcillatimque ramulosi teretes olivacei impresso-punctulati 
maculisque nigro-purpureis Je OUS. Ramuli filiformes erecto- 
patentes folüferi. Vaginæ infimæ 5-6 cent. long. arcte convolutæ 
coriaceæ fuscæ versus apicem sensim acutatæ E ad margines 
parum destructo-membranaceæ. Vaginæ summæ conformes nisi 
magnitudine minores. Vaginæ ramulales breviter bt coriaceæ 
fuscæ superne hyalino-bilobatæ ad apicem in folium lineare arcuatum 
vel strictum desinentes. Inflorescentia mascula laxe paniculatim- 
cymosa circa 80 cent. long. Cymæ pedunculatæ pluristachyæ. Pedun- 
culi ex axillis vaginarum 6-8 summarum orientes sing. 8-10 cent. 
long. patentes seu penduli complanati glabri. Spiculæ oblongæ acutæ 
circa 8 mill. long., 4 mill. lat. secus pedunculos distiche remotiuscule- 
que dispositæ sessiles seu pedicellatæ singulie spathà oblonga coriacea 
nitide ferruginea apice longiuscule aristata spiculâ ipsa dimidio bre- 
