THAMNOCHORTUS. RESTIACEJE (AUCTORE MASTERS). 317 
Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ lanceolatæ coriaceæ nitide ferrugineæ ad 
margines anguste membranaceæ. Flores oblongi seu suborbiculares 
breviter stipitati. Perianthii segmenta rigidiuscula; segmenta externa 
lateralia alato-carinata glabra ; intermedium anticum lineari-oblongum 
mucronatum ; interiora 3 minora. Ovarium ovoideum stylo unico supe- 
ratum. 
Variat pubescentia magnitudine spicularum perianthiique segmentis 
sub anguste vel profunde alatis. Hane speciem verum Restionem 
dichotomum Linnæi esse rua annotatio Liunæi ipsi in volumine 
ejus. Syst. Nat. (ed. 12, t. 2,p. 135 addenda) in socielate Linneano 
Londinensi asservato. 
Ad Prom. D. Sp. (Sieber 230, Table Mountain Drège 130, Ecklon 84, 
Ludwig, Viellard. In planitie Capensi Krauss). (Masson, Thunberg, 
Ecklon 28, (Sieber, Harvey, Eckl. et Zeyh. 85. Droge. us fide 
Presl 
B globe culmis glabris ; penen femineis majoribus ; TO E, 
ko coy externis anguste a 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. Melkenhoult Kraal (Burchell 5548, et in Grœne Val- 
ley, 5642), (Vieliard). 
4. T. argenteus (Kunth Enum. 3, p. 432) albido-pubescens, 
inflorescentiæ masculi? elongatæ laxe paniculatim-cymosæ ramis pa- 
tenti-recurvis ; spiculis masculis lineari-clavatis ; spiculis femineis ma- 
juseulis approximatis. — Steud. Synops. 2, p. 259; Mast. in Journ. 
Linn, Soc, 10, p. 227. Restio argenteus Thunb. Diss., p. 14. 
% Culmi cæspitosi erecti bipedales basi squamis approximatis nigro- 
ss ieu obtecti, superne teretes velutino-tomentosi crassilie 
penne anserinæ ad vaginas ramosi, ramique iterum iterumque fur- 
cillati foliiferi. Culmi steriles spithamæi paulo supra basin ramosi hi- 
que furcillatım ramulosi foliosi quasi arbusculam efficientes. Vaginæ 
culmeæ 4-5 cent. long. arcte tubulatæ coriaceæ velutinæ superne 
sensim acutatæ profunde laceratæ. Vaginæ ramulales multo minores 
superne profunde hyalinæ laceratæ apiceque in folium lineare-filifor- 
mem arcuatum prona Inflorescentia mascula terminalis eximia laxe 
panieulatim-cymosa, cymis pluristachyiis ex axillis 3-4 vaginarum 
summarum ARUBA i Pedunculi ad vaginas sübfancicnlati gra- 
ciles complanati sursum dilatati pendentes. Spiculæ masculæ 3 cent. 
long. lineari-oblongæ basi spathá brevi bracteiforini suffultæ. Bracteæ 
arcte, demum laxiuscule imbricatæ oblongo-lanceolatæ chartaceæ 
l-nervie  argenteæ (vel quandoque. ferrugine:æ ?) [flores brevi-sti- 
pitatos oblongos 2-3 plo superantes. Perianthii segmenta oblonga 
rigidiuscula; lateralia externa cymbiformia apiculatæ profunde alato- 
carinata glabra ; tertium intermedium planiusculum ; interiora 3 
minora, Antheræ apiculatæ inclusæ. Plantæ femineæ culmus vaginæ 
