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THAMNOCHORTUS. RESTIACEÆ (AUCTORE MASTERS): 319 
nec Linn. R. Thamnochortus Thunb. Diss., p. 15, n. 13; Flor. Cap., 
p. 86. R. paleaceus Nees in herb, variis (pro parte). Thamnochortus 
consanguineus Kunth Enum. 3, p. 432. T. Ecklonianus 9 Kunth 
l. c., p. 430. 
% Rhizoma repens crassitie pennæ anserinæ dense squamatum, : 
squamis seu vaginis approximatis spadiceis sursum increscentibus. 
Culmi subeæspitosi teretes 1/,-1 metrales crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ 
albido-lepidoti, fertiles simplices vel ramis paucis semiteretibus (non- 
nunquam ramosissimis foliosis) instructi. Rami steriles si adsint 
quam spicigeri breviores ramosissimi foliosi. Vaginæ culmeæ arctæ 
2-4 cent. long. coriaceæ fuscæ striatæ superne membranaceæ demum 
lacerie. Vaginæ ramulales minores sub apice laciniate villosæ et in 
folium subulatum productæ, Inflorescentia mascula terminalis laxe 
paniculatim-cymosa, cymis pluristachyis pedunculatis, pedunculis ex 
axillis vaginarum summarum orientibus imprimis erectis demum pa- 
tentibus vel pendulis, Spiculæ singulæ 10-12 cent, imprimis cylin- 
dratæ acutæ demum late oblongo plurifloræ spathà bracteiformi 
dimidio breviore suffultæ. Bracteæ imprimis arcte tandem versus 
apicem laxiuscule patentes oblongæ abrupte acuminatæ pallide fer- 
rugineæ ad margines profunde hyalino-membranaceæ apice in mu- 
eronem longiusculum protractæ. Perianthii segmenta externa lateralia 
oblonga conduplicata apiculata vix carinata; tertium anticum oblongo- 
lanceolatum ; interiora 3 oblonga hyalina parum minora, Antheræ 
lineari-oblongæ apiculatæ. Plante femineæ culmus vaginæque ut in 
mare. Spiculæ femineæ 7-12 in cymam linearem terminalem remo- 
tiuscule. dispositæ spathis lanceolatis pallide ferrugineis interstinc- 
tæ, singule oblongo-subglobosæ circa 10 mill. long. 8 mill. lat. 
Bracteæ lanceolatæ pallide ferrugineæ ad margines hyalinæ. Perian- 
thium suborbiculare arcuatum compressum. Segmenta externa late- 
ralia profunde alato-carinata glabra; tertium intermedium oblongum 
acutum ; interiora 9 minora hyalina. Fructus sub globosus styli vesti- 
giis coronatus. 
Species magnitudine variabilis ab auctoribus necnon a me ipso con- 
fusus. In herbariis sepissime cum T. elongato admistus, differt tamen 
spiculis tam masculis quam femineis minoribus, bracteis pallidioribus 
Siepissime cum T. elongati exemplaribus admixta ob quam causam 
numeri hic infra citati cunctanter et haud sine examinatione sunt 
accipiendi. 
Ad Prom. B. Sp. ( Menzies, Sieber 116, 223; Burchell ad 
van Camp's Bay 333, et ad George -Village 6033; Rottler, Thom 
(juvenilis), Gill, Giftherg (Dróge, 135 juvenilis) c, (Drège, 198, B 
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