320 | MONOCOTYLEDONE.E. THAMNOCHORTUS. 
chell, prope Cape Town 924; Sieber, 114) 9. (Drège, 133, 2502 b, 
Eckl. et Zeyh. 56, 6, 88) jet 9 TA “ 
7. F. elongatus (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 10, p. 226, et 14, 
 .p. MG), cymis masculis in apice culmi approximatis patulis seu nu- 
tantibus ; spiculis lineari-oblongis ; bracteis lanceolatis aoa ED 
spiculis femineis ovoideo-oblongis. — Restio elongatus Thunb. 
Hoffm. Phytogr. Blait., p. 7; Flor. Cap. 1, 88. ?R. simplex Ford ex 
Steudelin Flora 1829, 1, p. 134. R. nutans Herb. Thunberg! vix 
ejus Flor. Cap. 1, p. 84. Thamnochortus dichotomus Kunth Enum. 3, 
p. 433 el Mast, l. c. pro parte. Restio paleaceus Nees in herb. variis 
pro parte. 
2: Culmi ezspitosi 40-60 cent. crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ basi va- 
ginis spadiceis coriaceis sursum increscentibus dense vestiti, superne 
teretes simplices vel parum ramosi aphylli staminei albido-lepidoti. 
Culmi steriles quandoque adsunt spithamei et ultra infra medium 
fureatim ramosi rami semiteretes iterum iterumque divaricato-ramo- 
sissimi, ramuli ultimi crassiusculi curvali foliacei; folia curvata subu- 
lata. Vaginto arcte tubulatæ 4-5 cent. long. coriaceæ fuscæ nervoso- 
striatte ad margines superne concolori-membranaceæ, apice acutatæ 
sensim acuminatæ acumine appresso, serius lacerato-destructæ. In- 
florescentia mascula paniculatim-cymosa, cymis pedunculatis paten- 
tibus seu recurvis, pedunculis ex axillis vaginarum 1-vel 2 summarum 
orientibus gracilibus complanatis glabris. Spiculæ 19-20 mill. long. 
oblongæ obtusæ basi spathá bracteiformi dimidio breviore sulfultæ. 
Bracteæ demum laxe sex-fariam imbricatæ lanceolatæ sensim acumi- 
nale rigidiuscule nitide castaneæ ad margines parum albido-mem- 
branaceæ, flores superantes. Flores lineari-oblongi. Perianthii seg- 
menta lineari-oblonga acuta, lateralia externa anguste alato-carinatà 
glabra ; tertium anticum conforme; interiora minora. Antheræ lineares 
mucronulatæ. Plantæ femineæ culmus vaginæque ut in mare. Spiculæ 
3-1 in apicem culmi in cymam erectam appressam 4-6 cent. longam 
distiche approximateque dispositæ, singulæ 15-20 mill. long. oblongæ 
oblusmscul: plurifloræ, basi spatha vaginiformi lacerata sub æquilon- 
ga suffultæ. Bracteæ demum laxiuscule imbricatæ lanceolatæ sensim 
aeuminat:e nitide castane:, ad margines anguste membranaceæ flores 
orbiculares arcuatos compressos duplo superantes. Perianthii seg- 
menta externa lateralia profunde alato-carinata glabra ; intermedium 
anticum oblongum planiuseulum ; interiora pm minora. Ova- 
rium ovoideo-globosum ferrugineum. Stylus e 
ürps magnitudine partium variabilis, cum T. sw ds in libris 
nec non in herbariis fere inenodonabile admixtus, a me etiam olim 
confusus. Differt tamen spiculis s vulgo majoribus vagiuis nec non 
