THAMNOCHORTUS., RESTIACEÆ (AUCTORE MASTERS). 321 
bracteis superne acutis sensim nee abrupte acuminatis bracteisque 
nitide ferrugineis. Specimina collectorum. sequentium sæpissime sub 
eodem numero T. dichotomi etiam exemplaria offerunt. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. ( Thunberg, Bergius, Pappe, Table Mount, (Bur- 
chell 525, 8629, Bolus 2283, Viellard, Lehman) |. (Blackburn, Admi- 
ral Grey) 9. ad Mossel Bay, (Burchell, 6284, prope Genadendal 
(1995, et ad Bosjeveld, 8126), (Zeyher 1741, Bolus, Leibold) |j! et ®). 
. T. erectus (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 14, p. 419) ; cymis 
CRE in apice culmi aggregatis patulis seu nutantibus ; bracteis 
oblongis sub muticis; perianthii segmentis muticis. — Restio erectus, 
Thunb. Diss., p. 308, n. 10 !. R. paleaceus, Nees in herb. variis, par- 
tim. 
x% Culmi erecti forsan metrales? teretes crassitie penne gallinaceæ 
straminei obsolete impresso-punetulati albidoque lepidoti. Vaginæ 
culmeæ 3-4 cent. long. arcte tubulatæ coriacec fascæ nervoso-striatæ 
ad margines superne tenuiores concolores, apice acutatæ aeuminato- 
mucronatæ, mucrone brevi appresso, serius destructo-laceratæ. Inflo- 
rescentia mascula terminalis dense paniculatim-cymosa cymis plurista- 
chyiis pedunculatis ex axillis vaginarum summarum 2-vel 3 orientibus 
erecto-patentibus quandoque reflexis, spathis apertis lanceolatis vagi- 
niformibus serius laceratis interstinctis. Spiculæ singulæ circa 6 mill. 
long. cylindrato-oblongæ acute plurifloræ, basi spathà bracteiformi 
dimidio breviore suffultæ. Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ oblongæ acutae 
coriacez nitide ferrugineæ, sub apice hyalino, breviter aeuminato-mu- 
cronatæ. Flores masculi oblongi pedicellati bracteà stipante vix bre- 
viores. Perianthii segmenta lineari-oblonga lateralia externa naviculari- 
conduplicata vix carinata glabra rigidiuscula castanea ; intermedium 
tertium planiusculum ; interiora 3 paulo minora tenuiora pallidioraque. 
Filamenta brevia. Antheræ lineari-oblongæ apiculatæ. Plantæ femineæ 
culmus vaginæque ut in mare. Inflorescentia terminalis subpanicu- 
latim cymosa lineari-oblonga pluristachya spathis lanceolatis inter- 
stincta 6-8 cent. long. Spiculæ sessiles vel pedunculo complanato 
erecto appresso spiculà æquilongo sublevatæ, singulæ oblong:e acutae 
circa 1 cent. long. demum compresse» suborbiculatæ spatha bractei- 
formi subæquilonga suffultæ. Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ, demum ad 
apices laxiuscule patentes, lanceolatæ vix mucronulatæ coriaceæ cas- 
taneæ, Flores orbiculares breve stipitati quam bracteæ duplo minores. 
Perianthii segmenta externa lateralia oblonga latissime alato-carinata 
glabra; intermedium oblongum acutum ; interiora 3 tenuiora vix bre- 
vigra e basi Jata  acutiuscula ad margines parum involuta. Ovarium 
Stylus exsertus. Fructum haud vidi. 
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