329 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. THAMNOCHORTUS. 
Sub nomine Restionis paleacei specimina diversorum specierum 
indicavit cl. Nees in herbariis variis. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. (Thunberg !, Adm. Grey) £. (Eckl., 77) 4 et 9. 
9. T. Burchellii, t. 2, fig, 16-27; t. 5 p. 8, a, b; cymis mascu- 
lis in apice culmi approximatis ; bracteis mucronulalis; perianthii 
segmentis masculis apiculatis, interioribus minoribus. 
2 Rhizoma ut videtur procurrens squamis nitidis badiis approxi- 
matis dense vestitum. Culmi superne remote vaginati aphylli 2-3 pe- 
dales teretes crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ obsolete impresso-punctulati 
maculisque purpureis minimis obsiti. Vaginæ eulmeæ 20-25 mill. 
arcte tubulatæ coriaceæ fuscæ nervoso-striatæ, apice sensim angustata 
demum laceratæ. Inflorescentia mascula terminalis 5-6 cent. long. dense 
paniculatim cymosa pluristachya. Pedunculi breves erecto-patentes 
seu reflexi complanati. Spicule 1 cent. long. 3-4 mill. lat. oblongæ 
rectæ vel arcuatæ spatha lanceolata vix breviore suffultæ. Bracteæ 
oblongæ coriaceæ castanese, sub apice obtusiusculo tenuiori concolori, 
mucronulatæ flores oblongos brevi-stipitatos paulo superantes. Peri- 
anthii segmenta lineari-oblonga ferruginea chartacea ; lateralia externa 
naviculari-conduplicata mucronata vix carinata glabra; intermedium 
tertium planiusculum ; interiora 3 conformia minora pallidiora. Fila- 
menta gracilia. Antheræ lineari-oblong:e apiculatæ, Plantæ femineæ cul- 
mus vaginæque ut in mare. Inflorescentia terminalis sub paniculatim 
cymosa pluristachya. Spiculæ 10-15 mill. oblongæ vel subglobosæ 
plurifloræ. Bracteæ lanceolatæ coriaceæ fuscæ demum apice patentes. 
Perianihii segmenta externa lateralia profunde alato-carinata apiculata ; 
tertium intermedium aliquantum brevius; interiora 9 æquilonga ad 
margines involuta. Ovarium ovoideum perianthio multo brevius. Sty- 
lus exsertus. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. ad Great Brakke River. ( Burchell, 6169; Drège, 
129) Jet 9. 
> 10. T. platypteris (Kunth Enum. 3, p. 429 Q ); cymis masculis 
in apice culmi approximatis patulis seu nutantibus; perianthii masculi 
segmentis interioribus longioribus ; perianthii feminei segmentis late- 
ralibus profunde alatis, alis bractea stipante multo latioribus.— Steud. 
Synops. 2, p. 258 9; Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 10, p. 226, £ et 9. 
2: Culmi 2-3 pedales erecti simplices teretes crassitie pennæ galli- 
naceæ albido-lepidoti. Vaginæ culmeæ 5 cent. long. arcte tubulatæ 
superne lanceolatæ mucronulatæ ad margines concolores membra- 
naceæ. Inflorescentia mascula terminalis erecta vel subnutans pluri- 
stachya, spatha aperta vaginiformi erecta suffulta. Pedicelli laxi com- 
planati ad margines villosuli. Spathæ lanceolatæ acutatæ coriaceæ 
