THAMNOCHORTUS, RESTIACEÆ (AUCTORE MASTERS). 393 
ferrugineæ, dorso medio nervo prominente notato. Spiculæ circa 8 mill, 
long. plurifloræ oblongæ. Bracteæ imprimis arcte imbricatæ, demum 
apice parum patentes, coriaceæ ferrugineæ lanceolatæ nervó medio 
prominente et apiee in mucronem terminalem producto. Flores 
obovati v. oblongi compressi arcuati bracteis paullo breviores. Peri- 
anthii segmenta oblonga ferruginea membranacea; externa brevioria, 
lateralia naviculari-conduplicata anguste alata apiculata glabra; in- 
terna oblonga planiuscula externis paullo longiora. Stamina inclusa. 
Antheræ apiculatæ. Plantæ femineæ culmus et vaginæ ut in mare. 
Spiculæ 3-4 in apice culmi approximatæ subglobosæ vel parum com- 
presse circa 18-14 mill. long., 10 mill. lat. singuli spatha aperta 
lanceolata coriacea ferruginea ad margines lacerat, quam spiculà 
2 plo brevior, suffultæ. Bracteæ rigidiuseulæ lanceolatæ 1-nerviæ. Flos 
breve stipitatus orbicularis compressus areuatus bractea vix brevior. 
Perianthii segmenta externa lateralia profunde alato-carinata, cariná 
glabra basi in stipite decurrente. Segmentum tertium antieum oblon- 
gum planiusculum; interiora 3 conformia minora. Ovarium haud vidi. 
Fructus oblique ovoideus Ariocaleris, l-spermus stylo persistente 
coronatus. 
Ad Pū Ba Sp. Grasbergrivier, | Giftberg (Drége, 2502), (Ecklon, 
16) 30g. (Drége, T39, 9512) Q^ 
& 2. Srxy1 2-3 (SrABEROH X SPECIES RpxrH), Spp. 11-16. 
— 11. T. imbricatus (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 10, p. 231 et 14. 
p. 421) ; vaginis aristulatis ; spiculis masculis subglobaso-turbinatis 
spathà suffultiente longioribus ; bracteis oblongis acutis vix muero- 
nulatis ; spiculis femineis e basi lata oblongis obtusis; stylis duobus.— 
Restio imbrieatus, Thunb. Diss., p. 9, n. 4, f. 4, ejusdem Flor. Cap., 
p. 83 (feminea). Leptocarpus iribricátns; Hh. Brown. Prodr., p. 250. 
Restio spicigerus 8 culmo-monostachyo, Nees in Linnæa 5. p.647, fide 
spec, authent. in herb. Sonder. Staberoha imbricata Kunth Enum. 3, 
p. 442 (quoad femineam). Thamnochortus æmulus Kunth Enum. 3, 
p. 489, quoad masculam. 
2: Rhizoma abbreviatum. Radices fibrosæ flexuosæ simplices. Culmi 
Cæspitosi basi squamis castaneis nitidis approximatis dense obsiti, 
superne remote vaginali teretes crassitie pennæ corvinæ simplices 
albido-tuberculati. V. aginæ culmeæ ad 3 cent. long. arcte tubulatæ 
coriacez fuscæ ; ad margines superne membranaceæ; apice sensim 
acutatæ quandoque filaceo-aristatæ. Culrai steriles dimidio breviores 
parce furcatim ramosi ramis crassis. Spiculæ mascula 2-5 in apice cul- 
mi approximate pedunculatæ, pedunculis e summa vagina nutantibus, 
singuli circa 15 mill. long. imprimis oblongæ demum subglobos:e ad 
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