324 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. THAMNOCHORTUS. 
basin cuneatæ ibique spatha bracteiformi dimidio breviore suffultæ. 
Bracteæ undique arcte imbricatæ, demum ad apices laxe patentes, co- 
riaceæ ferrugineæ nitidæ oblongæ acutæ inferiores latiores acutato- 
mucronaiæ. Perianthii segmenta hyalina medio ferruginea glabra, 
exteriora paulo longiora, lateralia acutata sub-mucronulata, navicula- 
ri-carinata, carina ferruginea anguste alata; tertium intermedium acu- 
tatum; interiora 3 planiuscula paulo minora. Anther:e lineares aristu- 
latæ. Plantæ femineæ culmus vaginæque, ut in mare. Spice solitariæ 
vel geminæ sessiles vel pedunculatæ erectæ ad 2-3 cent. long. oblongæ 
obtusæ plurifloræ, basi vaginà seu spathà aperta dimidio breviore suf- 
fultæ. Bracteæ imprimis arcte, demum laxe, imbricatæ subsquarrosæ 
ovatæ superne angustatæ apice truncatæ striatæ coriaceæ ferruginece 
glabræ flores 2-3 plo superantes. Perianthii segmenta subæqui- 
longa ; lateralia externa naviculari-conduplicata profunde alato-cari- 
nata, carinà seu alà membranaceà crispata margine quasi erosa; ter- 
tium intermedium planiuseulum nervo medio notatum; interiora 9 
conformia minora. Ovarium pyriforme stylis 2 elongatis superatum. 
Fructus oblongus obtusus coriaceus stylorum vestigiis coronatus. 
Semina non vidi. i 
Ad Prom. B. Sp. (Burke, Eckl. et Zeyh. 56. 6, 1. 11, 1. 12; 
Eckl. 588; ad Wynberg Burchell 789 ; Admiral Grey; Dutoits- 
kloof Drège 1692; Wallich) |. (Thunberg ! ; Maton; Lind; Ecklon, 83; 
D: Thom., 908 ; Drège, 29, 2511 ; Burchell, 6319 pro parte, 7931 ; ad 
Simons Bay ( Milne, 227 et 433); Wright, 493) Q. In valle fluvii 
Brede (Bolus, 2880) ; et Q. 
> p. stenopterus, Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 40, p.231 et 44, p. 416; 
perianthii segmentis anguste alalis, pro ceteris ut in typo.-Staberoha 
stenoptera Kunth Enum. 3, p. 443. Restio tetwasepalus. Steud. Synops: 
2, p. 251. Restio vaginatus Herb. Thunb. ! 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. (Admiral Grey). Dutoitskloof (Drège, 27, 29, 1636; 
(Wallich) ©. Nr 
p 12, T. umbellatus (Kunih Enum. 3. p. 440); Culmis papu- 
^ losis; spiculis masculis oblongis vel obovatis; bracteis oblongo-lan- 
ceolatis fere muticis; spiculis femineis solitariis vel geminis erectis 
eylindrato-oblongis; stylis 3.— Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 10. p. 232, 
14, p. 416. Restio umbellatus, Thunb. Diss. p. 11. n. 5. f. 8.? nec 
ejus herb. !. Restio distachyos, Rottb. Desc. et Ic. p. 8, t. 3. f. 5, 
quoad femineam. Leptocarpus distachyus, R. Brown. Prod. p. 250. 
Staberoha? distachya, Kunth Enum. 3. p. 444; Steud. Synops. 2, p. 260. 
% Culmi bipedales et ultra erecti teretes simplices rigidiusculi 
crassitie pennæ corvinz papulosi rugulosi. Vaginæ arcte convolutæ 
4-3 cent. long. coriaceæ fuscæ, nervoso-striatæ superne membra- 
