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THAMNOCHORTUS. RESTIACEÆ (AUCTORE MASTERS). 320 
naceæ sub apice aeutiusculo mucronatæ. Pedunculi e spatha termi- 
nali erecta gemini laxi penduli 2-3-stachyi. Spiculæ masculæ oblongie 
vel obovalæ complanatæ, 12-15 mill. long. Bracteæ undique arcte 
imbricatæ oblongo-lanceolatæ fere muticæ vel vix mucronatæ fer- 
rugineæ planiusculæ flores areuatos oblongos 2-3-plo superantes. 
Perianthii segmenta obiongo-acuta; lateralia externa cymbiformia cari- 
nata, carina anguste alata ; intermedium planiusculum; interna con- 
onmia tenuioria minora. Antheræ incluse apiculatæ flavidæ. Plantie 
femineæ culmi vaginæque ut in mare. Spiculæ in apice culmi 1 vel 2 
erectæ cylindratæ vel oblongæ plurifloræ, 4-5 cent., sing. spatha 
bracteiformi acutatato-mucronata suffultæ. Bracteæ squarrosæ 
oblongo-lanceolatæ coriaceæ concavæ fuscæ nervoso-striatæ flores 
compressos 3-4-plo superantes. Perianthii segmenta externa late- 
ralia arcuata obionga acutata conduplicata alato-carinata, carina inte - 
gra; tertium anticum oblongo-obtusum planiusculum, dorso nervo 
medio notatum ; segmenta interiora planiuscula oblongo-lanceolata ; 
posticum ad komegirai parum involutum. Ovarium turbinatum com- 
pressum coriaceum 1-loculare, stylis-3 intus stigmatoso-villosis 
exserlis superatum. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. (Burke, Sieber, Drége, 23 iiw Mossel-Bay Bur- 
chell 6319 pro parte; (Eckl. et Zeyh. 4. 12, 78. 8 .Prope Genaden- 
dal Burchell 7931; D* Gill; prope Réndebosch (Burchell 196 pro 
parte); Eckl. et Zeybór Q. (Eck. et Zeyh. 56. 6. pro parte) 4 et 9. 
m 13. T. cernuus (Kunth Enum. 3, p. 439 mas tantum); culis 
grossiuscule tuberculatis; spiculis masculis subglobosis, spatha sub- 
æquilonga suffultis ; , Brectaié lato obovato-oblongis breviter muerona- 
lis; spieulis femineis cuneato-oblongis ; stylis tribus.— Mast. in Journ. 
inn. Soc. 10. p. 232 et rus "E iae 28-37; tab. v, e, d. Restio 
ME YE Thunb. Diss. p. 10, . R. spicigerus, Lam. lll, 
t. 804, f. 2. 
X Rhizoma abbreviatum radices fibrosas simplices flexuosas emit- 
tens, superne culmos cæspitosos proferens. Culmi fertiles erecti circa 
30 cent. alti teretes simplices grossiuscule albido-tuberculati crassitie 
penna corvinæ, basi vaginis spadiceis glabris parvis dense obsiti 
superne remote vaginati, Culmi steriles, dum adsint, dimidio breviores 
tenuiores parce furcillatim ramosi, ramis filiformibus rigidis arcuatis 
ascendentibus foliiferis. Vaginæ culmeæ ad 3 cent. long. arcte tubu- 
latæ coriaceæ ferrugine:æ albido-maeulatie ad margines superne sub- 
concolori-membranaceæ, apice sensim acutatæ vix mucronatæ,Vaginæ 
folüferæ, sub apice hfalino bilobatæ, mueronato-foliace:, foliis. parte 
vaginante æ&quilongis, compressis erectis strictis vel arcuatis. Inflo- 
rescentia mascula panieulatim-eyinosa, cymis terminalibus: laxis am- 
