326 MONOCOTYLEDONE.E. THAMNOCHORTUS, 
bitu sub globosis pluristachyiis. Spiculæ pedunculatæ ( pedunculis 
gracilibus complanatis nutantibus ) singulæ circa 1 cent. long. im- 
primis. cylindrato-oblongw demum clavato-turbinatæ, basi spatha 
oblonga acuta mucronata subæquilonga suffulie. Bracteæ imprimis 
arcte demum laxiuseule imbricatæ oblongo-obovatæ coriaceæ nitide 
ferrugineæ, sub apice rotundato, breviter mucronatæ. Flores arcuati 
braeteis dimidio breviores. Perianthii segmenta lineari-oblonga, late- 
ralia externa conduplicata anguste carinata, apice mucronulata; ter- 
tium intermedium oblongum acutum planiusculum; interiora 3 confor- 
mia minora. Filamenta gracilia. Antheræ lineari-oblongæ apiculatæ. 
Plante femineæ eulmus vaginæque ut in mare. Spiculæ in apice culmi 
solitari:e vel geminæ plurifloræ cuneato-oblongæ fere 2 cent. long. 
3-6 mill. lat. Bracteæ laxe imbricatæ oblongo-lanceolatæ coriaceæ 
spadiceæ flores suborbiculares compressos 3-4 plo superantes. Pe- 
rianthii segmenta membranacea lineis ferrugineis notata ; lateralia 
externa oblonga obtusa profunde alato-carinata, carinà membranaceà 
lacerata; tertium intermedium anticum oblongum obtusum membra- 
naceum ad margines laceratum superne ad dorsum fimbrilliferum 
nervoque medio notatum. Segmenta interiora 3 oblonga obtusiuscula 
membranacea lacerata. Fructus coriaceus oblongus obtusus superne 
lineo flavido notatus unilocularis i-spermus indehiscens. Styli 9 dis- 
tincti liguliformes intus villoso-stigmatosi exserti. 
Species in herbariis cum T. umbellato et T. imbricato valde confusa. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. (Thunberg! ; Krebs; Eckl. et Zeyher, 1, 12, 55, 7; 
Ecklon 11,841; Drége, 24; prope van Camps Bay (Burchell, 340, 6963 
pro parte); Wright, 490, 492; Admiral Grey; Burke; ad Table mt. 
(Milne, 217, 434; Bolus, 2881; D" Thom, 917). j'. (Drége, 29, 83), Si- 
mons Town (Wright, 491); prope Rondebosch (Burchell, 196 et in 
Valley Riviers Poort, 6963) 9 
d 14. T. distichus (Mast. Journ. Linn. Soc. 10, p. 239); eulmis 
grossiuscule tuberculatis; spiculis masculis femineisque conformibus 
oblongis complanatis ; Brabtéte demum distichis lanceolatis; stylis 
tribus.— Restio distichus Rottb. Progr., p. 11; ejusdem Descr. et Ic. 
Gram. p. 6, n. 6. t. 7, f. 5; Willd. Sp. Plant. IV, 2, p. 27 ; Spreng. 
Syst. Veg. 1, p. 185; Néds in Linnea 5, p. 687; Kunth Enum. 
Plant. 3, p. 409; Steud. Synops. 2, p. 354; Mast. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. 8, p. 243. Restio ? punctulatus Nees miss. ex Mast. l. c. 
% Culmi decumbentes erecti 1-1 !/, pedales crassitie pennæ cor- 
vin: et ultra teretes simplices vel parce furcatim ramosi, ramique 
erecti olivacei albido-tuberculati. Vaginæ 10-12 mill. long. arcte 
tubulatæ coriaceæ superne acutatæ mucronulatæ, ad margines hyalino- 
membranaceæ, Adsunt quandoque culmi steriles vix spithamæi - 
