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versus basin furcillatim ramulosi, ramulis ultimis curvatis foliiferis, 
foliis arcuatis tubulatis. Spiculæ masculæ solitariæ vel 2-3 raro-5-6 
in apice culmi appressæ erectæ, singulæ circa 15 mill, long. oblongæ 
cempressæ. Bracteæ imprimis arcte demum laxe imbricatæ lanceolatæ 
coriaceæ pallide ferrugineæ flores subtrigonos superantes. Perianthii 
segmenta externa oblonga obtusiuscula; lateralia cymbea ad carinas 
villosula ; tertium planiusculum ; interiora 3 oblongo-lanceolata minora 
basi indiscreta. Antheræ lineares apiculatæ. Pistillodium minutum 
9-stylum. Plantæ femine: eulmus vaginæ et inflorescentia ut in mare. 
Spieule femineæ circa 15 mill. long. imprimis cylindratæ acute 
demum oblongæ compressæ erectæ plurifloræ, basi spathá apertâ 
suffulta spathaque lanceolata aristata coriacea ferruginea ad margines 
membranacea spiculà dimidio brevior. Bracteæ imprimis arcte, 
demum laxe disticheque imbricatæ lanceolatæ coriaceæ ferrugineæ, 
marginibus membranaceis basi decurrentibus, flores oblongos tri- 
gonos arcuatos triplo superantes. Perianthii segmenta rigidiuscula 
æqualia oblonga obtusiuscula; lateralia externa conduplicata alato- 
carinata, carina demum lacera; segmenta interiora inier se æqualia 
quam externa parum breviora ovato-lanceolata sub hyalina, ima basi 
indiscreta, Staminodia nulla. Ovarium cuneatum trigonum subferru- 
gineum abortu 2-loculare stigmatibus 3 villoso-plumosis coronato. 
Fructum haud vidi. 
Ad Pr. Sp. Tulbagh (Zeyher, 35); Witsenberg (Zeyher, 1737); 
(Ecklon et Zeyher 1, 12, 77, 9); in monte Tabulari ( Ecklon) ;/. Pam- 
pud 
poes Kraal (Zeyher, r, 1791]; Valley Riviers Poort (Burchell, 7040) Q. 
15. 'T. earieinus sp. n. ; inflorescentia mascula terminali 
pluristachya; spiculis parvis erectis oblongis; bracteis oblongis. — 
estio caricinus Masson mss. in herb. Mus. Britt 
X Culmi erecti teretes simplices olivacei impresso-punctulati, re- 
mote vaginati. Vaginæ arcte tubulatæ circa 3 cent. long. coriaceæ 
striatæ ferrugineæ superne sensim acutatæ cito laceratæ. Inflorescen- 
tia mascula terminalis paniculatim-cymosa pluristachya. Spiculæ pe- 
dunculatæ erectæ 4-5 mill. long. oblongæ obtusæ plurifloræ. Bracteæ 
undique arcte imbricatæ oblongæ, ad margines superne plus minus 
laceratæ, flores subtriquetros vix superantes. Perianthii segmenta li- 
neari-oblonga mutica; lateralia conduplicata anguste alato-carinata 
glabra; tertium anticum planiusculum ; interiora 3 minora conformia. 
Antheræ lineares apiculatæ. Feminea adhuc ignota. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. ( Masson, ad Simon's n (C. Wright), D" Thom., 
900) «7. 
16. T. gracilis, sp. n.; culmis gracilibus; spiculis femineis 
