LEPTOCARPUS. RESTIACEÆ (AUCTORE MASTERS). 391 
obovatus-obtusus nitidus perianthio persistente æquilongus. Styli 
liaud visi. Semen magnum ovoideum testà albidà nitidà tenui brevi 
obtectum.' 
In Australia austro-occidentali ad King George's Sound (R. Brown, 
Milne) j' et Q9; ad Swan River (Drummond, 945 (4, 944 9). Wil- 
son's Inlet locis humidis (Oldfield, 744 Q). 
2 2. SPICULÆ FEMINEÆ Î-FLORX. 
9. L. modestus (Mast. in Journ. Linn, Soc. 10, p. 225); eulmis 
' faseiculatim ramulosis glabris ; vaginis arctis longe aristatis.— Tham- 
nochortus modestus Kunth Enum. 3, p. 434, quoad pl. masc. Restio 
paleaceus Nees mss. pro parte. R. fruticosus herb. Thunberg. 
X% Culmi 1-1!/, pedales teretes crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ stra- 
minei punctulis purpureis dense obsiti, basi vaginis castaneis dense 
vestiti, superne remote vaginati, infra medium dichotome ramosi, ra- 
mis erecto-patentibus filiformibus ad vaginas fasciculatim ramulosis 
ramulis curvatis foliiferis. Vaginæ culmeæ 15-20 mill. arctæ ellipti- 
cæ coriaceæ, sub apice membranaceo demum destructo, longe aris- 
tate. Vaginie ramulales minores superne hyalino-bilobat:e aristatæ, 
arista sæpius in folium linearem arcuatum producta. Spiculæ mas- 
cule 5-7 in apice ramulorum distiche spicatimque dispositæ, singuli 
5-6 mill. oblongæ obtusæ compressi basi spathà vaginiformi parum 
breviore suffultæ. Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ oblongo-lanceolatæ co- 
riaceæ pallide ferrugineæ, dorso nervo medio prominente notatæ. 
Flores stipitulati oblongi bracteis breviores. Perianthii segmenta 
lineari-oblonga obtusa; lateralia naviculari-conduplicata carinata, 
Carina glabra; tertium anticum planiusculum nervo medio notatum; 
interiora 3 conformia tenuiora vix breviora. Anther:e lineari-oblongæ. 
Spiculæ femine: conformes, 1-floræ. Bracteæ ut in mare, unica fer- 
lilis. Perianthium omnino ut in mare. Staminodia minuta. Fructuse 
immaturus 3-gonus coriaceus 1-locularis stigmatibus 3 superatus, 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. Table Mount. (Drége 138 b.) ad Albany (Williamson), 
(Eckl. et Zeyh. 82), Graham's Town (Eckl.), Bosjeveld (Burchell 8016 
pro parte). 4 ; (Drège 7) 9. 
B. Flores masculi spicati, feminei fasciculati vel glomerati. 
10, L. Brownii (Hook. fil. Fl. Tasman. 2, p. 73, t. 136) ; rhi- 
zomate repente; culmis albido-lepidotis ; vaginis arctis brevi-mucro- 
natis; spiculis masculis paucis dense paniculatim cymosis; pedunculis 
cano-tomentosis; spiculis femineis spicatim cymosis; bracteis ovato- 
lanceolatis caslaneis hyalino--limbatis ; perianthii segmentis angusle 
Suns au Prodromus. 22 
