349 MONOCOTYLEDONEZÆ. LEPTOCARPUS. 
% Culmi 3 pedales erecti teretes simplices crassitie pennæ anserinæ, 
basi vaginis approximatis obtecti, superne remote vaginati tenuissime 
striati. Vaginæ 10-15 mill. long. arctæ obtusæ coriaceæ fuseæ ad 
margines superne vix membranaceæ, apice breviter mucronatæ. Inflo- 
rescentia mascula paniculatim cymosa. Cymæ parum diffuse ascen- 
dentes, infima» remotiusculæ nonnunquam minores, superiores appro- 
ximatæ, singuli; 6-8-stachyæ e vaginis laceris culmeis simillimis orien- 
tes. SEN singulæ circa 4 cent. long. oblongæ pedicellatæ pluriflo- 
ræ, spathá aperta oblongo-acuta acuminata ad margines membranacea 
spiculà dimidio breviore suffultæ. Bracteæ laxe imbricatæ oblongo-lan- 
ceolatæ mucronulaiæ coriaceæ ferrugineæ, superne membranacea flo- 
res oblongos superantes. Perianthii segmenta externa rigidiuscula, la- 
teralia naviculari-conduplicata carinata (carinà glabra) apice mucronu- 
lata; segmentum tertium anticum conforme æquale planiusculum. Seg- 
menta interna 3 externis conformia vix breviora tenuiora et e thalamo 
paullo altius enata. Filamenta 3 basi libera e thalamo seu disco carnoso 
enascentia. Anthere ovato-oblongæ apiculatæ. Inflorescentia feminea 
masculin:e conformis nisi minus ramosa spiculisque paucioribus. Spi- 
culæ pluriflorze, Perianthii segmenta exteriora 3 inæqualia lineari-lan- 
ceolata arcuata mucronata carinata, carina glabra. Segmenta interiora 
externis vix breviora planiuscula mucronulata. Staminodia nulla. 
Ovarium ovoideum stylo tereti longiusculo superne in ramos stigma- 
tosos 3 diviso superatum. Fructus haud visus. 
In axillis bractearum quarundam adsunt quandoque gemmæ squa- 
mæque seu flores abortivi. Prima Restiacea extra Africam australem 
vel Australiam lecta. 
Chile in provincia Valdiviensi, ad fluvium Rio negro, Arigue (Lechler, 
618 4 9. 
16. L. ceoangustatus (Nees in Pl. Preiss., 2, p. 65); rhizomate 
repente; culmis glabris; vaginis arctis mucronato-aristalis; spiculis 
masculis interrupte paniculatim cymosis; pedunculis albido-tomen- 
losis; bracteis perianthiique segmentis acuminato-aristatis ; floribus 
fines Stipitulatis, stipite ciliato; stylis 3. — F. Muell. Fragmenta, 
8, p. 94; Benth. Fl. Austr., 7, inéd. 
% Rhizoma procurrens crassitie pennæ anserinæ squamis lanugino- 
sis obtectum. Culmi segregati 50-70 cent. vel enim ad 11 /a met. (fide cl. 
Mueller) alti, crassitie pennæ corvinæ, basi squamis coriaceis glabris 
approximatis obtecti, superne teretes fistulosi, simplices vel superne 
parce ramosi glabri suleato-striati. Vaginæ culmeæ remotiusculie 
10-15 mill. long. arcte convolut:e coriace: fuscæ nervoso-striatæ su- 
perne hyalino-marginatæ mueronato-aristatæ. Inflorescentia mascula 
interrupte panieulatim cymosa 20-30 cent. long. Cymæ pedunculat, 
