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354 MONOCOTYLEDONEJE. ELEGIA; 
culmez circa 12 mill. laxe convolutæ oblongæ acutæ coriaceæ ad mar- 
gines tenuiores demum deciduæ annulum nigrum relinquentes. Jn- 
florescentia mascula femineaque conformis magnitudine sat variabilis 
e cyma composità lineari spiciformi constans, spathisque apertis 
coriaceis pallide ferrugineis oblongis acutis 10-15 cent. longis inter- 
stineta. Spiculæ plurifloræ arcte imbricatæ late ovatæ acutæ concavæ 
coriaceæ ferrugineæ apice hyalinæ muticæ vel vix mucronulatæ. Flo- 
res subtrigoni bracteas superantes. Perianthii segmenta rigidiuscula, 
externa cymbiformia obtusiuscula ; interiora parum longiora. Antheræ 
inclusæ lineari-oblongæ apiculatæ. In planta feminea flores parum 
majores perianthiique segmenta interiora quam externa vix longiora. 
Staminodia nulla. Fructus pyriformi-triangularis impresso punetula- 
tus perianthii persistente æquilongus, stylorum 3-vestigiis corona- 
tus. 
Species vulgatissima et quoad staturam inflorescenti:eque magni- 
tudinem sat variabilis. Cl. Nees varietates duas notavit nempe f culmo 
altiore sæpe ramoso, floribus pallidis majoribus et y panicula elongata 
ramis inferioribus longioribus magis compositer spathis formæ com- 
munium ad ramificationes primarias instructis. Formæ transitoriæ 
autem tam frequentes, faciesque ætate diversa ita variabiles ut pro 
varietates distinetas hasce formas habere nolim. In herbario Thun- 
bergiano planta cui nomen R. parviflorus adscripta ad Cannamoin 
scirpoidem attinet. 
 AdProm.B. Sp. (Robertson, Masson, Burchell locis hic citatis nem- 
pe Rondebosch, 822, Valley Riviers Poort, 7141, ad montes Bavian's 
Kloof, 7710, Nieweukloof, Donkerhoeksberg, Klein Draakenstein, 
Draakensteenberg, Dutoitskloof, 8066) ; (Drège nn. 110 statu juvenili, 
rs Epis 120, Es 196, 1639, 1646, 1619, 9455, s spec. robusta); 
(Eckl. et Zeyh. 75. ROOM Uam X. 11 : Ecklon in planitie 
capensi, m 591, 7i se 919), 7üshek 1739. d. Van Camps Bay 
(Burchell. 353 et ejusdem sd Donkerhoeksberg 7959, Nieuwekloof, 
8121, Genadendal, 8647), Zeyher, 1004 (vaginis sanguineis), (Ecklon, 
794), Hottentot's Hollandberg (Krauss) g. Denique ab omnibus fere 
collectoribus lecta. 
5. E. euspidata (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 10, p. 240); culmis à 
simplicibus farctis; vaginis deciduis; inflorescentia densa ; spathis de- 
mum deciduis ; bracteis ovatis longe cuspidatis ; perianthii segmentis 
oblongo-lanceoltis cuspidatis, flores subtrigonos dpi excepta) 
vix æquanti 
Y c paso sub metralis erectus simplex subcompressus 
farctus olivaceus impresso-punctulatus. Vaginæ culmeæ ad 8 cent. 
long. laxiuscule convolutæ ellipticze mucronatæ coriaceæ fuscæ ad 
Pi 
