356 MONOCOTYLEDONEX. rides: 
Ad Prom. B. Sp. Krombek River (Burchell, 7179 et ad Nieuwekloof 
8140); Dutoitskloof, Welgelegen, Drége, 106 ves E parte, £" et Q. 
In planitie capensi (Eckl, et Zeyh. 1. 11, 12); Drège, 102, 
107, 1640, 2518), prope Rietfontein (Berol 3996) d. (Drè ège, 
1640, ad Nieuwekloof (Burchell, 8057), (Harvey, 200, Dr. Thom) ©. 
7. E. fistulosa (Kunth Enum. 3, p. 467); culmo fistuloso; vaginis 
deciduis mucronatis ; inflorescentia elongata compacta spathis mag- 
nis deciduis munita; bracteis ovatis mucronatis ; perianthii segmentis 
obtusiusculis ; — Steud. Synops, 2, p.261; Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
10, p. 243 
% Culmi erecti submetrales teretes simplices crassitie pennæ anse- 
ring? griseo-viriduli impresso-punetulati fistulosi remote vaginati. 
Vaginæ delapsæ basi persistente annulari. Inflorescentia mascula 5-15 
cent. long. terminalis oblonga compacta ramosissima. Spathæ basi 
convolutæ uberes no Renan RE ASE QBUS fuscæ extus 
impresso 
aristatæ dorso exasperatæ nervoque medio prominente notatæ. Brac- 
teæ late ovatæ concavæ mucronatæ membranaceæ pallide ferrugineæ 
carinatæ glabræ floribus vixdimidio breviores. Flores trigoni circa 2 mill. 
long. Perianthii segmenta exteriora late oblonga obtusa carinata ferru- 
gineapuncticulata. Segmenta interna conformia externis duplo longiora. 
Antheræ incluse. Pistilli rudimentum minutum. Inflorescentia feminea 
terminalis spiciformis circa 8 cent. long. Spathæ in inflorescentia ju- 
venili undique laxe imbricatæ apertæ planiuscule ovato-oblongæ acu- 
tatæ mucronatæ membranaceæ fuscæ 2-3 cent. long. Flores feminei 
trigoni subsessiles. Bracteæ ovatæ acutæ concave dorso cariuatæ 
flore dimidio breviores. ARABE segmenta externa oblonga obtusius- 
cula cymbea glabra; interiora lato-oblonga externa subæquan- 
tia. Ovarium triquetrum pyriforme fuscum 1- loc. A- ovulatum. Stig- 
mata 3, sessilia dislineta intus villosa recurva. 
Descriptionem floris feminei cl. Kunthii, paucis mutatis, mutuavi. 
Cum E. propinquà in herbariis confusa. 
Ad. Pr. B. Sp. in planitie Capensi (Ecklon, 858, Drége, 1638) j'. 
(Eckl. et Zeyh.) f et ©. (Mundt, Drège, 117)9. ot: die 
TT 
8. E. propinqua (Kunth Enum.3, p. 473); culmo solido; vaginis 
deciduis; inflorescentia elongata spathis magnis apertis demum 
deciduis munita; bracteis subulato-mucronatis quam flore brevioribus; 
perianthii segmentis obtusiusculis;— Steud. Synops. 2, p. 201; Mast. 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. 10, p. 242. Restio propinquus, Nees in Linea: 
5. p. 653. Restio erectus, Nees in Linnæa, 5 p. 655 (excl. synon.), nec 
Thunb. Elegia thyrsifera, Persoon Synops. 2, 607 excl. synon. Res- 
