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tio thyrsifer. Lam. III, 803, f. 3, nec  Rottboell. E. Kraussii Hochs- 
tetter in Flora, 1845, p. 340. 
2 Culmi cæspitosi 60-80 cent. crassitie pennæ anserinæ, ad basin 
squamis subcoriaceis nigro-castaneis sursum sensim increscentibus 
dense obtecti superne teretes solidi simplices cinereo-grisei obsolete 
impresso-punetulati. Vaginæ sub coriaceæ laxiuscule tubulati, sub apice 
obtusiusculo concolori membranaceo, muticæ vel vix mucronulatæ, cito 
deciduæ basi annulum pallidum relinquentes. Inflorescentia mascula 
8-20 cent. long. laxe paniculatim-cymosa, cymis pluristachyis pedun- 
culatis, peduneulis erecto-patentibus gracilibus 4-5 cent. long. ex 
axillis vaginarum seu spatharum 6-14 summarum orientibus. Spathæ 
9-6 mill. long., 2 mill. lat. oblongo-lanceolatæ coriaceæ pallide fuscæ 
maeulisque purpureis minimis irroratæ ad margines pallidiores intus 
albido-nitentes, peduneulos fere duplo superantes, demum deciduæ. 
Spathellæ dum adsint spathis conformes nisi minores. Spiculæ mas- 
cule 1-flore. Bracteæ late ovatæ subulato-mucronatæ quam flores 
oblongi breviter stipitati fere dimidio breviores. Perianthii segmenta 
chartacea pallida oblonga vel ovato-oblonga obtusa concava ; interiora 
3 externa superantes. Antherz incluse lineares apiculatz. Planta 
feminea omnino masculine similis nisi ovario pyriformi subtrigono 
3-Stylo. Fructus circa 2 mill. long. impresso-punctulatus indehiscens 
l-spermus. 
Nomen « thyrsifer » ob confusionem inendonabilem cum eo cohæ- 
rentem præterivi. 
Ad Prom. B. Sp. Muisenberg (Zeyher, 4331), (Dr. Thom, 892, 
904, 1032; Drège, 103, 367, 1658, 1617), (a Burchellio ad montem 
Tabularem, Vil mbi GR etiam rey EXPL lectum ;ad montes Nieuwekloof, 
8067), Viellard; ad latus montis Winterhoek, Uitenhage, Maio (Krauss) 
c. Sieber herb. Cap. 229, Nieuwekloof (Burchell, 8132), Babyloons- 
che Toornberg (Zeyher, r, 4940) ; ad montem Tabularem (Mac Gillivray, 
432), Drége, 2519), Q. Valley Rivier's Poort (Burchell, 6999), (Har- 
vey, 989), Simonstadt. (Eckl., 1002), Ecklon et Zeyher, 56, 5) 4 et Q. 
Var. 6 equisetacea, culmis ad vaginas verticillatim ramulosis; ra- 
mulis erectis. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. eine 1644) £. Zwellendam (Burchell, 7429) Q. 
(Eckl. et Zeyh.)/ et Q. 
9. €. juncea (Linn. Mant., 1771, p. 297) ; culmo solido; vaginis 
deciduis 
; inflorescentia oblonga spathis magnis deciduis instructa; 
bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis flores superantibus; perianthii seg- 
mentis externis ovatis acutis. — Kunth Enum. 8, p. “pet à Steud Sy- 
nops. 2, p. 261, excl. syn.; Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 10, p. 241. 
Restio thyrsifer (quoad femineam) Rottb. Descr. et ke: ipi 8, ns, 
