ELEGIA. RESTIACEÆ (AUCTORE MASTERS). 859 
% Rhizoma horızontaliter procurrens, crassitie pennæ anserinæ. 
Culmi 60-80 cent. erecti compressi fareti crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ 
basi vaginis arctis sub coriaceis ellipticis 20-25 mill. nitide castaneis 
ohtecti, superne remote vaginati simplices vel parum furcatim ramosi 
ramique conformes elongati erecti v. flexuosi cinerei maculis pur- 
pureis minimis conspersi. Vaginæ culmeæ 3 cent. long. basi laxe 
convolutæ superne patenti-reflexip ellipticæ je oni extus fusce 
purpureo-maculatæ impresso-punetulatee intus nitide, sub apice te- 
nuiori pallidiori, longiuscule filaceo-aristatà, aristà recurvâ serius de- 
ciduá. Spiculæ mascule o» in cymam  pluriramosam terminalem 
oblongam 4-6 cent. long. approximate. Spathæ ad basin peduncu- 
lorum vaginiformes planiusculæ patulæ filaceo-aristatæ spiculas im- 
primis velantes demum deciduæ. Spiculæ singulæ circa 2 mill. long. 
late ovoideæ vel subglobosæ-plurifloræ, Bracteæ undique arcte imbri- 
catæ late ovatæ acutæ cymbiformes coriaceæ ferrugineæ, sub apice 
pallidiore tenuiori, subulato-mucronatæ flores vix superantes. Flores 
compressiusculi subtrigoni. Perianthii segmenta exteriora ovata 
acuta cymbea punctulis parvis notata interiora oblonga acuta apicu- 
lata puncticulata quam exteriora paulo longiora. Filamenta brevis- 
sima. Antheræ ovatæ apiculatæ. 
Ad Prom. B. Sp. (Ecklon 77. 11, 78. 8 pro parte; Rondebosch 
(Burchell, 168) d- ome e 
ré 11. E.? squamosa (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc., 10 p. 244); cul- 
mis teretibus v. compressiusculis; vaginis vanilia demum deci- 
duis; floribus masculis congesto-paniculatis spathis vaginiformibus 
demum deciduis interstinetis; bracteis ovatis acutis subulato-mu- 
cronatis; perianthii segmentis ils acutis; fructu oblongo obtuso 
biloculari 2-spermo indehiscente stylis 2 vel 9 coronato. 
2% Rhizoma repens sublignosum crassilie fili emporetici vaginis 
approximatis nitidis castaneis sursum increscentibus dense obsitum. 
Culmi decumbentes, 20-30 cent., crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ et infra 
subspongiosi, viridi-cinerascentes purpureo-maculati parce dichotome 
rainosi ramis erectis, Vaginæ culmeæ 10-15 mill. laxe convolutæ sub 
Coriaceæ, sub apice obtusiusculo, breviter mucronatæ, intus nitentes, 
sæpissime arcuatæ recurvatæ, demum deciduæ, annulum nigrum re- 
linquentes, Vaginæ ramulorum 5-6 mill. long: ellipticæ obtusæ laxe- 
convolutæ coriaceæ, əd margines tenuiores, sub apice membranaceo, 
subulato-mucronatæ. Flores masculi œ subtrigoni in paniculam 
erectam eymosam oblongam, 5-8 mill. longam spathis vaginifor- 
mibus apertis demum deciduis interstinctam congesti. Bracteæ un- 
dique arcte imbricatæ late ovatæ acutæ concavæ coriaceæ ferrugineæ, 
sub apice pallidiore membranaceo, subulato-muer flores vix 
