362 MONOCOTYLEDONEJE. i CANNAMOIS 
menta 6 divisum, quorum 3 externa, 3 interna subæqualia oblonga 
obtusa hyalina fructui arcte appressa vel agglutinata eoque vix bre- 
viora. Ovarium ovoideum compressum 1-loculare (adjecto altero 
loculo minore vacuo? Beauv.), superne disco epigyno annulari car- 
noso notatum. Styliduo distincti longiusculi liguliformes intus villoso- 
stigmatosi. Fructus oblongo-ovatus, altero latere planus v. concavus, 
altero convexus osseus olivaceus vel nigrescens, lævis 1-locularis 
1-sperm 
Variat. sir bracteisque mucronatis vel obtus 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. (Masson), Uitenhage (Ecklon), Witssabeng (Zeyher, 
1738), Voormansbosch (Zeyher, 4345) ; Burchell, 5810, Krombeck's 
rivier, 7163); Dutoitskloof, Genadendal (Drége), 199 £. (Burchell, 
5811 ; Eckl. et Zeyh. 1, 11; 1, 12; Dutoitskloof (Drége, 16356), Q 
Dutoitskloof (Eckl. et Zeyh., 91); Grasbergrivier (Drége, 4106); 
sth 
/99* 
Valley Riviers Port; Burchell, 7139, et ad Witsenberg (8697) 
get 
2. €. seirpoides (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 10, p. 236); culmis 
fistulosis parumramosis ; vaginis mucronatis vel arístatis; inflorescentia 
mascula laxiuscule paniculatim cymosa; spiculis subglobosis; bracteis 
lanceolatis acuminatis; spicis femineis solitariis. — Thamnochortus 
scirpoides. Kunth Enum. 3, p. 438. Mesanthus ricinus, Nees in herbar. 
plurim. 
% Rhizoma repens crassitie pennæ anserinæ squamis ovatis stria- 
tis fuscis coriaceis, ad margines tenuioribus, dense vestitum. Culmi 
ereeti strietissimi bipedales et ultra crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ teretes 
fistulosi simplices vel versus medium dichotome ramosi, ramique erec- 
ti virgati elongati compressiuseuli olivacei purpureo-maculati. Vagina 
culmeæ 2-3 cent., arcte convolutæ coraceæ fuscæ striatæ ad 
margines membranaceæ superne mucronato-aristatæ. Spiculæ mas- 
culæ numerosæ subglobosæ eompressiuscule (?), sing. 4-5 mill. lon- 
gæ in cymaim compositam paniculiformem terminalem aggregate ses- 
siles vel pedicellatæ pedicellis tenuibus. Spathæ 3-4, magnæ ellipticæ 
acutatæ coriaceæ ferrugineæ nitentes imprimis cymæ ramulos omnino 
velantes hir usps snippet Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ oblongæ longe 
acuminatæ u d mar gines utrinque pallidæ mem 
branaceæ flores ovatos arcuatos triplo superantes. Perianthii 
biserialis 6-meri segmenta membranacea ovata apiculata exter- 
na ferruginea, interna pallidiora minora. Filamenta pallida. 
Antheræ demum exsertæ oblonge apiculatæ dorso flavidæ. Plantæ 
femineæ culmus vaginæque ut in mare. Spicæ solitariæ vel gemi- 
næ sessiles vel pedicellatæ, sing. ovatæ oblongæ 3-4 cent. longæ 
14-15 mill. latæ, basi spatha aperta vaginiformi ipsa subæquante süf- 
