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fultæ 2-3 floræ ? flore unico maturescente. Bracteæ imprimis arcte im- 
bricatæ concavæ oblongæ acuminato-aristatæ coriaceæ rigide ; brac- 
tea terminalis sterilis arcte convoluta stipiti brevi imposita. Perian- 
thii segmenta biserialia aequalia, oblongo-obtusa membranacea fusca 
fructum oblongum compressum nigrescentem lævem unilocularem sti- 
pitulatum æquantia eoque arcte appressa. Semen unicum pendulum 
testa membranacea. Flores juveniles nondum vidi, 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. (Eckl. et Zeyh. 1, 11; 55, 8; Gr. Houhoek (Zeyher, 
4491; Drége, 100, 2023 ; ad montes Bayii s Kloof (Burchell, 7084). £ 
(Eckl. et Zeyh. 51, 8); Donkerhoeck berg. (Burchell, 7960) 9. 
8. C. simplex (Kunth Enum. 3, p. 448); culmis simplicibus vel 
parce ramosis gracilibus fistulosis ; vaginis mucronatis ; inflorescentia 
mascula oblonga sub-conferta; spiculis ovoideo-acutis; bracteis ovatis 
subulato-acuminatis; spiculis femineis 9-4, — Mast. in Journ. Linn 
Soc. 10, p. 287 et infra t. HI fig. 33-41. — £- Restio acuminatus, 
Thunb. Disg, p. 13,nm. m et herbar. ejus! Cuculligera dura, Nee 
in Lindl. Nat. Syst. ed. 2, p. 451. Thamnochortus strictus, Kunth 
Enum. 3, p. 438; Steud. Synops. 2, p. 251, quoad marem. 
% Rhizoma repens teres sublignosum crassitie penne anserinæ 
squamis nitidis arcte appressis vestitum. Culmi erecti 1-8-pedales 
teretes fistulosi strieti simplices vel parum dichotome ramosi cineras- 
centes purpureo-maculati striatulati punctulati ad basin vaginis arc- 
tis tubulatis coriaceis approximatis suffulti, superne remote vaginati. 
Vaginæ eulme:e 25-80 mill. afcte convolutæ ellipticæ coriaccæ striatæ 
ad margines membranaceæ, sub apice obtusiusculo tenui, subulato-mu 
cronate. Spicule mascul co, in cymam terminalem paniculatam 
pluriramosam oblongam 4-8 cent. spathis magnis vaginiformibus 
apertis striatis demum deciduis interstinctam, dispositæ, singuli mul- 
tifloræ, 2-3 mill. longæ ovato-ellipticæ sessiles vel breviter pedi- 
cellatæ pedicellis gracilibus, Bracteæ undique arcte imbricatæ late 
Ovatæ subulato-acuminatæ castaneæ margine hyalino-albidæ flores ro- 
datos superantes. Perianthii seginenta externa 9 pallide castanea 
oblonga acuta; lateralia naviculari-conduplicata; tertium latum planius- 
culum; interna paulo brevioria æqualia oblonga obtusiuscula hyalina, 
Antheræ apiculatæ. Spiculæ femineæ in apice culmi: 2-8 sessiles 
rachi complanatæ flexuosæ distiche dispositæ oblongæ ellipticæ 10- 
12 mill. long. et ultra, singulæ vagina spathiformi aperta parum lon- 
giore suffultæ, medio 1- 3-floræ. —— ne arcte imbricatæ 
oblonga acutæ mucronatæ coriace gradatim bre- 
viores vacuæ ; bractea boriiinlté denik stipitulata cucullatim convo- 
luta. Flores perfecti plerumque sọlitarii nune 2-3 laterales. Perian- 
thium imo basi tubulatum superne profunde 6-sectum segmentis 
