370 MONOCOTYLEDONEZÆ. HYPOLÆNA . 
. mucronatis. — Hypolæna Eckloniana, Nees mss. in herb. Sonder., 
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sine descript. Restio digitatus herb. Thunb! an ejus Diss? 
9£ Culmi 70-100 cm. crassitie penne gallinaceæ, ad basin cæspitosi, 
vaginis coriaeeis laceris dense vestiti teretes striolati purpurco-ma- 
eulati, infra medium dichotome ramosi, ramique compressi virgati 
elongati impresso-punctulati vix striolati iterum ramulosi. Vaginæ 
culmeæ remotiusculæ, 15-20 cent. longæ arcte convolutæ oblongæ 
ellipticæ coriaceæ fuscæ striolatæ ad margines concolores tenuio- 
res, sub apice aculiuseulo, subulato-mucronatæ. Spiculæ masculæ 
3-5 in cymam simplicem terminalem disticham 3-4 cent. long. dis- 
positæ, singulæ erectæ vel horizontaliter patentes cylindrato-oblon- 
ga 10-12 mill. longæ, 2-3 mill. latze, basi spatha aperta vaginiformi 
ipsa dimidio breviore demum decidua suffultæ, raehin flexuosam 
complanatam per margines respicientes. Bracteæ ĉ-fariam im- 
bricatæ apice subpatentes oblongæ cymbiformes obtusiusculæ sub- 
muticæ coriaceæ ferrugineæ nitidæ flores stipitulatos paulo supe- 
rantes. Perianthium subtrigonum nec compressum biseriale hexame- 
rum ; segmenta externa 3, ima basi indiscreta æqualia lineari-oblonga 
obtusa hyalina. Filamenta complanata, Antheræ lineari-oblongæ api- 
culatæ dorso ferrugineæ. Spicule femineæ in apice ramorum 
solitariæ vel 3-5 distiche spicatimque dispositæ, singulæ t-floræ cy- 
lindrato-oblongæ, demum obpyramidales 10-12 mill. longæ, 2-8 mill. 
latæ, spatha aperta vaginiformi suffuliæ. Bracteæ steriles 2-3 vagini- - 
formes subulato-mucronatæ, apice demum patentes; bractea axi 
contigua oblonga obtusa mutica dorso bicarinata, carinis calvis; 
bractea fertilis conformis florem terminalem involvens, eoque vix 
longior. Perianthium biseriale 6-merum, segmentis omnibus subæ- 
qualibus oblongis obtusis, nervoso-striolatis, externis ferrugineis, 
internis subhyalinis, ovarium æquantibus eoque appressis. Fructus 
eylindrato-oblongus coriaceus nitidus levis inferne flavescens, su- 
perne castaneus 1-locularis 1-spermus, stylo brevi terminali persis- 
tente superatus. Stigmata 2 linearia revoluta intus villosa. 
Staturà numeroque spicularum variat. 
Ad Prom. B. Spei. Thunberg!, Masson, Bavians Kloof (Burchell, 
7844, T89' et ad Hottentots Hollandberg, 8627), Sieber Fl. Cap. 228 4. 
Hottentotshollandskloof (Ecklon, 950). (Thom. 1031 pro parte, Admiral 
Grey) Q9. Gr. Houhoek July (Zeyher, 4348), Muisenberg (Zeyher, 
4348 b), Simonstad (Ecklon, 997). Thom., 632 pro parte / et Q. 
9. Hi. impolita (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 10, p. 264); culmis me- 
dio parce ramosis ; vaginis laxiusculis profunde hyalinis; spiculis mas- 
culis in cymam spiciformem dispositis compressis cuneatis. — Restio ' 
impolitus, Kunth Enum 3,p. 404; Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 8, p. 249, 
