HYPÔLÆNA . RESTIACEÆ (AUCTORE MASTERS). 311 
2: Culmi erecti 50-60 cent. alti teretes infra medium subdichotome 
ramosi diametro penne corvinæ aspero-tuberculati. Vaginæ 7-8 mill. 
long. laxiuscule tubulatæ oblongæ coriaceæ, sub apice hyalino-bilo- 
batæ, mucronatæ. Spiculæ masculæ 3-6 in apice ramulorum distiche spi- 
catimque approximate, singulæ 7-8 mill. long. compresse cuneatæ 
plurifloræ basi spathâ lanceolatà subæquante suffultze, Bracteæ laxius- 
cule imbricatæ oblongo-lanceolatæ rigidiusculæ ferrugineæ flores su- 
perantes. Perianthii masculi segmenta lateralia, ita posita ut rachillum 
spiculæ spectent, oblonga conduplicata carinata carina serrulata; seg- 
mentum intermedium externum æque ac interna minora planiuscula 
hyalina. Filamenta filiformia, Antheræ lineari-oblongæ apiculatæ 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. (Zeyher, 4349, pro parte), Palmitrivier (Eckl. 951), 
Table Mt. (Eck. et Zeyh. 56-6); (Burchell), Langevalei (Drége, 67). £ 
10. H.? aspera (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 10, p. 264); culmis fili- 
formibus rigidis striatis, versus medium dichotome ramosis, ramis- 
que albido-tuberculatis; vaginis aretis acuminato-aristatis profunde 
hyalino membranaceis; cymis masculis terminalibus dichotome vel 
Leu mare spicnlis parvis oblongis compressis 8-floris, spa- 
this b nceolatis acuminalo-aristatis superne hyali- 
nis; perianthii segmentis externis lateralibus majoribus postice versis. 
7 Radices fibrosæ fibris simplicibus duris griseis flexuosis. Gulini 
cæspitosi 90-40 cent. ad basin vaginis approximatis coriaceis stria- 
lis laceris sursum increscentibus vestiti superne remote vaginati, 
teretes filiformes stricti, versus medium dichotome ramosi ramique 
erecto-patentes vel curvati, tuberculis majusculis albidis asperati. 
Vaginæ culmeæ arcte tubulatæ, circa 1 cent. longe coriaceæ striatæ 
fuscæ, sub apice hyalino obtuse bilobato tandem deciduo, acuminato- 
aristatze, Spiculæ masculi? oo , in cymas erectas lineares pauciramosas 
distiche remotiusculeque dispositæ, singulæ 3-floræ lineari-oblongæ 
Compressæ, 7-8 mill. longæ spatha oblonga acuminata coriacea ferru- 
ginea superne hyalina spiculamque æquante suffultæ, rachin flexuosam 
complanatam per margines respicientes. Bracteæ laxiuscule imbricatze 
spathæ omnino conformes nisi magnitudine minore. Ferianthium bise- 
riale hexamerum, pegmenta, externa oblonga: obtusinsquia, lateralia na- 
viculari (carinis vill la ita postice 
posita utaxin spiculæ (rachillum) spectent ; segmenta reliqua breviora 
tenuiora planiuscula oblonga inter se æqualia. Filamenta brevia albida. 
Antheræ lineari-oblongæ apiculatæ flavidæ' dorso ferrugineæ. 
Variat habitu graciliori spiculisque minoribus dissitis. 
- B. Sp., Bosjeveld (Burchell, 8065 !, 80691); (Ecklon et Zeyh. 
56. 6); Hottentotshollandberg. (Eckl. et Zeyh. 59. 5!); Palmitrivier 
(Eckl. 954); Dr. Thom, 632, pro parte.) Ÿ. 
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