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geminæ spatha suffultæ, altera breviter pedicellata, singulæ erectæ 
oblongæ vel subglobosæ, 5-18 cent. longc. Spathæ apertæ vaginiformes 
sulcato-striatæ spiculas subæquantes. Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ oblongae 
coriaceæ fuscæ vel castaneæ, longissime aristatæ, aristis erecto-patulis. 
Flores oblongi arcuati compressi bracteis stipantibus breviores. Peri- 
anthium inæqualiter biseriale hexamerum. Segmenta externa oblongo- 
lanceolata, lateralia naviculari-conduplicata villoso-carinata, interme- 
dium anticum planiuseulum ; interna conformia paullo minora. Antheræ 
lineari-oblong:e, apiculatæ. Pistilli rudimentum nullum. Plantæ femineæ 
culmus vaginæque ut in mare. Spiculæ solitariæ v. approximatæ, 1-floræ 
ovato-oblongæ 2-3 cent. long. spatha aperta vaginiformi suffultæ. Brac- 
teæ arcte imbricatæ ovato-lanceolatæ acuminatæ (acuminibus erectis) 
coriaceæ fusca flavo-marginatæ. Flos unicus terminalis. Perianthium 
biseriale hexamerum stipiti carnoso sexlobo impositum. Perianthii 
segmenta subæqualia membranacea oblongo-lanceolata persistentes. 
Ovarium ..... Stylus brevis. Stigmata 2-linearia, elongata. Fructus 
oblongus obtusus levis osseus nigrescens brevi-stipitatus perianthio 
persistente æquilonga cinctus. Semen demum (ut videtur) ex apice rap- 
heos a parietibus fructus liberati pendulum. —— 
Ad. Pr. B. Sp. Hottentotshollandberg et Groot-Houhoek (Zeyher, 
n. 4932); ad Postberg (Burchell, n.: 6027), pM s Cap. 113); 
Eckl. et Zeyh. 56.6; Table Mount. (Eckl. 78, 80., 816); (Dr. Thom, 
n. 1032) ; Dutoitskloof, Piquetberg, Kromrivier, bee 
et Tafelberg (Drège, 20, 199 b. 2513), Donkerhækberg (Burchell, nn. 
7594, 7963!) (Ludwig in herb. Field. 1); (Admiral Grey), 4. Leibold; ad 
montem diaboli (Krauss.) j'et Q. (Ecklon, nn. 75, 78, 864) ; Van Camps 
Bay (Burchell, ge 339, et ad Valley Hiviers Poort, 7057); Simon's 
Town, Wright, 4 
Variat staturà vi udi spicularum earumque formå elongata 
seu subglobosa. 
7? f. bicolor vaginarum spatharum bractearumque marginibus aris- 
lisque aureo-flavidis. 
Ad Prom. B. Sp. Olifants Rivier (Ecklon), (Ecklon et Zeyher, 56.6, 
16.4), (Zeyher 4332). j' et Q. Donkerhoskberg (Burchell, 7954, 7963, 
proparte), 4. (Drége, 2509) ©. 
" Perianthium sessile vel stipite carnoso destitutum. Fructus plus minus 
tuberculatus, sessilis vel stipitulatus. 
2. H. Oliverianus (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 10, p. 254); vagi- 
nis culmeis nullis; bracteis longe aristatis, aristis patulis ; ovario brevi 
stipitato disco epigyno coronato. 
X Culmi dense cæspitosi erecti teretes v. subcompressi simplices, 
