382 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. HYPODISCUS. 
strictissimi vix metrales, crassitie pennæ passerinæ. Vaginæ caudiceæ 
approximatæ arcte convolutæ, infimæ nitidæ, superiores duplo triplove 
majores coriaceæ cinnamomeo-fuscæ albo-maculatæ obsolete striatæ, 
sub apice obtusiuseulo flavido, aristulatæ. Vaginæ culmeæ nulle. 
Spiculæ masculæ in apice culmi, 2-3, approximate, raro solitariæ 
singulæ oblongæ vel turbinatæ, 5-7 mill. long. 2 mill. lat. spatha aperta 
vaginiformi intus flavo-nitente spiculam æquante vel superante suffultæ. 
Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ cartilagineæ castaneæ impresso-punetulatae 
margines superne lacere, apice in aristam terminalem albidam patu- 
lam, bracte ipsa longiorem desinentes. Flores arcuati compressi brac- 
teis minores. Perianthii segmenta inæqualia lanceolata, lateralia 
externa conduplicata carinata, carinis glabris; interna paulo breviora. 
Antheræ lineares apiculatæ. Plantae» femineæ culmus vaginæque ut 
in mare. Spiculæ in apice culmi 23, 1-floræ, cylindrato-lanceolatæ, 
masculis minores, spathis apertis flavidis suffultæ. Bracteæ oblongæ 
castaneæ longe aristatæ aristis rectis v. tortis flavis. Perianthium 
minutum hyalinum biseriale hexamerum segmentis subæqualibus ova- 
lis. Ovarium stipiti crasso impositum oblongum, superne disco epigyno 
lobato lobis crassis clavatis notatum. Stylus brevis crassus. Stigmata 
duo — villosa exserta. Fruetus haud visu 
Ad . B. Sp. ad montes Nieuwekloof (Burchell, 8118). ei Q? 
9.H. albo-aristatus (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 10, p. 257); vagi- 
nis culmeis remotis interdum nullis arcte convolutis filaceo-mueronatis ; 
spiculis mascuhs 2-3 approximatis oblongis vel subglobosis; bracteis 
oblongis aeuminatis albidis vel flavis; spiculis femineis 2-5 approxi- 
matis oblongis ; ovario oblongo breviter stipitato superne ad discum 
crenulatum annulare adhærente ; stylo brevi, stigmatibus 2 longiuscu- 
lis; fructu oblongo bas perianthio parvo cincto. — Restio albo-aris- 
tatus, Nees in Linnæa 5, p. 635 ; Kunth Enum. 3, p. 407; Steud. Syn. 2, 
p. 249, quoad pl. masc. Hypodiscus duplicatus. Hochst. Flora, 
1845, p. 398. Bœckhia lævigata, Kunth Enum. 3, p. 490, quoad 
femineam. 
% Culmi cæspitosi simplices teretes vel compressiusculi 50-60 cent. 
crassitie pennæ corvinæ olivacei purpureo-maculati basi vaginis dense- 
imbricatis obtusiusculis castaneis nitidis vestiti. Vaginæ culmeæ 1 vel 2 
interdum nullæ ad 4cent. long. tubulatæ, basi arcte convolutæ versus 
apicem subpatentes coriaceæ fuscæ Ride hecalale. ad margines 
apicemque obtusiusculum flavidæ filaceo-aristatæ, arista erecta non- 
nunquam torta. Spiculæ masculæ 2-3, in apice culmi approximatæ, 
sessiles rachi flexuosæ compressæ impositæ singulæ plurifloræ oblon- 
gæ vel subglobosæ, 5-6 mill. longæ 9-4 mill. latæ. Spathæapertæ vagi- 
niformes inferior spicula sua longior, reliquæ spiculis paulo longiores 
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