HYPODISCUS. RESTIACEÆ (AUCTORE MASTERS). 385 
Culmi ad basin cæspitosi squamis ovatis oblongis coriaceis ferrugi- 
neis sursum increscentibus dense vestiti, superne teretes simplices 
fistulosi 50-60 cent. crassitie pennæ corvin:e cinnamomei v. olivacei 
profunde suleati. Vaginæ culmeæ oue arcte convolutæ 4-5 
cent. coriaceæ fuscæ ac aceræ, sub apice obtusius- 
culo membranaceo, setaceo- aristatæ. Spicula masculæe 5- 8, in cymam 
simplicem linearem 5 cent. long. spathis deciduis dehudatami dispositæ, 
singulæ oblongæ 10-12 mill. longæ erectæ plurifloræ, rachi compla- 
natæ impositæ. Flores stipitulati oblongi v. cuneati remotiusculi, 
singuli bractea lanceolata acuminata chartacea albida ipsis vix 
longiore suffulti. Perianthii segmenta externa 3 oblonga longe acumi- 
nato-aristata cymbiformia ferruginea carinata; interna conformia 
magnitudine 1/ majores. Antheræ li&ieari-oblonges dorso ferrugineæ 
apiculatæ. Spiculæ femine; 2-3 in apice culmi in nes nior, 
linearem disticham dispositæ, singulæ lineari-obl ocent. 
longæ, spatha aperta vaginiformi spiculam duplo- superante —" 
Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ ovato-oblongæ longiuscule acuminato-arista- 
tæ, rigidæ ferrugineæ. Flos unicus terminalis. Perianthii parvi 
segmenta oblonga acuminata membranacea. Ovarium oblongum 
superne lobis clavatis carnosis notatum. Stylus unicus infra medium in 
stigmata 2 longissima papilloso- villosa divisus. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp.Steenbokriet (Ecklon). f et ©. (Eckl. et Zeyher 76) 4. 
1. Hi. striatus (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 10, p. 258); culmis 
sulcato-striatis ; vaginis arcte tubulatis mucronatis ; spiculis masculis 
3-6 spicatim approximatis cylindratis ; bracteis oblongis acutis ; spi- 
culis femineis solitariis vel geminis oblongis acutis demum cuneatis; 
disco epigyno globoso integro. — Boeckhia striata, Kunth Enum. 3, 
p. 449; Steud. Synops. 2, p. 263. 
X Rhizoma procurrens crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ squamis casta- 
neis dense vestitum. Culmi decumbentes stricti vel flexuosi erecti 
circa 50 cent. alti crassitie penne passerinæ, teretes simplices 
rigidi, glabri sulcato-striati. Vaginæ ad 2 cent. arcte tubulatæ coriaceæ, 
sub apice obtuso, longiuscule mucronatæ. Spiculæ mascule 3-6 in apice 
culmi subspicatim approximate sessiles, vaginis apertis deciduis 
interstinctæ inferiores geminæ, altera breviter pedunculata, patulæ cy- 
lindratæ acutæ multifloree singuli circa 15 mill. longæ 2-3 mill. lat. 
Bractez undique arcte imbricatæ oblongæ acutæ cymbe:e coriaceæ 
castanew flores brevi-stipitatos areuatos superantes. Perianthii seg- 
menta externa lineari-oblonga apiculata; lateralia conduplicata sub-ca- 
rinata glabra; intermedium antieum plamuseulum ; segmenta interiora 
late oblongo-obovata. Filamenta albida. Antheræ exsertz lineares api- 
culatæ. Plantæ femineæ culmus et vaginæ omnino ut in mare. Spice 
Surres au Prodromus. 9E 
