386 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ, HYPODISCUS . 
solitariæ raro geminæ terminales erectæ 15-20 mill. long. 3-4 mill 
lat, 1-floree cylindrato-lanceolatæ strictæ vel arcuatæ, fructiferæ sub- 
clavatæ, Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ oblongæ acutæ in medio spiculæ 
mucronatæ, sursum deorsumque minores, omnes cartilagineæ spadi- 
cec steriles nisi terminalis quæ flore brevior. Perianthii segmenta 
externa oblongo-acuta chartacea ferruginea ; segmenta interna inter- 
nodio brevi ab externis separata paulo breviora latioraque. Stami- 
nodia 3 minima internodio brevi a segmentis internis perianthii (an 
semper ?) elevata. Ovarium oblongum coriaceum, superne disco epi- 
gyno globoso corneo flavo superatum 1-loculare (2-loculare teste 
Kunthio) Styli 2 decidui inferne glabri nitide ferruginei su- 
perne undique dense villoso-stigmatosi. Fructus oblongo-cylindra- 
tus apice rotundato-truncatus ibique medio depressus et bitubereula- 
tus, lævis fuscescens durus 1-spermus indehiscens stipitatus absque 
stipite 3 lineas longus, squamis circumdantibus paulo brevior. Perian- 
thii segmenta 6 in stipite persistentia, quatuor basi, D illius medio 
inserta squamuliformia angusta fuscescentia. Kunth 1. 
Inflorescentia. quandoque prolifera evadit, sortie segmenta 
numero sen et varie mutantur. 
Ad. Pr. B. Sp. Zwartebergen, Konstapel, Groenrivier (Drége, 2022, 
2484 c, 2479), (Ecklon. ), + (Drége 2480, 2484, 9452) (Eckl. et Zeyh. 
105-8). g'. (Drège, 2488 b. b, b, 2484), Visilisiyist (Zeyher), Lan- 
gekloof (Krauss), fide Hochstetter 7 ^ 
8. H. rugosus (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc, 10, p. 255); vaginis 
eulmeis remotis laxiusculis tubulatis; spiculis femineis 2-3 approxi- 
matis turbinatis; bracteis arcte anbat oblongo-lanceolatis acu- 
minatis; ovario brevissims stipitulato oblongo obtuso tuberculis eras- 
siusculis dense obsito; fructu oblongo tuberculato. 
% Radices sublignosæ flexuosæ cortice crasso cinereo subspongioso 
vestitæ. Culmi cæspitosi erecti 30-40 cent. long. et ultra simplices, 
compressiuseuli straminei siccitate sulcati, tuberculis minimis albidis 
densc conspersi. Vaginæ caudiceæ approximate ovatæ acutæ nitidæ 
griseæ cartilagineæ sub apice mucronulatæ. Vaginæ culmeæ remo- 
tiusculæ circa 3 cent. et ultra laxiuscule tubulatæ ellipticæ coriaceæ 
striatæ, sub apice membranaceo obtuso mucronato-aristatæ. Spiculæ 
femineæ in apice culmi, 2-3, approximate erectæ oblongo-turbinatæ 
12-15 mill. longæ , 2 till. latæ singulæ 1-floræ, spatha lanceolata 
aristata coriacea purpureo-maculata spiculam æquante suffultæ. Brac- 
teæ arcte imbricatæ oblongo-lanceolatæ acuminatæ cartilagineæ su- 
perne castaneæ basi flavescentes. Flos unicus terminalis braetea 
stipante brevior. Perianthium stipite carnoso brevissimo vel nullo, 
æqualiter et biseriale hexamerum. Segmenta oblongo-lanceolata planius 
