HYPODISCUS. RESTIACEJE (AUCTORE MASTERS). 387 
cula hyalino-membranacea ovarium æquantia. Ovarium brevissime 
stipitatum oblorigum obtusum tuberculis crassiusculis munitum. Sty- 
lus brevis, superne in ramos duos elongatos exsertos intus stigmatosos 
divisus. Fructus perianthio persistente cinctus osseus ovato-oblongus 
obtusus, medio tuberculis magnis prominentibus rufescentibus dona- 
lus, superne glabrescens, sed ad apicem, circa basin styli decidui 
dentibus sex parvis munitus. Mas latet. 
Ad Prom. B. Spei. Voormansbosch (Zeyher, 4336), (Eckl. et 
Zeyher 85) 9. 
9. Æ. synehroolepis (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 10, p. 256, 
tab. 7. C.); vaginis culmeis tubulatis, nisi ad apices arcte convolutis ; 
spiculis 6-8 in cymam linearem approximato-alternis subglobosis; 
bracteis aristatis, aristis erectis pallidis; spiculis femineis 3-6, in 
cymam linearem disticham approximatis, singulis cylindrato-lanceo- 
latis; ovario oblongo ad diseum tubulatum superne profunde lobatum 
(lobis clavatis) adhærente; stylo unico, basi in stylopodio subgloboso 
crasso lobato dilatato, — Restio synchroolepis. Steudel Synops. 2. 
. 250, quoad plant. masc. ? Hypodiscus duplicatus Hochstetter, 
Flora, 1845, p. 338. 
7 Culmi cæspitosi erecti stricti simplices submetrales, crassilie 
penna passerinæ olivacei purpureo-maculati. Vaginæ caudiceæ approxi- 
mate oblongæ aristulatæ nitide sursum increscentes ; vaginæ culmeæ 
3 cent. et ultra tubulatæ, nisi ad apices arcte cohxolutes coriaceæ 
fuscæ albo-maculatæ, marginibus utrinque flavidis, sub apice obtuso 
flavo-aristulatæ, aristula ultra apicem haud exserta (vagina muticæ, 
Sleud.). Spiculæ masculæ 6-3 in cymam linearem distieham | erectam 
lerminalem, per paria approximate, altera sessilis, altera pedicellata, 
pedicello complanato sursum dilatato spicula vix breviore, singulæ 
plurifloræ oyato-oblongæ vel subglobosæ 5-6 mill. longæ, 4-5 mill. 
latæ, spatha aperta vaginiformi quam spicula ipsa breviore suffultæ 
Bracia arcte imbricatæ ovato-oblongæ castaneæ DHP HARARE, aristis 
longiusculis albidis erectis vel vix patentibus terminatæ, Flores mas- 
culi compressi arcuati oblongi bracteas (aristis exceptis) = e Pe- 
rianthium biserjale hexamerum; segmentis inæqualibus ablange - -laa- 
ceolatis rigidiusculis; lateralia RS cM carinata , 
glabris; antieum planum ; interna plana brevioria tenuioria. LE 
lineari-oblongae. Plante femineæ culmi vagina inflorescentia brac- 
leæque ut in mare, Spiculæ singula 1-florz, cylindrato-lanceolatæ 5- 
6 mill. longze, vix 2-3 mill. latæ, Perianthium minutum biseriale hexa- 
merum, segmentis. subaequalibus hyalinis. ovatis acutis, Ovarium 
oblongum obtusum -perianthii segmenta | duplo lriplove superans, 
superne lobis pluribus clavatis carnosis notatum. Ovulum uni- 
