388 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. HYPODISCUS. 
cum ex apice loculi pendulum. Stylus brevis crassus superne in 
ramos duos longos exsertos intus villosos stigmatosos divisus, basi in 
stylopodio rotundato crasso lobato expansus. Fructus oblongus durus 
indehiscens superne tuberculatus, styli vestigiis notatus, basi perian- 
thio persistente cinctus. 
Ad. Prom. B. Sp. Uitenhage (Zeyher, 817, et ad Stadesberg, Maio, 
4334) J et Q. Ad Stadesberg (Burchell, 4705) 9. 
10. H. binatus (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 10, p. 258); culmis 
^ fistulosis; vaginis culmeis arcte convolutis sub apice pallidiore subu- 
lato-mucronatis; spiculis masculis subglobosis, in cymam linearem 
spiciformem dispositis; bracteis late ovatis acutis; spiculis femineis 
cylindrato-lanceolatis ; ovario disco epigyno cárunculnto flavido no- 
tato. — Dovea binata, Steud. Synops. 2, p. 248, femina tantum. 
% Culmi 60 cent. ad basin cæspitosi squamis ovatis vel oblon- 
gis coriaceis castaneis nitidis mucronatis dense approximatis ves- 
titi, superne erecti teretes vel compressiusculi fistulosi simplices, 
crassitie pennæ corvinæ olivacei purpureo-maculati remote vaginali. 
Vaginæ culmeæ circa 3 cent. arcte convolutæ fuscæ vel cinnamomeæ 
coriaceæ purpureo-maculatæ, sub apice tenuiore flavido, subulato- 
mucronatæ. Cymulæ 4-6 remotiusculæ in paniculam erectam termina- 
lem distiche dispositi, singulæ spatha oblonga aperta sulcato-striata 
vaginiformi cymula breviore suffultæ. Spiculæ masculæ in singulis 
cymulis geminatim vel ternatim dispositæ, altera sessilis altera pedicel- 
lata, pedicello complanato sursum dilatato spiculam æquante, singulae 
subglobosæ, 7-8 mill. longæ, 2 mill. latæ. Bracteæ arcte imbricatæ late 
ovatæ acutæ castaneæ coriaceæ, impresso-punctulatæ dorso, sub apice 
tenuiore submembranaceo, subcarinatæ flores arcuatos oblongos com- 
pressos duplosuperantes. Perianthium rigidum ferrugineum. Segmenta 
oblongo-lanceolata inæqualia, externa lateralia conduplicata carinata 
‘carinis glabris; intermedium planiusculum ; interna tenuiora breviora. 
i pide complanata. Antheræ exsertæ lineari-oblongæ apiculatæ, 
dorso ferrugineæ. — Plantæ femineæ culmus vaginæ inflorescentia- 
que prorsus ut in mare; spiculæ femineæ autem cylindrato-lanceo- 
hyalinum biseriale hexamerum. Segmenta subæqualia ovata obtu- 
siuscula. Ovarium oblongum stipitulatum superne disco carunculato 
flavido donatum. Stylus brevis crassus castaneus. Stigmata 2 lon- 
giuscula subulato-lanceolata intus villosa. Fructus adhue ignotus. 
Ad Prom. B. Sp. Donkerhokberg (Burchell, 7958), Z et Q. Drège, 
2477) 9 ga 
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