WILLDENOVIA. RESTIACEÆ (AUCTORE MASTERS). 393 
terminales laxe panieulatim-cymosa 4-6 cent. longa, ramis erecto- 
patentibus. Spathæ 4-5 cent. long. sursum decrescentes demum deci- 
duæ planiusculæ lanceolatæ ferrugineæ nitide sensim nigro-acuminatæ. 
Bracteæ lineari-lanceolatæ membranaceæ ferrugineæ flores brevi-sti- 
pitatos duplo superantes. Perianthii segmenta lineari-lanceolata æqua- 
lia staminibus duplo longiora. Filamenta filiformia. Antheræ oblongæ 
apiculatæ dorso ferrugineæ antice gravidæ. Plante femineæ culmi 
vaginæque ut in mare. Spiculæ femineæ 2-3 sessiles v. pedunculatæ 
singulæ spatháà vaginiformi plana(ut in mare) suffultæ, fructiferæ circa 
2 cent. long. Bracteæ undique imbricatæ coriaceæ nitide -ferruginez, 
oblongæ subulato- acuminatæ, infima in spicis lateralibus axi contigua 
brevior dorso bi-carinata. Flos femineus solitarius stipite spongioso 
sex-lobato impositus. Perianthii segmenta 6 membranacea alia 
oblongo-lanceolatata 1-nervia mucronata fructui appressa demum 
decidua, quandoque abortiva ex basi lata subuliformia plana. Ovarium 
cylindratum superne in discum epigynum subglobosum corneum dila- 
tatum. Styli duo fere ad basim liberi plumoso-stigmatosi. Fructus 
corneus oblongo obtusus nigro-purpureus superne parum impresso- 
punctulatus apice cicatrice stylino notatus. Testa membranacea laxa. 
umen corneum. Semen oblongum obtusum altero latere con- 
vexum altero concavum. 
Forma monstrosa glomerulos, ex squamis vel geri numerosis- 
simis dense compactis formatos, exhibens scepe occ 
Ad. Pr. B. Sp. Brakfontein (Ecklon), (Burchell, pU (Vieillard), 
Bosjeveld (Burchell, 8010), ÿ. (Drége, 9515 a), (Ecklon, 84), Gr. 
Houhck (Zeyher, 4351), (Eckl. et Zeyh, 1, 11) Q. 
3. W. arescens (Kunth Enum. 3, p. 454; culmis ramisque tere- 
tibus albido-lepidotis; vaginis laxiusculis superne fere ad medium 
albido-membranaceis ibique deciduis; spathis torto-aristatis ; pere 
thii feminei segmentis retusis. — Steud. Synops. 2, p. 
2: Culmi erecti teretes crassitie pennæ gallinaceæ medio diehotome 
ramosi, ramique elongati arcuati spiculigeri olivacei punetulis albidis 
dense conspersi. Vaginæ culmeæ 2-3 cent. laxiuscule convolutæ 
Coriaceæ fuscæ superne profunde albido-membranaceæ apice acumi- 
nato- aristatze, parte superiore membranacea demum decidua. inflo- 
rescentia maseula 4-5 cent. long. terminalis erecta oblonga plurira- 
mosa, spathis plurimis vaginiformibus oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis 
apertis basi coriaceis superne membranaceis ibique deciduis inters- 
tincta. Bracteæ lineari lanceolatæ membranaceæ flores vix duplo supe- 
rantes, Perianthium 6-merum. Segmenta linearia membranacea sta- 
mina superantes, Antheræ dorso purpureæ oblongæ apiculatæ. Spicu- 
le femineæ in apice ramorum solitariæ vel geminæ turbinatæ vix 
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