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decidua. Infl tia mascula circa 3 cent. longa dense panieulatim cy- 
mosa, eymis erectis pluriflorisspathisque apertis coriaceis vaginiformi- 
bus æquilongis cito deciduis munitis. Bracteæ lineari-lanceolatæ acu- 
tissime membranaceæ flores paulo superantes. Perianthii segmen 
lineari-lanceolata membranacea contorta subæqualia. Filamenta onis 
laria. Antheræ lineari-oblongæ obtusæ dorso ferrugineæ. Plantæ femi- 
nea culmus vaginæque ut in mare. Spiculæ femineæ in apice ramulorum 
1-3 singulæ 15-20 mill. oblongæ demum cuneatæ. Bracteæ laxe im- 
bricatæ oblongo-lanceolatæ acuminatæ coriaceæ purpureæ ad margines 
membranaceæ. Perianthii segmenta æqualia membranacea oblonga 
obtusa quandoque mucronulata. Ovarium disco epigyno munitum. Fruc- 
tus brevissime slipitatus ad 5 mill. long. ovoideus corneus nigro-pur- 
pureus impresso - punctulatus superne disci vestigiis notatum basi 
perianthio acerescente cinctus. 
Variat culmo graciliore spiculisque minoribus. 
Ad. Prom. B. Sp. (Zeyher 1736, Ecklon, 76-3 pro parte) d et Q. 
ad pedem montis Tigridis et inter Weinberg et montem Stellenbosch, 
et Olifants River (Ecklon), (Burchell, 787), (Drége, 2520) 4. Win- 
lerhoeksberg, (Drège, 2515 b), Thunberg! 9 
6. W. sulenta (Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 10, p. 270); culmo 
decumbente ramisque erectis teretibus v. subcompressis sulcato- 
striatis ; vaginis arcte convolutis superne membranaceis mucronato- 
aristatis; paniculis masculis pauciramosis; spiculis femineis solitariis 
vel geminis cylindrato-oblongis demum cuneatis; flore slipitato, 
stipite carnoso integro (nec lobato); stylis Abba distinctis. 
X Culmi decumbentes erecti teretes 70-100 cent. crassitie peut 
gallinacec infra medium dichotome ramosi, ramique elongati, compres- 
siuseuli olivacéi longitudinaliter sulcato-striati albo-lepidoti Vaginæ 
culmeæ 2-3 cent. plerumque arcte convolutæ, ad ramificationes laxius- 
cule ellipticæ coriaceæ fuscæ tenuiter sulcato-striatæ acuminatæ vel 
mucronate superne utrinque membranaceæ parte terminali membra- 
nàcea demum decidua. Spicule mascule in cymam paniculatam 
terminalem 2-4 cent. dispositæ spathis vaginiformibus subapertis 
intus nitidis demum deciduis suffultæ. Flores pedicellati pedicello ad 
basin bractea lineari-lanceolata ferruginea membranacea, florem duplo 
triplove superante instructo. Perianthium æqualiter biseriale 6-merum; 
smimotis dinesnibus fexrugihis —— Anthere — 
ut in mare. Spiculæ 1-floræ solitariæ " geminæ, altera sessilis; altera 
pedicellata (pedicello complanato, spieulam æquante), singulæ cylin- 
drato-oblongæ circa 4 cent. longæ 2-3 mill. latæ, demum turbinatæ spa- 
tha aperta quam spicula ipsa longiore tardius decidua suffultæ. Brac- 
