WILLDENOVIA. RESTIACEÆ (AUCTORE MASTERS). 397 
tulati. Vaginæ culmeæ 4-5 cent. arcte convolutæ coriaceæ fuscæ 
impresso-punctulatæ, ad margines præcipueque ad apices profun- 
de hyalino-membranaceæ aristatæ, aristis longiusculis ciliformibus 
tortis. Spiculæ masculæ 4-6 oblongæ erectæ remotiusculæ plurifloræ 
in cymam simplicem linearem erectam 6-8 cent. distiche dispo- 
siti. Rachis communis complanata sursum dilatata ad margines suba- 
lata. Spathæ, ut videtur, deciduæ. Flores laxiuscule dispositi, singuli 
bractea membranacea oblongo-lanceolata ferruginea quam ipsi-duplo 
triplove longiore suffulti. Perianthii segmenta 6 inter se æqualia ci- 
liiformia torta. Stamina 3. Filamenta perianthii segmentis vix angus- 
liora. Antheræ lineari-oblongæ apiculatæ dorso-ferrugineæ. Plantæ 
femineæ culmi vaginæque ut in mare. Spiculæ in apice culmi solitariæ 
erectæ nune 2-3 in cymam linearem disticham remotiuscule dispositæ, 
singulæ cylindratæ 21/, cent., spatha vaginiformi arcte convoluta suf- 
ult. Bracteæ plurimæ oblongo-lanceolatæ mucronatæ ferrugineæ 
membranaceæ omnes, unica excepta, steriles. Flos femineus unicus, 
(€ bractea stipante triplo brevior. Perianthium minutum biseriale, 
-merum (an normaliter 6-merum?), segmentis late ovatis hyalinis. 
ica stipiti erasso brevi impositum oblongum obtusum, superne 
disco epigyno 1-lobato, lobis crassis ovatis crenulatis munitum 1-lo- 
culare 1-ovulatum. Ovulum pendulum. Stylus brevissimus. Stigmata 
duo longiuscula linéaria exserta intus villosa. Fructus . 
In "o monstroso hujusce speciei stamina sex inveni. 
Ad Pr. B. Sp. in planitie Capensi (Eckl. 867, Eckl et Zeyh. 78, 5, 
via d et Q9. 
SPECIES DUBIA. 
9. W. brevis (Nees mss. in herb. Sonder); culmi decumbentes 
1-1/2-pedales, basi squamis approximatis coriaceis Spadiceis nitidis 
oblongis valide mucronatis dense obsiti, superne teretes crassitie pen- 
næ corvinæ olivacei albo-lepidoti, versus medium dichotome vel fasci- 
culatim ramosi, rami arcuati. Vaginæ culmeæ vix 8 cent. long. laxius- 
cule convolutæ coriaceæ flavidæ demum fuscæ punctulatæ mucronato- 
aristatæ, ad margines apicemque profunde hyalino-membranaceæ, 
pars terminalis membranacea cum inferiore articulata et demum deci- 
dua. Spiculæ masculæ in apieibus ramorum solitariæ (an semper ?), 
erectæ oblongæ 12-14 mill. longæ 4-5 mill. latæ, spatha coriacea 
aperta vaginiformi suffultæ. Bracteæ oblongo-lanceolatæ acutatæ 
membranaceæ superne pallide ferrugineæ flores remotiusculos duplo 
superantes. Perianthii biserialis 6-secti segmenta linearia new 
Antheræ lineares apiculatæ dorso ferrugineæ ; — Mast. in Journ, 
Linn. Soc. 10, p. 269 sub W. tereti. 
Forsan ad W. teretem referenda. 
