398 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. CHÆTODISCUS. 
SPECIES EXCLUDENDA. 
WW. eompressa Thunb. Act. Holm. 1790,t. 2, £.8. = Cannamois 
virgatus Thunberg in herb. 
XX. ANTHOCHORTUS Noon in Lindh Syst. Bot. ed. 2, p. 451; Kunth 
Enum. 3, p. 485; Steud. Synops. 2, p, 247; Mast. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. 10, p. 274. 
Spiculæ masculæin cymulas terminales lateralesque aggregate 1-3- 
floræ. Perianthii inasculi segmenta 6, exteriora lateralia naviculari- 
conduplicata anguste carinata cetera planiuscula minora. Filamenta 
basi libera, Antheræ lineares. Pistillodium nullum,- 
Herba annua seu perennis culmis angulatis parce ramosis remote 
vaginatis, 
Genus summopere dubium , sels masculis hucusque tantum 
observatis. An vere Hypolænæ enine 
1. A. Eeklonii (Neces, in Lindl. Syst. ed. 2. p. 451; Kunth, l. c.; 
Steudel, 1. c., nomen tantum; Mast. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 10, p. 274). 
2; Culmi filiformes graciles curvati subtetragoni angulis prominen- 
tibus dichotome ramosi ramique purpureo-maculati, Vaginæ culmeæ 
circa 1 cent. long. coriaceæ ellipticæ acutæ superne membranaceæ. 
Spiculæ masculæ in cymulas laterales terminalesque aggregate, 1-3- 
floræ. Spathæ seu bracteæ apertae oblongo-lanceolatæ quandoque sub 
apice membranaceo bilobo longiuscule acuminatæ. Flores 2-6 mill. long, 
. Stipitulati oblongi. Perianthii segmenta externa linearioblonga, lateralia 
externa conduplicata mucronulata anguste alato-carinata; tertium anti- 
cum planiusculum; interiora 3 subæqualia pallide ferruginea papy- 
racea. Antheræ lineares apiculatæ. Femina latet. An Hypolænæ cujus- 
planta mascula? 
Ad. Pr. B. Sp. (Eckl. (10.10). 
Genus mihi ignotum forte ad Juncaceas referendum. 
Chætodiseus (Steud. Synops. 2, p. 261 (1855). Flores in capitu- 
lum aggregati sessiles, inferiores bracteati; bractez ovatæ nervosæ 
acuminato-subaristatæ. Sepala 6 exteriora majora ovata, interiora mi- 
nora oblonga Ovarium setis densissisimis sub fasciculatis cinctum ; 
Stylus? nucula compresso-triquetra non annulata nuda, 3-locularis ? 
, €. Gilberti (Steud. l. c.) « culmo tenui simplici vaginato tereti, 
pilis sparsis adpressis adsperso ; vaginis brevibus sub truncatis aphyl- 
lis ; capitulo terminali solitario multifloro 6-7 mill. lato : reliqua generis 
3ilbert coll. 153. N.-Holl. » Mihi omnino ignotum. 
