Restio strobilifer Kunth

Culmis magis minusve ramosis; ramis solitariis, erectis, subfastigiatis; vaginis arctis, sub apice hyalino-membranaceo arido bifido-lacerato mucronatis; spicis in ramis solitariis, rarius geminis, his parum remotis, ellipticis vel elliptico-oblongis, multifloris; squamis late ovatis, castaneo-fuscis, florem aequantibus; masculis acutiusculis; femineis rotundatis, anguste hyalino-marginatis; sepalis rigidis; exterioribus lateralibus carina ferrugineo-villosis; staminibus 3; in floribus femineis rudimentariis; pistillo in floribus masculis rudimentario, tristylo; capsulis complanatis, subrotundis, bilocularibus, calyce triplo brevioribus. Mas: Culmi caespitosi, erecti, 18-20-pollicares ramique teretes, fuscescentes, subtilissime verruculoso-punctulati; hi solitarii, erecti, subfastigiati, simplices. Vaginae arctae, fuscae, sub apice hyalino-membranaceo arido bifido-lacerato mucronatae. Spicae in apice ramorum solitariae, rarius geminae, hae remotae, subellipticae, acutae, juniores apice rotundatae, basi attenuatae vaginaque involutae, multiflorae. Squamae arcte undique imbricatae, latae, apice rotundatae fuscae, hyalino-marginatae, margine angusto albido, florem complanatum aequantes, Sepala 6, olivaceo-hyalina; duo exteriora lateralia naviculari-carinata, obtusiuscula, carina retrorsum ferrugineo-villosa, tertium planiusculum, interioribus simillimum, nisi paulo majus; interiora paulo breviora, planiuscula, obtusa. Filamenta 3, linearia, calycem superantia. Pistillum effetum, triangulare, tristylum. Femina: Culmus et vaginae prorsus ut in mare, ille minus ramosus. Spicae solitariae. Squamae latae, acutiusculae, castaneo-fuscae, obsolete hyalino-marginatae, florem aequantes. Sepala 6, rigida, olivaceo-hyalina; exteriora lateralia naviculari-carinata, acutiuscula, carina superne ferrugineo-villosa, tertium paulo brevius, planiusculum, interioribus simillimum; interiora paulo breviora, oblongo-lanceolata, acutiuscula, uninervia, planiuscula. Stamina 3, effeta. Capsula subrotunda, complanata, styli triplicis rudimento terminata, calyce triplo brevior, fusca, bilocularis, utroque margine dehiscens; loculis 1-spermis. Semina solitaria, fusca. Testa simplex. Albumen album.