484 
gulis suleatisque 11,— 2% poll. alt. basi plurifoliatis; foliis 
culmum subaequantibus angastissimis exacte linearibus leviter 
eanaliculatis apice rotundate -obiusis; vaginis ore obligue 
truncatis; spienla solitaria compressiuscula ovata obtusa 4— 
9-Aora 1%,—% lin. longa; squamis approximatis patulis ovato- 
lanceolatis obtusis navicularibus obsolete carinatis multistrio- 
latis, dorso viridibus, lateribas stramineo -testaceis v. pur- 
Purascentibus; inferiore quoque fertili saepe m. m. foliaceo - 
prolongata; earyopsi parva squama fere ”% breviore ellipsoi- 
dea v. ellipsoideo-ohovata oblusa compressa facie planiuscula 
dorso convexa, breviter mucronata subtiliss. reticulata cinerea 
margaritaceo-nitidula; stylo exserto pertenui profunde bifido; 
stam. &. — Perig. setae nullae. — Variat culmis apice pro- 
hiferis, 
Isol. lenticularis R. Br. 1. c. 75. — Secirpus Spreng. 
Spec. 1. 208. 
Tasmania (R. C. Guns.) Prom. bon. spei (Zeyh. coll. 
rec. no. 33.) Ins. Borbon. (Kersten). 
11. 8. nervosus Beklr. 
Rhizomate brevissimo v. elongate repente; culmis paucis 
fascieulatis strieie erectis setaceis (2 — 3-pollie.) compressis 
folisqgue striatis, basin versus 3—5-phyllis; foliis remo- 
tiusculis erectis perangustis planiusenlis obtusis culmo aequa- 
libus v. brevioribus; vaginis membranaceis truncalis; spicula 
ovata obtusiuseula sub authesi compressa sesquilineam longa, 
pauci- (4— 6-) flora; squamis (trispiris) oblongo - ovatis obtu- 
sis carinato-navieularibus, lateribus atrocastaneis pluriner- 
viis, carina virente; stylo exserto apice bifido; ovario oblongo 
compresso;, stam. 2. 
Isol, nervosa Hochst. — Rich. Fl, Abyss. 499, --- Schimp. 
it, Abyss, 11. 551. — Is. Suscescens Steud., 92. 
Abyssinia. 
