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Libysche "Wuste (Ascherson n. 530, h. Kew). 



Apud rivos White Nile et Grazelle (Schweinfurth nn. 1116, 

 1119, h. Kew). 



Cape Town (Behmann n. 1779, h. Mus. Brit.). 



Natal (Krauss n. 415, h. Kew). 



Delagoa Bay (Forbes, h. Kew). 



Madagascar ( G-rey, h. Kew ; JBlackbum, h. Kew ; Thompson, 

 h. Mus. Brit.). 



Yar. /3. disticTiophylla ; culmis magis elongatis, debilibus, usque 

 ad 24 folia proferentibus. 



C. distichophyllus (sp.), Steud. in Schimper n. 745, Cyp. p. 11 ; Boeck. 

 in Linncea, xxxv. p. 488. 



C. Eragrostis, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, ii. p. 475, non Vahl. 



Nux omnino C. Mundtii typ. Spiculse modo indurata? (Schimper 

 nn. 745, 760), modo tenuiores (Schimper n. 344). 



Abyssinia (Schimper nn. 344, 745, 760, hh. Kew, Mus. Brit.). 



23. C. geamhicus (Kunze ; Kunth, Knum. ii. p. 6) ; umbella 

 congesta ; glumis remotiusculis, pallide f uscis aut rubescentibus ; 

 styli ramis e gluma longiuscule exsertis. — C. Gay, Hist. Chile, vi. 

 p. 162, t. 70. fig. 1 ; Boeck. in Linncea, xxxv. p. 449. 



C. gramineus et C. parvulus (Steud. Cyp. pp. 4, 5). 



[Cyperus Ranko, Steud. ! Cyp. p. 315, est Isolepis.] 



Stamina 2. Nucis cellulae extimae quadratse, porosae. 



Chili : Osorno (Lechler n. 264, h. Kew) ; Valdivia flumen 



(Bridges n. 838, h. Kew); Antuco (Poeppig n. 18, h. Mus. 



Brit.). 



24. C. abgentinus ; foliis plurimis, culmos longe superanti- 

 bus ; umbella simplice ; spiculis spicatis, latiusculis, castaneo- 

 rubris aut colore eluto fere stramineis ; nuce obovoidea, turgida, 

 cellulis extimis quadratis. 



Radix fibrosa. Culmi 10-15 cm. Involucri bracteae 3-4, usque 

 ad 1-2 dm. longae. Spiculae longae 8 mm., latae 3 mm., multum 

 compressa?, 8-14-flora3. Glumse obtusae, in dorso viridi-3-5-nervia3. 

 Stamina 2. Nux cum 3 parte gluma? subaequilonga. 



Bespublica Argentiua (Lorentz n. 1075, h. Kew). 



It is possible that this is the species described as C. Lozentzia- 

 nus by Boeckeler (in Linnsea, xxxv. p. 357) ; but the Lorentz 

 number does not agree, nor does the description, satisfactorily. 



25. C. Lagunetto (Steud. ! Cyp. p. 5) ; umbellse radiis 1-3, 

 admodum inaequalibus ; spiculis paucis, subspicatis, linearibus, 



