62 MR. G. F. SCOTT ELLIOT ON 



Phloga polystachya, Noronha^ M8S. — Dypsis nodifera, 

 Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. p. 312. 



Fort Dauphin, 2119 ! 



XYRIDE.E. 



Xyrts Bakeri, Nilss. in Ofv. Vet. Ak. Forhandl. (1891) 157. 



X. foliis elongatis 6-nerviis rigidis ad basin latis persistentibus, 

 capitulo longe cylindraceo, bracteis duabus inferioribus conuatis 

 ovatis subacutis ceteris rotundato-ovatis mucronulatis dorso 

 areola puncticulata notatis glabris, pe riant hii segmentis obtusis 

 obovatis ad faucem interne dense villosis, ant her is oblongis. 



Leaves 2 feet or more in length and about 3 mm. broad, 

 sheathing at base. Scapes 2-3 feet high. Capitula l'5-2*5 cm. 

 long; bracts densely overlapping, with an apparently pubescent 

 areola near tip and ending in a small blunt mucro ; usually 6 mm. 

 long and 4-5 mm. broad. Perianth-segments 6-9 mm. long and 

 4 mm. broad. Filaments short ; anthers parallel, oblong. Style- 

 branches bilobed at extremity. 



Baron 1025 ! 568 ! Marshy alluvial meadows, Fort Dauphin, 

 Scott Elliot 2915 ! 



This form is quite distinct from X. capensis, Thunberg, with 

 which it lias been mixed in the Kew Herbarium. Cf. Thunberg 

 4 Flora Capensis,' p. 310 : " Capitulo ovato, foliis linearibus bre- 

 vissimis ; limbi (per ianthii) 1 acinic ovatse lineam longse ; anther® 

 ovatae." 



CYPERACE^E. 

 (By Mr. C. B. Clarke, F.E.S.) 



Carex alboyiridis, C. B. Clarke, sp. n. 



Panicula composita, ramis longius pedunculatis distantibus; 

 spiculis ovoideis, laxis androgynis, apice masculis ; glumis cum 

 utriculis subcequilongis, triangularis caudatis, scarioso-albidis, iu 

 carina viridibus ; rostro cum | parte utriculi subaequilongo, com- 

 presso, altius bifido, scarioso viridi, parce hispido-scabro ; stylo 

 trifido. 



llhizoma longe repens, tenue, ligneum, e stolone exortum. 

 Culmus 5 dm. longus, pauci-nodosus, Folia (imo basalia) culmuin 

 superantia, angusta, apice longe acuminata hispido-scabra. 

 BracteflB foliis similes ; harum vaginae usque ad 2-4 cm. longse. 

 Panicula 3 dm, longa, fere glabra, in parte superiore minute 

 hispido-scabra. Pedunculi usque ad 1 dm. longi, graciles, 5-1C- 



