TLOHA or MADAGASCAB. 531 



long as the calyx; segments cuneate, blue, ^ in. long. Style 

 reaching to the tip of the perianth-segments. Fruit not seen. 



Baron 3877 ! 



Cladium fimbristtloides, n. sp. 



C. foliis basalibus multis e'ongatis distichis Hnearibus rigitlulis, caulibus 

 elongatis subteretibus fohis multis reductis prseditis, spicuhs parvis 



oblongis pedicellatis in umbellas laxas simphces vel compositas peduncu- 

 latas ad foliorum axillas disi)ositis, glumis rigiduhs castaueis, 4 exterioribus 

 parvis ovatis, interioribus fertilibus majoribus oblongis. 



Basal leaves numerous, distichous, erect, firm in texture, 1^ ft. 

 long, \ in. broad. Stems about 3 ft. long, with one or more simple 

 or compound umbels from the axils of the distant reduced leaves 

 of the upper two-thirds. Spikelets ^ in. long, composed of 4 small 

 sterile ovate glumes and two longer oblong ones. Style and 

 stamens protruded a little beyond the tip of the glumes. — Baron 

 4193 ! 4517 is probably a form of the same species from a drier 

 soil. The inflorescence is much shorter (| ft. instead of 2 ft. 

 long), its bract-leaves much smaller, and the spikelets are longer 

 (I in. long), with 6-7 sterile ovate glumes instead of four. 



Cypektjs (§ Pycreus) mo^^ocephalus, n. sp. 



C. foliis basalibus et caidinis pluribus productis linearibus, caulibus 

 elongatis gracilibus angulatis, spiculis pluribus lanceolatis in capitulum 

 globosum sessilem dispositis, bracteis 3-4 linearibus elongatis, glumis 10- 

 l2-jugis ovatis albidis valde imbricatis, nucis obovoideis lenticularibus, 

 stigmatibus binis. 



Stems densely cjespitose, erect, slender, l-l^ ft. long, with 

 several short linear leaves produced from the base and lower 



quarter. Longer bracts 3-4 in. long. Spikelets 20 or more, 



arrano'cd in a single sessile head, each 3 in. long. Glumes i^in. 

 lon<^, ovate, whitish, with 3 ribs on the back. Stigmas protruded 

 beyond the glume. — Baron 3640 ! Allied to C glolosus^ All. 



CxPEErs (§ EtJCTPERiTs) srB^QUALis, n. sp. 



C foliis productis multis, caulibus gracilibus teretibus elongatis, umbellae 

 radiis multis omnibus simplicibus brevibus, bracteis parvis baud foliaceis, 

 glumis 4-6-jugis ovatis obtusis brunneis valde imbricatis, nucis obovoideo- 

 triqaetris, stigmatibus tribus. 



Proper leaves absent. Stems slender, stiffly erect, 3-4 feet 

 lon<^. Umbel of 30-50 crowded rays, all about an inch long; 

 bracts small. Spikelets few or many in a head, |-J in. long. 

 Glumes under ^ in. long, very convex on the back, bright brown 



