226 CHINA. [Cyperacea. 



inches long, but in every other respect the above description is most faithful. We presume it is F. argentea, 

 N. ab E. in Herb. Lindl. ; but we have not seen his specimens.] 



7. TRICLELOSTYLIS. Lest; N. ab E. I. c. 



1. T. complanata. N. ab E. I. c. p. 103. (cum char, et syn.) 

 Hab. Circa Macao urbem et in insulis vicinis; G. H. VacJiell, n. 61. et " e." 



2. T. miliacea. N. ab E. I. c. p. 103. (cum char, et syn.) 



Culmi pars inferior acute qu,adrangularis, mox autem superior pars ejus comprimitur carina depressa in 

 utroque latere notata. Folia e vagina ampla angusta, compressa, acuminata, basi anguste canaliculata, 

 culmum aequantia. Umbellae supradecompositae habitus verticillaris ab auctoribus optime expositus est. 

 Spiculm vix linea 1-1 ^ longiores, subglobosa;, multiflorse. Squama octofariam imbricate, ovatae, inferiores 

 mucronatse, superiores saepe obtusse, omnes carinatae, uninerves, nervo utrinque vitta fusca limitato, margine 

 albido membranaceo. Caryopsis exigua, alba, obtusa, latere exteriori convexc-gibba, costulaque media 

 praedita, subtilissime transversim striolata, apiculis parvis cylindricis, imprimis versus superiora, echinata. 

 Orbiculus hypogynus, parvus, discoideus. 



8. ISOLEPIS. R. Br.; N. ab E. I. c. 



1. I. squarrosa. Vahl.—N. ab E. 1. c. p. 106. (cum char, et syn.) 



2. I. barbata. R. Br.—N. ab E. 1. c. p. 109. (cum char, et syn.) 



Hab. Circa urbem Macao, et in insulis vicinis. Vachell, " d. " Millett. 



Radix fibrosa, densa, longa, fibris multis flexuosis fuscis. Culmi quam plurimi ex eadem radice, digitales, 

 spithamei, filiformes, subtrigoni, striati, incurvi, basi foliosi, superne longo tractu aphylli. Vagina; ad basin 

 culmorum paucse, arctae, purpureae, nervoso-striataj, ore longe barbatae, casterum glabra? ; infimje aphyllae laxi- 

 usculae, supremae, una vel duae, folio J-l pollicem longo filiformi subtrigono striato obtusiusculo terminatae. 

 Capitulum terminale, densum, e spiculis 6-12 compositum, subglobosum. Involucrum subdiphyllum, foliolis 

 ovato-lanceolatis capitulo brevioribus vel ejusdem ad summum altitudinis, basi membranaceis purpurascenti- 

 fuscis albo-ciliatis, acumine setaceo subherbaceo: alterius folioli longiori. Spiculm parvaa, 1-1 J lineam 

 longae, dense conferta, ovatss vel ovato-lanceolatae, acutiusculae, compresso-trigonje. Rachis flexuosa, ad 

 gemcula truncato-quadrata, triquetra, glabra. Squama trifariam imbricata;, ovatffi, alte nee acute carinata:, 

 apice subtruncatae et hinc extrorsum mucronulum patulum exserentes, membranaceae, scabrae, purpureae, 

 margine angusto albo cinctae, dorso trinerves, necque hac in parte discolores. Stamina plerumque duo, 

 rarius tria, filamentis glabris. Urceolus ovarium cingens nullus. Stylus filiformis, glaber, a basi tuberculi- 

 formi cadens ; stigmata tria, stylo breviora, hirta. Caryopsis exigua, obovata, aequilatero-trigona, laevi- 

 uscula, obsoletissime punctulata, pallide lutea, tuberculo verticis fusco, e styli basi residuo coronata, nuda, 

 neque urceolo inferne cincta, stipiti brevissimo papilliformi.— Haec species Indica a Browniana ilia differt in- 

 volucri brevi, nee capitulum excedente. 



Teib. IV. RHYNCHospoREa;. N. ab E. 

 9. RHYNCHOSPORA. Vahl; N.abE.l.c. 

 1. R. Chinensis. Nees et Meyen.—N. ab E. 1. c. p. 115. (cum char, et syn.) 

 Hab. Circa urbem Macao et in insulis adjacentibus ; Vachell, n. 60. 



Planta 2-3-pedalis, pro statura gracilior. Culmi ad foliorum origines articulati, fistulosi, triquetri. Folia 

 *-5, culmo breviora, sequidistantia, decrescentia, linearia, acuminata, carinato-canaliculata, margine et carina 



