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ef Africa. There are apparently none in New-Holland 
aid Northern Asia. - ; 
48. FIMBRISTYLIS. Vaal. Scirpus. L. (Club- 
Rush.) : ‘ 
_ Scales of the calix on all sides imbricated 
ina spike. Corolla 0. Style ciliate, decidu- 
ous, and bulbous at the base. (Seed generally 
destitute of involucellate filaments.) 
Species. 1. F. puberulum. 2. castaneum. 3. cylindricum. 
4. spadiceum, A\l species of Scirpus of other authors, and 
might probably with propriety remain so; as independent 
ofthe very arbitrary and insufficient character of this ge- 
nus, if such it can be called, there is not even the advan- 
tage of any peculiar habit, that should indicate the ne- 
cessity of such a separation. The ciliation of the style 
appears to be the only discriminative character, a cir. 
cumstance, which upon other occasions would scarcely 
be considered as a sufficient ‘groundwork for a separate 
49. RHYNCHOSPORA. Vahl. Scuenvs. L. 
Scales of the calix collected into a spike, 
the inferior ones empty. Corolla0. Base of 
the style persistent. Involucellate filaments at 
the base of the seed. 
This genus is well distinguished from Schenus by the 
persistent base of the style, often in the form of an acu- 
minated conic tubercle, and in some instances the whole 
style remains, becoming enlarged and indurated as is 
remarkably conspicuous in the R. longirostris. It appears, 
also, that the involucellate filaments are always present. 
Species. 1. R. alba. 2. rariflora. S. plumosa. 4. 
5. longirostris. 6. distans. 7. punctata. 8. fascicularis. 9. glo~ 
merata. 10. capitellata. 11. inexpansa: 12. caduca. 13. sparsa, 
14. ciliata, ‘ 
50. SCHCENUS, LE. and Vahl. (Bog-rush.) 
| Scales of the calix collected into a spike, the 
‘inferior ones empty. Corolla 0. Style deci- — 
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