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barbata. Anthere nigre. Flos 9: Sepala libera, spathulata, apice barbata. 
Ovarium, bilobum, rotundatum, sessile, glabrum. Stylus gracilis, stigmatibus 
filiformibus duobus. Semina 2, oblonga, minutissime punctulata, ochracea. 
Camps VIa, 3100 ft. (summit of ridge), and VIII to IX, 3600 to 5500 ft. 
This small species somewhat resembles Æ. odoratum, Dalz., of India, but has quite 
sessile fruits and broader sepals in the female flower. 
CYPERACEZ. 
(By H. N. RIDLEY.) 
. KYLLINGA MONOCEPHALA, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 13, t. 4. fig. 4. . 
Camps I to LIT, 500 to 2500 ft.; Camp IV, 2100 ft. ; Camp VI a, 3100 ft. ; Camp VI b, 
3900 ft. 
Distrib. Common all over the tropics, 
KYLLINGA BREVIFOLIA, Rottb. l. c. fig. 3. 
Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft. 
Distrib. Common in the low country; all tropical countries. 
Cyperus Haspan, Linn. Sp. Pl. 66. 
Camps VI a, 3100 ft. (top of the ridge) to VI c, 5500 ft. 
Distrib. Common all over the tropics. 
Cyperus DIFFUSUS, Vahl, Enum. ii. 321. 
Camp I, 700 ft. 
Distrib. 'Tropics generally. 
OYPERUS RIGIDULUS, Ridl., sp. nov. i 
Herba parva, esspitosa, 7 cm. alta. Folia rigida, linearia, acuminata, acuta, apice 
spinulosa, 5 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata, tenuiter costata, vaginis ad basin peu. 
ovatis vel lanceolatis purpureis. Culmi triquetri, 4 cm. longi. Bractee involu- 
crales 2, foliis similes, una 3:5 cm. longa, altera minor. Spice in capitulum sessile 
1 mm. latum condensate.  Spicule 5 mm. longs, circiter 20, rhachi glabra 
crassiuscula, alveolis profundis. Glume ovate, acuminate, subacute, fere 1 mm. 
longs, pallide, carinis rotundatis latis obscure costatis. Stylus trifidus, brevis, 
purpureus. Caryopsis $ glume excedens, triquetra, obovata, versus basin distincte 
ad apicem paullo attenuata, pallide brunnea, nitida. 
Between Camps III and VI, 3000 ft. 
Allied, perhaps, to C. stoloniferus, Retz. 
CYPERUS PAPUANUS, Ridl., sp. nov. m Tem i; 
Herba elata, foliis elongatis linearibus longe acuminatis flaccidis. em. dese em. 
latis, nervis prominulis 3. Culmus subgracilis, 60 em. altus, triqueter, = mm. 
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