Mee of Tristan da Cunha, 4c. * S 
This plant grows-all over the low ground ; never, how- 
ever, taking root.as is implied in the specific name. The 
extremities of the branches are ascending. | 
2. ĪsOLEPIS SULCATA, capitulo laterali globoso polystachio, 
spiculis ovatis, squamis latè ovatis nervosis margine sca- 
riosis apice calloso. | 
Scirpus sulcatus. Aubert op. cit. p. 36. 
Culmus 1—2-pedalis, nudus, compressus, sulco exaratus. 
Stamina 3. Stigmata 3. " 
It grows on the plain in large tufts. 
5. IsorEPis BICOLOR, culmis angulato-filiformibus, foliis cana- 
liculatis angustissimis, capitulo terminali, spiculis (5—7) 
ovatis teretibus, squamis margine coloratis, involucro sub- 
diphyllo : foliolo altero erecto capitulum superante ; altero 
deflexo spiculam vix equante. 
This plant grows in moist situations, both on the low 
ground and thetable-land. It collects in tufts, rising from 
a spongy base resembling a rotten stalk. 
à. horses SQUARROSA, culmis angulato-filiformibus. indivisis 
basi foliatis, foliis canaliculatis angustissimis, capitulo ter- 
minali globoso, spiculis (12—20) ovatis, squamis margine 
concoloribus, involucro diphyllo: breviore deflexo. 
5. IsoLEPIS PROLIFER, culmis angulatis ramosissimis, foliis fas- 
ciculatis, capitulis passim proliferis, spiculis oblongis tere- 
tiusculis, involucro diphyllo. 
Scirpus prolifer. Aubert op. cit. p. 36. 
Grows on the plain. 
6. SPAR- 
