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spadiceas v. nigritfe. Anthera lineari-oblong®, haiid elongatse. 

 Stylus capillaris, glaber. Stigmata duo. Caryopsis fuscescens v. 

 mgresccns, nisi pellicula cinerascenSj subtilissime punctulata, 

 rotiuulo-obovata, brevissime rostellata, compressaj digona. C. atro- 

 nitens (Ilochst. in Steud. Ghim. ii. 11) et C. diander (Torrey Catal. 

 of PL of New York) luiic simillimi. 



Cyperus tenellns (L. FiL Snppl 103 ; C. minimus, Thunb. 

 Prodr. Plant, Cap. p. 18; C. pygmseus, Lam. IUustr. i, 143) in 

 Australiam occidentalem extratropicam migravit. Plantula htec 

 annua Apheliam Brizulamve facie decipienter exprimit. C. micro- 

 megas et C- nudiusculus (Nees in LinuEea x. 131 et 132) tantum 

 varietates constituunt. Drumm. 366. 

 j Cyperus aristotus (Rottb. Nov. Plant. 23, t, vi. f. L ; Kunth. 



Ennm. ii. 23 c. synon,) e vicinia portus Denisoni et nrbis Rock- 

 hampton a cL Bowman collectus est. SpiculiB hinc flosculos 

 perpaucos gerunt. 



Cyperus concinnus (R. Br. Pr. 214), quantum hactenus scio, 

 nascitur ad Mount Hope, Loddon- Creswick- et Snowy-River 

 (F. M.), Now Enghmd (Perrott), Boyue-Eiver (Hartmann), Bock- 

 hara et Darling's Downs (Leichhardfc), Rockhampton (Thozet), 

 Burnetfs Eiver (Haly), Dawson's Eiver (F. M.), Bowen's Downs 

 (Birch), King's Creek (Bowman), Eadix perennis. Canles 

 ulnares v. sfepe breviores, trigoni, lasviusculi, rarius scabri. 

 Spicul^ valde compressie, 1^6'" longa?, igitur e forma late ovata 

 in elongato-oblongam vergentes, iis C- fusci haud dissimiles sed 

 saspe latiores. Bracteas priEter costam dorsalem et margincm 

 castaneae v. passim spadicece. Antheras lineares, acutje. Stigmata 

 tria. Caryopsis pallida, ovato-triquetra, acuta. A Cypero pulchro 

 (Thunb. FL Cap. 387) jam differt caulibus tenuioribus minus 

 acute angulatis, spiculis magis effusis, bracteis floralibus obtusi- 

 oribus, antheris conspicue tcnuioribus, A C. Surinamensi (Yahl 

 Enum. ii. 327) bracteis latioribus margine evidenter scariosis et 

 caryopsibus multo crassioribus nec non colore spicularum facilc 

 separatur. C. sphoerospermus (Schrad. Anal. Cyper, p. 8) huc 

 affinitate trahitur. 



Cyperus textilis (Thunb. Prodr. Plantar, Capens. 18; Flor. 

 Cap, 100 ; Vahl Enum. ii. 304 ; Nees in Linna^a, vii. 513 et x. 

 135 ; Ivunth. Enum. li. 32 ; Steud. Glumac. ii. 19 ; C. vagiuatus, 

 E. Br. Pr. 213 ; Scljlecht. Linna^a, xx. ^Q2^ per maximam terrne 

 australis continentalis partem inveuitur, montes Novse Angliae 

 adscendit, ad rcgiones autem glaciales non penetrat, nec Tasma- 

 riiam neque Novam Zelandicam attingit. Drumm. 334 et 942. 

 [ Caules -^4' ^xx^ e rhizomate procurrente numerosi et conferti, 



mmc fortius nunc lenius striati. Folia floralia ^"usque spithamam 

 longa, aut satis numerosa, aut perpauca. Spiculas haud raro 

 omnes sessiles et capitulum simplex constituentes. Flores in 

 spicula pauci usque 24. Latera bractearum floralium ssepe 



