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leaved, the largest about an inch long; being nearly erect, it appears 
a continuation of the culm.—Scales numerous, terminating ina 
long, b hey, recurved ipee — Seed three-sided, oblong, smooth. 
28. S. ien: Linn. sp Pl. ed. Willd. i. 311. Rottb: gram. 
50. t. 14. f. 3. 
^^ Culms erect, from three to six inches high, angular. Head ter- 
iinal, of three to five spikelets ; 5 involucre from two to three-leaved 4 
scales acute; monandrous. Seed roundish, Mae 
A native of sandy pasture ground. : ; 
- Root consisting of capillary PE ced CE ‘straight, from. 
three to six inches high, angular, smooth.— Leaves. filiform,as ina i 
as the culm, woolly near the mouth of the sheaths — Head terminal, | 
sessile, composed of from three to five small, sessile, few-flowered 
spikes.— Involucre from two to three-leaved. Scales pointed.—Sta- 
Wen single — Stigma three-cleft.— Seed three-sided, short, thick, 
mon, white, 
.. 99. S. antarcticus. Lae Sp. Pi. ed. Willd. i. 310. Vahl. Tes 
ij. 961, : 
Culms erect, from three to six inches high, ioni: Head termi- 
_ nil, of many spikelets. Involucres from two to three-pointed. Se, 
—. three-sided. 
T Grows on sandy pasture ground. 
Root fibrous. — Culms erect, from three to six inches high, round, 
emooth.— Leaves. radical, embracing the base of the culms, sheath- 
» half the length of the culm.— Head or Umbellet t terminal, glo- 
, composed of numerous small, sessile, few-flowered, coni-  . 
E Pointed spikes. Involucre-from two to three-leaved, eme se 
= of the head. Scales pointed. i em three-sided, smooth. "en 
* This is Isolepis barbata, R. ‘Brows, prodr. nov.-holl. I. 222.—1 have had 
Nepala, where it is common during the rainy seasou, forming : 
ae man of the sheaths, as well as their idein beasties " 
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