PLATE XXXIV. 



Figs. A and 1-7. Scirpus oliveri. 



Figure A. — A plant, natural size. 



1. — A leaf with part of its sheath. 

 2. — An inflorescence. 

 3. — A single spikelet. 

 4. — An outer glume. 

 5. — A very young flower. 

 6. — A pistil. 



7. — A young nut, the surface of which is represented too rough in the 

 lithograph : all more or less enlarged. 



Drawn from a specimen in Kew Herbarium, collected by Mr Moseley in Inaccessible 

 Island. 



Figs. B and 8-1 G. Scirpus thouarsianus, var. bicolor. 



Figure B. — A plant, natural size. 



,, 8. — A leaf. 



,, 9. — A proliferous inflorescence. 



,, 10. — A normal inflorescence. 



,, 1 1. — Lowermost glume of a spikelet. 



Figures 12 and 13. — A flowering glume in different positions. 



Fiirure 14. — A triandrous flower. 



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,, 15. — A monandrous flower. 



,, 16. — An immature nut : all enlarged. 



The drawing represents a plant in Kew Herbarium, collected by Milne in Tristan da 

 Can ha. 



