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barbata. Autherce nigrge. Flos ? : SejKiIa libera, spathulata, apice barbata. 

 Ovarium bilobiim, rotundatum, sessile, glabrum. Sii/lus gracilis, stigmatibus 

 flliformibus duobus. Semina 2, oblonga, niiuutissime punctulata, ocbracea. 



Camps VI a, 3100 ft. (summit of ridge), and VIII to IX, 3G00 to 5500 ft. 



Tbis small species somewbat resembles J?, odoratum, Dalz., of India, but has quite 

 sessile fruits and broader sepals in tlie female flower. 



CYPEEACE.^. 



(By H. N. PaDLET.) 



Ktllinga monocephala, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 13, t. 4. fig. 4. 



Camps I to III, 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. 1. c. fig. 3. 

 Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft. 

 Distrib. Common in the low country ; all tropical countries. 



Cypehtjs Haspan, Linn. Sp. PL G6. 



Camps VI a, 3100 ft. (top of the ridge) to VI c, 5500 ft. 

 Distrib. Common all over the tropics. 



Ctperus diffcstjs, Vabl, Eni;m. ii. 321. 

 Camp I, 700 ft. 

 Distrib. Tropics generally. 



/ Ctperus rigidtjlus, Ridl., sp. uov. 



Rerba parva, csespitosa, 7 cm. alta. Folia rigida, linearia, acuminata, acuta, apice 

 spinulosa, 5 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata, tenuiter costata, vaginis ad basin brevibus 

 ovatis vel lanceolatis purpureis. Cuhni triquetri, 4 cm. longi. Bractece involu- 

 crales 2, foliis similes, una 3'5 cm. longa, altera minor. Spicee in capitulum sessile 

 1 mm. latum condensatse. Spiculce 5 mm. lougoe, circiter 20, rhachi glabra 

 crassiuscula, alveolis profundis. Glumce ovatse, acuminatae, subacutae, fere 1 mm. 

 lono-Ee, pallidse, cariuis rotundatis latis obscure costatis. Stylus trifldus, brevis, 

 purpureus. Caryopsis f glumie escedens, triquetra, obovata, versus basin distincte 

 ad apicem paullo atteniiata, pallide brunnea, nitida. 



Between Camps III and VI, 3000 ft. 



Allied, perhaps, to C. stoloniferus, Retz. 



V CyPERUS PAPUANUS, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Herba elata, foliis elongatis linearibus longe acuminatis flaccidis 80 cm. longis 1 cm. 

 latis, nervis prominulis 3. Culmus subgraciiis, 60 cm. altus, triqueter, Isevis, 2 mm. 



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