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leaved, \he largest about an inch long ; being nearly erect, it appears 

 a contiima'ion of tlie cu]m.— Scales numerous, termiuatiiiT iu a 

 long, i»airy, recurved point — Seed three-sided, oblong, snioolh. 



28. S. monander. Linn. Sp. PL ed. Wiild. i. 311. Rotlb. gram. 



50. t. 14./. 3. 



Culms erect, from three to six inches high, angular. Head ter- 

 nvnal, of three to five spikelets ; involucre from two to thret-leavcd ; 

 scales acute, monaudrous. Seed roundish, angular. 



A native of sandy pasture ground. 



Root consisting of capillary fibres. — Culms naked, straight, from 

 three to six inches high, angular, smooth. — Leaves fi!iform,a3 long 

 as the culm, woolly near the mouth of the sheaths. — /feflc^ terminal, 

 sessile, composed of from three to five small, sessde, few-flowered 

 spikes. — Livol acre from two to three-leaved. Scales pointed. — Sta- 

 men single. — Stigma three-cleft. — Seed three-sided, short, thick,, 

 sraootii, white. 



29. S. antarcticus. Linn. Sp. PL ed. Willd. i. 310. VahL Enunu 

 ii. 261. 



Culms erect, from three to six inches high, round. Head termi- 

 nal, of many spikelets. Involucres from two to three-pointed. Seed' 

 thiee-sided. 



Grows on sandy pasture ground. 



Hoot fibrous. — C«/ms erect, from three to six inches high, round, 

 smooth. — heaves radical, embracing the base of the culms, sheath- 

 ing, half the length of the c\\\m.— Head or TJmhellet terminal, glo- 

 bular, composed of numerous small, sessile, few-flowered, coni- 

 cal, pointed spikes. — Involucre from two to three-leaved, scarcely 

 the length of the head- Scales pointed. — Seed three-sided, smooth.* 



* This is Isolepis barbata, R. Brown, prodr. nov. lioll. T 222.— I have had speci- 

 Hien.s from Nepala, where it is common dvnin^ the rainy season, formiug extensive 

 tufts. The mouth of the sheaths, as well as their ligula, are bearded with long hairs, 



— N. W, 



