CYPERACEAE juss. (Carex.) 511 



basi ciiTicati, attcnuato-rostrati, oro truncato-bidcnticulato, ciliolato, 

 trigoni, mcmbrauacci, subucrvosii', glahri, fusccsceutcs, puuctu- 

 lis liucolisque ferrugiueis obsiti, squamam i supcrantes. Ache- 

 iiium cllipticum, basi attcnuato-substipitatum, hinc planum, intle 

 couvexo-angulatum, basi styli subcoiiica tardius decidua termina- 

 tum, castanco-fuscum, angulis pullidioribus. A Caricc cladosta- 

 chya vix distiucta. 



369. C. SPARTEA Wuhlenh. in Act. Uolm. 1'803. 149. IVilld. 

 Spec. A. 216. Thiinh. Flor. Cap. 1. 313. Rbizomate repentc; cul- 

 mis filiformibus, Iriangularibus, supcnic ad angulos scabriuscu- 

 lis ; foliis clougatis, anguste gramineis, mcmbranaceis , planis, 

 margiuo scabriusculis; pcdunculis iu apice culmi axillaribus et 

 tcrminalibus, solitariis , subcapillaribus, scabris, apice 3-4-sta- 

 chyis; spicis approximatis, subsessilibus, paucifloris, tcrminali 

 pedicellata et longiore, androgynis, apice masculis; stigmalibus 

 3 ; utriculis cllipticis, basi cuucatis, apice attenuatis, ore integro, 

 hinc fisso, extcrne planis, iuterne convexo-obtusangulis, mcmbra- 

 uaccis, striato-ncrvosis, glabris, squamam late ovatam mucrona- 

 to-subavistatam superantibus. C. indica Sclifnthr. Car. 1. 37. t. 

 JBh. yig. 86. Uncinia spartea Spreng. Syst. 3. 830. JVees ah 

 Esenh. in Lmnaea 10. 205. Uncinia Sprengelii JSees ah Esenh. l. 

 c. Schoeuoxiphium capense JVees ah Esenh. l. c. (7. 533? excl. 

 syn.) 10. 202. {ex syn. et descr.) — Cap. b. spei. (la ora orien- 

 tali, coloniam iutcr et povtum Natal legit Drege.) 2^ — Cul- 

 mi subtripecRiIes, foliati. Folia striato-ncrvosa, lincam lata; ra- 

 dicalia culmo brcviora. Vaginae foliorum culmeorum brcves, 

 trigonac, glabrae, Squamae fcmineae late ovatac, longe mucro- 

 natae vel aristatae, byalino-albidac, cariiia viridi, glabrac. Utri- 

 culi juveniles anguste oblongi, orc extcrne fisso; maturi viri- 

 duli. Pistillum ferrugiueum, ad basim exteriorcm rudimento 

 rhacheolae angusto compresso ciliolato albido parum exserto in- 

 structum. Stylus trifidus, infcruc conico-incrassatus. Stigmata 

 elongata, villosula, exserta. Achenium utriculo ^ brcvius, cllip- 

 tico-subrotundum, triangulare, basi styli subconica viridula tcr- 

 miuatum, subtilissime punctulatum, straminco-flavidum. Planta 

 nostra cum icone Schkuhriana plane quadrat. 



370. C. Dregeana. Caespitosa; culmis trigonis, glabris, 

 foliatis, basi foliosis ibique rcliquiis foliorum setiformibus fus- 

 co-nigris cinctis; foliis anguste gramineis, rigidis, planis, mar- 

 gine carinaque scabris , culmo multo brcvioribus; pediinculis 

 axillaribus ct terminalibus, solitariis, polystachyis ; 2 supenox'i- 

 bus brevibus, approximatis ; spicis sessilibus, oblongis, dense 

 spicato-congestis, androgyuis, apice masculis; stigmatibus 3; 

 utriculis oblique ellipticis, obtusis, ore obsolctc bidentato, ner- 

 vosis, membranaceis, glabris, squamam ovatam emarginatam mu- 

 cronato-subaristatam subacquautibus. — Cap. b. spci. Drege 

 legit. — Culnii 8-10-poIIicarcs. Folia striato-nervosa. Squa- 

 mae masculae ovatae, mucrouatac, hyalino- fuscescentos, dorso 

 ferrugineae, glabrae; femineae hyalino-fuscescentcs, dorso lineo- 



