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CXLIII. CYPERACEX. 249 
(18. Scuanvs has sometimes very nearly the characters of Cyperus.) 
mood 24 —Spikelets mapas a p7 paniculate, with several 
I. 
M^ uma e s all hermaphrodite or so .. Glumes imbricate alt 
A2c 
the lowest usually empty. Flow Ain Es et flat, wit om- 
posa heeled vater scales, and often fiat kaai bade within the 
No flat scales within the two keeled ones. Stamens 3 
or fewer. Spikelets capitate or paniculate . . -. 8, HypoLyTRuM. 
Two flat scales within the 2 keeled ones. Stamens 3. 
Nut wholly exserted. Spikelets small paniculate . 9. Exocarya. 
Four flat =~ within the eeled ones. St 3. 
ae ncluded. erue rather largo: (paica 
e Australian spec à . . 10. MAPANIA. 
Sever flat scales within the 3 koced. ones, Stamens 6. 
large, very prominently and furrowed. 
oia. sinetired ina d a eee iles SE . 11. ScrRPODENDRON. 
ma "- ses we Ewan e2 died ones. ' Stamens 
npe ordi c 
Spikelot ce or gehe ng men closely imbricate 
Spikelet globular or mia Glumes Loosely | imbricate 
sing the inner 
concealing the inner scales . 12. LEPIRONIA. 
. 13. CHORISANDRA. 
Y Tree III, Khynchospores. Spikelets -—— spieate or paniculate, Pac soli- 
Ty or umbellate, with 1 reniy 2 (in Schoenus 6) hermaphrodite fertile flowe and 
sometimes 1 or more male or sterile flowers above E Sed Empty sim mes at the base ft en 
more than 2, Hypogynous bristles or scales when present filiform 
(Flowers sometimes unisexual by abortion in 26 Caustis.) 
Spikelets SUR, with : Lapngig glumes, a perianth o 
Spik. cushion- like tu A E Se a 
elets small, in a dense ovoid spike o head, with 1 
of 
Segments and 3 Dwarf leafy plant in 
fts a! . 14. OREOBOLUS. 
flower, and 4 glumes, the inner one fleshy enveloping 
the sg No hypogynous bristles, Low bran ins 
P 
Gl leafy lant dei a . . 16. REMIREA. 
umes imbricate all round. Style-branches 9. Nut 
Em. wned by the thickened a base of the style 
pty glumes several. Hypo; ristles 6 or ir- 
Em regularly fewer, slender or ai 16. RHYNCHOSPORA. 
pty glumes 2. Hypogynous bristles 4, "long and 
rigid . . 17. CxATHOCHJETE. 
Flowers 
Glumes distinctly distichous. Style-branches 3, rarely 4, 
6, all or Rhachis 
the lower ones fi 
F ere I Fh n flowers elongated curv: r.i ‘or flexuose 18. Scuanvs. 
both fertile ur the loves bai of 
No by UR bristles. Spikelets in a narrow 
panicle or 19. ELYNANTHUS. 
Hypogynous b bristles or scales 3. Spikelets i in ater- 
minal head . . . 20, MESOMELÆNA. 
"yPotynous brise 6, 6, long. plumose and s i 
Glumes ; im te 21. CARPHA S 
brica all round, or when Tow obscurely dis- s 
tichous, Style-branches 3, rarely 4 : 
