260 CXLIII. CYPERACE. [ Cyperus. 
€. flavescens rather than to the C. globosus, It is possible however Bae the Australian 
ones may prove to be an anomalous form of C. eragrostis without the dark colour, 0n 
the glumes, ind Sieber's specimens, Agrostothocu n. 105, are not guns jan. r 
Brazilian C, dahin Kunth, is scarcely Stinguished from the typical C. 
dte and some of the North American ebd digynous species are very near 
4. C. globosus, All. ; Backel. in A innea, xxxv. 458.—A tufted 
perennial, the stems from under 6 in. to above 1 ft. high. T 
shorter, very narrow, sometimes d setaceous, the lower sheaths 
often broad. Spikelets 3 or 4 xcd or Ge more nin 
the rhachis not win ed. Glum rather narrow, obtuse or almost acute, 
the keel pale-coloured, faintly 3. ner ja the sides brown, gerren 
sometimes with a light-coloured margin. Stamens usuall 2. - 
-cleft. Nut icio or almost orbieular, biconvex, one edge z^ 
the rhachis, much less than half the length vd the glume. — Reichb. i 
Fl. Germ. f. 2 279; C. vulgaris, Sieb. in Kunth, Enum. ii. 4; F. n 
Fragm. viii. 260; C. flaveseens, Thw. CAU "Ceyl. Bl. 342, and other 
Indian authors. 
Queensland . Lockyer and Brisbane Rivers, Ne "lnann, 
Victoria. Upper Hume River, F. Mueller. 
The species » Pages. apie qme NE Spa and cere Fee Asia, extending € 
the Mediterranean region, and is ast tropical Africa and the Mari e 
s i S united by Thwaites wit the € pee an vay 
Indian specimens appear to connect the two, but gener sp 5 n ured 
tal re perennial stature, narrower more acut arker-c0'0 
ture. 
spikelets, and especially in the narrow glumes with brown sides. JM huhnii 
specimens with dark-coloured spikelets come very near to the Indian o ir” the 
Miq., reduced by el. in pet xxxv. 458, to C. nilagiricus, Hochs 
latter appears to be a variety only of C. globosus. 
5. C. unioloides, R. Br. Prod. 216.—A perennial, tufted oF = 
zs ereeping rhizome. Stems 1 a 2. ft. high, triquetrous. Aes 
"i 
cleft. roadly obovoid or orbieular, biconvex with one edge Bf 
the i much less than half the length of the glume. —€C. 
e Willd. MS.; Kunth, Enum. ii. 8; C. angulatus, Nees; t = 
innæa, xxxv. 465 ; C. lanceus, F. Muell. Fragm. viii. 299, 2° 
