Scirpus. ] CXLIII. CYPERACER. 331 
stem often 2 in. long and only slightly dilated at the base. Spikelets 
oblong, 2 to 4 lines lon ng. umes prominently keeled, acute or the 
dios 
Reichb. Ie. Fl. Ger . t. 302: Isolepis few R. Br. Prod. 21; 
Kunth, Enum. ii. 196; F. Muell. Fragm. ix. 
CA OA e om Bay, & Br ger ian River, Bailey. 
Wal Nepean Rive 2 
PURA Lako Lalbert, F. "Me 
Cus i spread over the tropical and yr regions of the Old World, more 
in the southern states of North Amer 
5. S, articulatus s Linn.; Beckel. in Linnea, xxxvi. 702.—Stems 
terete, tige more or less distinctly spe inside so as to appear 
articulat 20r 3 in. to 2 ft. high. Spikelets numerous in a dense 
lateral mad the involucral bract erect na continuous with the stem, 
precisely like it and often as lon r longer than the true stem. 
Spikelets ovoid or oblong, 3 to 6 lines long, 2 lines diameter at the base 
l 
Ee rarely few and minute. Stamens 3. Style-branches 3. 
Nut sana and acutely 3-angled.— /solepis articulata, Nees; 
Kunth, Enum. ‘ii, 198; 1. prelongata, Nees; Kunth, l. e. 199; F. 
ragm. ix. 6. 
. 
E 
N. Australia, Mouth of Victoria s F. Mueller. 
Queensland. Near Roc ockhampton, Thozet. 
Common in tropical Asia and Africa. 
/^ 16. S, em, Rottb. Deser. et Ic. Pl. 52, t. 8, f. 3.—Rhizome 
he Ping. Stems rigid, rush-like, terete or slightly flattened, 1 to 3 ft. 
igh, leafless emn ~ sheathing scales at the base. Spikelets s small 
ume i 
ü ely nerved, the keel scarcely prominent. ypo - 
Pts but the torus slightly pééduded within Aen stamens into a minutely 
‘cothed disk approaching that of Ficinia: Style-branches 3. Nut 
Ms broad, smooth and shining, the jno “face fiat, "o M more or 
ap distinctly a ee in es " sone 
nodosa; R. Br. Prod. 221; Kunth, Enum. ii wr Mee 
K 
u. 73 ; a f. Fl. Tasm. ii. 87; Rich, p. Peel F. Muell. 
Fragm. ix. 
