426 ^ OXLIIL. CYPERACE X.  [Seleria. 
female spikelets enclosing the 
Two Dope peon of the female = ele ng +1 2: Aand 
Series II. Laxm. Weak plants under 1 fi., probably annual. Spiele: qa 
AR: in Piney clusters or few in loose spikes, the males with several flowers 
Spikelets in axillary me or small cymes. Outer per- 
cer oh i n aai upular, inner adnate, very 
d ortly 3-lobed . . S. rugosa. 
Spikelets 9 small, in loose spikes. Outer disk «scarcely i 
prominent, inner adnate, shortly 3-lobed . 4 S. laza. 
" Serres ITI. Subspicatee.— Perennials. Inflorescence scarcely dim am rtile 
ua) more or less androgynous or at pm with empty glumes above the female flow 
Nut tubereulate. Disk-lobes broad, membranous, eins E ae 
. Nut pata ipe aca s Outer persistent disk cup T E Ud lithosperma. 
Nut tuberculate Ma. reticulate, Disk-lobes s adnate, MM 7. S. tesselata. 
s IV. Polystachyse.— Perennials. ges branched, axillary and terminal. 
B unisexual or the fertile ones dd ogyno 
rerom with acute angles scarcely or not at all 
ed 
Panicles scarcely branched. Nut tuberculate or reticu- ^ 
late. Disk-Jobea very short and oar e 7, S. tesseiata. 
Panicles dense, with nu spikele dde 
Nut per be Lu shining. Disk lobes broad, o m 8. S. margaritifora. 
Nut de ec E m smooth | Disk-lobes os broad, a. 8i coegi 
Leaf-sheaths distinctly win winged on the an 
Panicles loose, not much branched. PE HE acute . 10. S. hebecarpa. 
Panicle dense with numerous long subulate bracts, ud ob 
Disk road, usually very obtuse . . . . . ll. S. chinensis. 
i a 
SERIES Macrostachys,— Panicle single, large, loose and very compound, o” 
long e M peduncle, 
ı Disk-lobes obscure... aoig 1.5... al odei s M2. S. oryroides: 
I» plastered, iñ numerous 
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Serres VI, Dioice. pth t , small, d. 
short axillary and terminal panicles, 
Disk-lobes broad, membranous, KUNDE 1125 Gees vM npn 
S. setoso-asperula, Boeckel. in Flora, 1875, 120, ad Lake Elp P 
D ietrieh, is described as having the inflorescence aud o ther checks ers of the Su the St 
cate, with narrow leaves scabrous or setulose on the upper surface, sm a pod dat 
y entend ride! cete rh the disk obsolete. I do not identify Y 
SERIES I. ÅXILLARE vidali aim uals. Spikelets small, str! ji ee 
unisexual, in little axillary or eto iat sessile clusters, the males 
1 to 3 flowers. Stamens 1 or 2. 
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ls . caricina, Benth.—A diffuse hpanobi annual, attaining 
to 9 in. "but often smaller, Leaves linear o is ear-lauceolate, obtuse 
