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26. aCROLEPIS, Schrad. 



Spikelets 2-3-flowercd. Grlumes distichous, tlio lower 

 empty. Perianth 0. Stamens 3. Style deeply 3-lid, equal 

 at base, deciduous. Achene crustaceous, 3-an<;led, umbonate, 

 sitting in a cup-like, triangular disk, with a crenate margin. — 

 Kunth, I.e. p. 330. 



Culms much branched, leafy. Spikelets terminal and lateral, peduncled. 

 — "The genus differs from Rem'iclilcena by the smaller, few-flowered spike- 

 let, furnished at base with an accessory bract, the joints of the nu.-his closer, 

 and a thin sterile glume terminating tiie spikelet.'' — Necs. 



SCHCENUS, R. Br. — Thunberg has several species under this genus, 

 which require re-examination as to their general character. I therefore 

 omit the genus. — Kunth, I. c. p. 334. 



Teibe 5. ScLEEiNE^. (Geu. 27-28.) 



27. SCLERIA, Linn. 



Monoecious. — Male : Spikelets mixed with a few female and 

 androgynous spikelets, many flowers. Grlumes imbricate on 

 all sides, the outer subdistichous, empty. Stamens 3-2-1. — 

 Female: Spikelets 1-flowered. G-lumes few. Styles 3-fid. 

 Androgynous spikelets several-flowered, the lower flower 

 female, the rest male. Achene stony or crustaceous, on a 

 more or less 3-lobed (often ciliate, fimbriate or multifid) disk. 

 —Kunth, I.e. p. 339. 



Culms 3-angled, leafy. Leaves 3-5-nervcd, rigid, grass-like ; vagina 

 often prolonged, at both sides, above the starting-point of leaf-blade. Spike- 

 lets panicled, racemose or spiked. — Several Cape species. 



28. CHRYSITHRIX, Linn. 



Spikelet many-flowered, androgynous, outer flowers many, 

 male, monandi'ous, each from a single glume, central flower 

 female, nude. Grlumes imbricate on all sides, the inner linear, 

 acute, 1 -nerved, hyaline-membranous, deciduous, outer larger, 

 coriaceous, empty ; receptacle conical. Perianth 0. Anthers 

 linear, with a very long, hispidulous crest. Style deeply 3-fid ; 

 ovary pear-shaped. Fruit ? — Kunth, I. c. p. 365. 



Culms strongly compressed, broad, simple, leafy at base. Leaves cqui- 

 tant, broadly linear, straight, resembling the culm, rigid. Spikelet sohtary, 

 ovate-oblong, from the axil of a short, terminal, sheathing leaf — 2 species. 



Tribe 6. CARiciNEiE. (Gen. 29-32.) 



29. CAREX, Linn. 



Spikelets androgynous or monoecious, very rarely dicrcious. 

 Glumes imbricate on all sides, 1-flowered. Flowers uni- 



