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cymes ;_ spathes sabia innecenr acuminate ; flowers stipitate ; 
perianth-segments linear-oblong; lateral conduplicate, keeled ; inner 
3 subeq ual; anthers “whee apiculate. Kunth, Enum. iii. 486; 
Mast. in Journ. Linn, Soc. x. 274, and in DC. Monog. Phan. i. 398. 
Coast REGIon; Swellendam Div. ; 3; mountains near Swellendam, Ecklon and 
Zeyher ! 
Probably the male plant of some species of Hypolena. 
Orper CL. CYPERACEZ, 
(By C. B. CLaRKg.) 
wers glumaceous, 2- or ual, Pertanth hypogynous, of 
6 or yooety small scales or bristles, not petaloid, frequently irregular 
or Imperfect, often , free, all anterior, or in a few 
—— rior, ovoid, l-celled; ovule 1, basal; 
or ovoid ; testa thin ; embryo minute, obpyramidal, “at the base of 
the usually floury albumen. 
sheathe Poon irre entire; flowers mai or lin spi (the axis 3 of 
h rl he glumes being 1€ rhachilla of the spikelet) wah 1 
1- or 2-sexual, with empty glumes either at bottom or top, th; spikele 
rescen usually designated a as sais ; spikelets or spikes arranged in corym)s 
or in Gooey ent umbels o 
Distrip, Species apes ae pas throughout the world, growing 
especially in da amp places 
or neh or sahnat numerous, solitary, or in clusters or heads (such compound a 
Sub-Order I. Scrapo-Scuoznes, Fertile flo wx picke all with perfect nero 
Tim ot in Scirpus spathaceus and Tetraria crinifolia. [See also ‘ig poh 
foot 5 ts in which Bentham regards the spikelet as possibly a 2-se 
er 
Tribe l. CYPER REE. Em lumes at the base of the spikelet 2 or 1; fer- 
= glumes ma my, fow or i erg pia sp skelet, 2-ranked. [Rhac achilla of eT 
f rarely twisted; after the glum and nate are fallen, the notches on the 
eck can be seen to be ésiaity 2- ead) | Hypogynous bristles 0. 
se —Style 2-branched. Nut compressed laterally, Spikelet bearing 
Ul or 2 ands more) nuts. bearin 
» Pycreus,— gy sd ha branched. Nut compressed laterally. Spikelet bearing 
Ul Several or ing any n 
oy Seen siyte 2-branched, Nut compressed dorsally. 
v M # —Style 3-branched. Rhachilla of spikelet persistent. 
t Style 3-branched. Rhachilla of spikelet caducous. 
, Tribe 2, ribet ee: Empty glumes at the base of the spikelet 2-0 ; fertile 
me ged spirally, many, often vei ery numerous, 
