156 cyPeRAcEs (Clarke). [ Pycreus. 
gas nian ae spikelets 1 lin. broad; 
close .. (9) betschuanus. 
As ie but stolons 0; " glamies more 
distant ; keel green . (10) elegantulus. 
Leaves stout, inrolled ; spikelets 1y lin, 
broad, rig ae ug eee .. (11) Cooperi. 
Bek umbelled ; yel 
ee ts 2 ei poe, diipuc lasldoblate: 
raw-coloured . . (12) angulatus. 
Spikelets 14 Tn, broad, Tinear, parallel 
sided, golde . (18) chrysanthus. 
yi 1. P. flavescens (Reichb. Fl. Germ. ae 72) ; glabrous, annual ; 
/ stems 1-12 in. long; leaves 2 as long as the stem, ~;—} in. bro ad; 
spikes loosely umbelled, or stem with 4 ike sometimes with only 3 
spikelets; bracts 3, lowest 2-6 in. long, similar to the leaves; spikes 
of 3-12 closely spicate spies, Sorewvonio 5 ; spikelets commonly 
+ by ~y in. (in form abyssinica % by 4 in.) com ain parallel- 
sided, straw-coloured more om less red-tinged, 8-36-nu ted ; glumes 
. Clarke in Hook J. Fi. Ini. vi. 589. ‘Cyperus flan 
Linn. Sp. Plant. ed. 2, 68, not rai Herb. ; Boeck in Linnea, X 
abe C. aby ysdinictin, Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum, ii, 4; Boeck. in pp 
v. 440. 
a ee ae el TTT 
HARI REGION: Orange Free ce gl (forma adyssinica) Buchanan, 110! 
Transvaal Houtbos = Rehmann, 5640 
Hastern Reeion: Natal; Biggar shed rg, 5000 presets 222! and without 
ty locality Gerrard, 489 ! (forma Region Bacn n, 309! 
Extends from England and Denmark to Cabul and se Cape, and widely 
scattered in ee merica. The large rae form i deryrtes (admitted as a ‘a apedies 
by Boeckeler) extends from South Europe to South Afri 
2. P. rehmannianus (C. B. Clarke in Durand and Schinz, Con- 
spect. aL Afr. v. 542, excluding several numbers cited) ; glabrous; 
roots fibrous, tough ; atoms tufted, 8-11 in. long; leaves 7 by 2 in.; 
umbel 3-2 in, in diam, - contracted, of 7-22 spikelets ; bracts 3; 
lowest 23 + in, long, similar to the leaves ; spikes of 3-7 loosely spicate 
° : ar 
obtuse, 1-nerved ; Soioat bran heck ae ellipsoid, compressed, shining 
black, ‘obscurel ransverse-undulate by reason of the large longitu- 
dinally-oblong cari cells. Cyperus rehmannianus, "Boeck. 
C. B. Clarke in Durand and sa. Conspect, Fl. Afr. v. 542. 
KALABARI ReGion: Transvaal ; osh, Rehmann, 5651! 
EasTerN ReGion: Natal; Howick Geteben. 67389! 
3. P. saceandiins (C. B. Clarke in Durand and Schinz, Cn 
/e Afr. v. 938); glabrous ; roots fibrous, tough; stems t tufted 
1-2 ft. es leaves 12 by 4-2 in. (rarely 2 in.) broad ; umbel 3-1 in” 
