Pycreus.] CYPERACEH (Clarke). 157 
in diam. Soa erie often into 1 head of 6-30 spikelets ; bracts 3, 
lowest 3-8 i n. long, similar to the leaves; spikes of 3-8 somew what 
loosely spicate spikelets, ebracteate ; spikelets often up to 1 by + in., 
compressed, linear-oblong, c¢ estnut- brown, oa ae gt clumes 
obovoid, turgidly biconvex, black, stasets a as ace as the glume, 
obscurely transversely lineolate by reason of the small longi- 
tudinally-oblong superficial cells. Cyperus macranthus, Boeck. “in 
“bie xxxv. 462. CL lanceus var. .B macrostachya, Kunth. Enum. 
ii 
SoutH Arrica: without cme ba ringer 
oast Region: Komgha Div. ; r Komgha, 2000 ft., Flanagan, 930! 1261! 
i 
Drege, 4394! King Williamstown Div. ; Toise = at eaten, Kuntze, 224! 
1063 RAL Rea@ion : Somerset Div.; Bosch Berg, 4500 ft., MacOwan, 1362 ! 
3! 
Katawart REGrIon: Transvaal, Houtbosh, Rehmann, 5653! Magalies Berg, 
ber 
aroer 
TERN REGION: sg and; Bazeia, 2000 ft. re vei Natal; Moh- 
lamba Range, 5000-6000 is ele land ! tant Wood, 3 
Also in South Tropical nee 
\ 4, P. Mundtii (Nees in Linnea, ix. 283; x. 131); poh 
rhizome obliquely descending, 2-6 in. long; stem solitary, §-24 in 
lon ite covered for often half its length by leaf-sheaths ; leaves 3-8 in. 
Y ¢-+ in.;_ umbel simple or compound or redu ced to 1 head ; 
bracts 3-4, lowest 2-4 in. long, similar to the leaves; rays few or 
ri spikes of 3-7 somewhat loosely-spicate spikelets, ebracteate ; 
mar + by 2 in, compressed, linear, brown or chestnut-red or 
pale hows 20-nutted ; glumes ovate, boat-sha ped, obiuse, some- 
what inflated ; style-branches 2 2; nut obovoid, compressed, biconvex, 
brown, scarcely half the length of the glume, ad and lig 
marked by raised dots. Cyperus Mundtii, Kunth, Enum. ii. 17; 
Boeck, in Linnea, xxxv. 448, C. distichophy yllus, Seous, in Flora, 
1842, 582; Boeck. in Lin nned, xxxv. 488. C. turfosus, Krauss in 
Flora, 1845, 754, C. Eragrostis, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii, 475; 
Wiltk. et Lange, Fl. Hisp.i. 138; Kunth, Enum. ii. a not of Vahl. 
Sourn Arrica: without localit Eéklon. and Zeyher, 2 y, 383! 
Hochst Rucion: Cape To wn, Rchnaek coh roa E.S.C.A. 
erb., 2351 
: oGatauant REGION: Transvaal; Marico Dist., Matebe River, Holub, 1897- 
East —_ Reeton: Natal; Umlaas River, Krauss, 415! Camperdown, 
a P wie n, 77 a Pr bilo River, near Pinetown. 800 ft., Wood, 4016! Delagoa 
ay; es! Sco 
Common naewehlt Africa and the Mascarene Islands, also in Spain. 
Bares er finer Fl. Ow 48, t. 86, fig. 2); 
2 in. 
(but see var, B) in in compound ‘aoe or 1) heads; bracts 3-5, lowest 
2-6 in. long, similar to the leaves ; spikelets densely me Di i+ by 
