Cyperus.] cypERAcez (Clarke). 165 
Cap. ed. Schult. 99; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. 523, not of Linn. 
C. nudiuseulus, Nees: in Linnea, x. 132. Pycreus lathe Nees in 
pits ix. 283. 
R. B, “sherpa abi in Linnea, x. 132) ; stem 1 in. with one or two ovate 
3- one spikele 
Soutna Arrica: without Seam Sieber, 99! Bergius, 164! Harvey, 271! 
ne R. "Bro wn! Ecklon and Zeyher, 8! a 38! 85! Var. 8, Masson! Harvey 
a Ree@ion: Cape Div,; Table dep ns Hcklom, 891! Constantia, 
Zeyher! Simons Bay, Wright ! Paarl Div.; ; 1 Mountains, ete See 00 = 
eae SB in Herb Bolus, 7199! Simons Bay, Wright, 519! Visoheds ‘tis ; 
klon 
aa, ENTERAL ident Somerset Div.; summit of Bosch Berg, 4500 ft., MacOwan, 
The var. gracilis was C. minimus, Roth. MS. according to Nees; but in the 
i bey pircenye o (as in sai collection named by Kunth) Oyp. tenellus, 
f., was distributed mixed wit mall form of Scirpus antareticus 
h t 
Linn y thie an the synonym rues ay rer Roth. (and other juncniied 
on 18 
Alsv in temperate Australia and New Zealand. 
2. C. micromegas (Nees in Linnea, x. 131); glabrous, slender, 
annnal ; stem 3-4 in. long, setaceous; leaves very few, } as lon 
the stem, ‘setaceous head of 1-2 sessile spikelets ; lower bract 
Setaceous, 1 in, s ; spikelets much compressed, exactly parallel- 
sided, with very regular closely placed glumes, 2 lin, broad, } in. 
nt with 36 nuts at fates apaey pooh, with fewer hay glumes 
triangular, ovoi id, with depressed paid top, iain ae ‘super- 
ficial cells scarious, iden, punctured ; style branches 3, linear, we 
oeck. in Linnea, xxxv, 524. C. tenellus, Linn. f. var., F. Muell. 
Fragm, Phyt. dara viii. 261. 
! 
Sour AFrica: without locality, Ecklon and Zeyher, 9! 
Coast Reeion: Clanwillia in, Ze, KOT Cape Div. ; Table Mountain, fide Nees. 
This is baste ps lly the same as C. fenellus, Linn. f., with the stains twice 
n to 
its te rl the nut is differently eer and very much smaller in proportio 
, 3. C. lencoloma (Nees in Linnea, ix. 284, x. ieee glabrous, 
the, Small, annual; stem 2 in, long, setaceous; leaf | oo Joe as 
€ stem, setaceous ; ; head of 4-8 digitate x areareees bracts. 2 , lower 
1 long, setaceous ; spikelets compressed, % by 3 , §-8- 
powered ; glumes elosely imbricated, boat-shaped, ae pare 
tiatyinc 7-ribbed, brown a, with iapeagt sie scarious white 
‘Tes; stamens 3 ; nut 2 as long as glume, triangular, 
