174 cypERace& (Clarke). [ Cyperus. 
of the glume, brant Ss trigonous, brown ; style as long as the nut; 
branches 3, about as long as the style. FI. "Cap. ed. Schult. 100 ; Nees 
in Linnea = is Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. 571. landus, 
Kunth, pao ii. 36; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv, , 570. Cfo 
Kunth, Enum, ii. 36. C. prolifer, Nees in Linnea, vil. 494, at 
least in part. OC. prionodes, Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. ii. 22. 
Ss Argica: without locality, Thunberg, Zeyher, 1747! —- 
Zeyher, 16! it 
OA8T REGION: Clanwilliam Div.; Bosch Kloof, 1000 ft., Drége. Wore 
Div. ; ai nsestin near Hex River, 2500 ft., Bolus, 5273! Port Elizabeth Dir: 3 
E.S8.C.d. Herb. 237! Komgha Div.; by the Kei River, ft., Drege. 
500 
Cathcart Div. ; Blesbok Flats, 3000-4000 ft., gi th por gai Div. ; . Shiloh, 
3500 ft., Baur, 886! Klaarsmits River, 3500 ft., 3! 
Centra Recion: Calvinia Div.; Lospers Plats ” 3000-4009 ft., Pye 
1753! Beaufort West Div.; Nieuw Veld Mountains 3000-5000 ft., near 
Beaufort West, Drége! Somerset Div. ; near the Little le Fish River, 2 2300-2800 ft. 
MacOwan, 1916! 1955! 2019! 2019b! Richmond Div., vicinity of Styl Koo 
near Richmond, 4000-5000 ft., Dréye! Colesberg Div., "Sha aw , 
the Orange River, Cooper, 1373! Burghersdorp, reid 1667! * shal 
North Div. ; vag of the Orange River, near Aliwal North (Butfel Vallei), Drege, 
4407! Leeuwen Spruit, between Kraai River and the Witte Ber. rgen n, 4500 ft., 
gen T3921 Region: Little ng yay between Verleptpram and the 
mouth of the Ora aio oppeaet 1000 ft 
Katanart Recion: Griqualand Watt, ier Campbell, dhe Fs : 
1815! Kimberey, Barth, 874! Sone Free State; near Kaffir “fete 
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Burke ! and wit cchoat precise locality, Boeken nan, 125! Basutoland, Zeyher, 8! 
Sonning “pee near the so fact Kuruman River, ee 2454! Transvaal ; 
ag d, Re hmann, 66 B33! V ul River, Nelson, 198 
Eas ape Natal; ‘Cilites, Kuntze, eo and without precise 
locality, pithy 407. 
in Angola, and at Walfisch Bay. 
21. C. textilis (Thunb. Prod. 18); glabrous, tall, leafless ; 
rhizome horizontal, woody, + in. diam., with ovate, a seh black 
striations, ? in. long ; stem up to 2-3 ft. long; top terete or roun 
ping gia smooth not striate ; uppermost sheath pte scarcely 
an shortly acute ; bra ets 8 or 10, subequal, disdain ese the 
unital ata (not ‘eaudate) at the tip; umbel c d; rays 8 
or 10; bracteoles to the secondary umbels or cor iit inconspicuous, 
not jin. long ; spikelets 2-7, digitate, rusty pale red, compres ssed, up 
to i b rae 6-16-flowere oe glumes i mbricate, boat-shaped, 
subacute, ineglar rly ribbed ; mens 3; anthers linear, hardly 
crested ; nut } the length of de glume, ‘triquetrous, ellipsoid or 
obovoid, ma at dah end, brown; style much shorter than the 
nut ; branches 3, linear, shortly exserted from glume. FT. Cap. ed. 
Schul t. 100; Nees in Linnea, vii. 513; x. 135; Kunth, Enum 
ii. 32; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. 567. Cc. Burchell, Schrad. ar 
‘ap. 
Smithii, Schrad. ws re Cap. 12 in Obs.; Nees in Linnea, x. 1393 
Kunth, Enum. ii. C. asperifolius, Desfont. Cat. Hort. begs: : 
ed. 3, 387; ot poe ii, 114. C. punetorius, Schrader ' 
Boeck. in Linnea, xxxy. 567. : 
