Mariseus. | CYPERACEH (Clarke), 195 
Cap. ed. Schult. 100; not of Linn. C. dact by bic Boeck. in 
Linnea, xxxvi. 329 pa iy. ¢, tabularis, 6 r, Nees Pl 
Linnea, x. 137, according to Boeck. C. ant, Dish. in h 
Schinz ex Clarke in a and Schinz, eee Fl. Afr. v. 590, 
scarcely in Flora, 1878, 
‘ , "I ! 
nie AFRICA: without cere Drége, 4411! Ecklon and Zeyher, 131! 
Thunber ey 
Co pig Ruaion: Albany Div.; near hi River, MacOwan, 669 partly ! 
Komgha Diy. - 3 sn Kom a Flanagan 
Eastern Rea : Nata 1; near rei fg 800 ft., Wood, 4004! 
Also in heraata ith 
é ML riparius wi 
oO preading spikelets look very unlike the heads of 
crowded suberect mene Eps but here, again, I can find no ey Boor. in nBlova, 
i style, or a i ‘trustworthy character. C. Ow oerk ’ 
: ee aaa compo a rays 8-12 uy to 8 in. in, 
long ; ee dense, mostly short-peduncled ; spikelets 2 en ong, 
maturing often 10 nuts - ; otherwise as WW. tab pee, bei yperus 
dactyliformis, Boeck, in Linnea, xxxvi, 329 par 
Coasr Ree : Uitenhage Div.; by the Spat poe Burchell, 4431! 
“ale 18 nt Kong i me a oe te 4098! Buchanan, 130! and 
Without tee Toshi, Gueinzius 
The umbel of this species much resonable large umbels of M. congestus ; ie te 
M. Gueinzii (aud the preceding species) have spongy leaves with tran 
Tetionlationepemors from those of M. congestus. 
= 
M. clephantinus (C. B. Clarke); glabrous; stem } in, in 
22. M 
"se at the top, obtusely trigonous, smooth ; umbel 41 ft. in diam, ; 
brace 8-10, exceeding the umbel, 2 in. * broad, thick, spongy, 
tan _ Tineolnte satciseuba ts “dltimate ombels 9-4 in, oar 
with bra to 2 in. long ; spikelets innumerable, rather a y 
Spicate, ri a , 6-10-nutted, pale brown ; thachilla disartict 
luting below the banat fertile glume, wing conspicuous, per- 
i . led ; 
Sistent, yellowish’; clumes ovate, obtuse, striate, obscurely kee 
t 2 the length a the olume, oblong.ellipsoid, SS ; 
style shorter than the nut, branches 3 linear, longis : ae 
lephantinus, C. B. Clarke in Durand anid Schinz, Conspect. 
Vv. 559, 
Eastern Regton : Natal, Buchanan, 113! 320! - eis 
Ta ged this plant Cyperus in Durand and Schinz, looking at the 
ube with bracts t : ake potas umbels ; ae overlooking the disarticulating 
*pikelets, The qin Didone the nuts and s styles) 1 find now similar to those 
Of Marisens (Sect. Thunbergiant). 
7,28. ag tabularis (C. B. Clarke in Durand and Schinz, ae 
Pl. Afr. y, 594); glabrous, robust, stoloniferous; stems 8-2 po 
long ; leaves 2 the length of the stems, 3 in. broa d, flat hea ry, 
, without transverse —— closely striate lengthwise ; 
