196 cyperacez (Clarke). [Mariscus. 
umbel simple or nearly so, 2—5 in. in eer bracts 4—5, up to 10 in. 
long, similar to the leaves ; spikes AS . long, g obose or ovoid, 
dense, dark-red; spikelets + by ~, in., somewhat compressed, 
maturing 4-7 nuts; rhachilla disarticulating below the lowest 
fertile glume ; glumes ovate, very obtuse, 13- “15-striate ; ; nut 2 the 
length of the glume, oblong-obovoid, trigonous; style shorter than the 
nut, branches 8 linear, longish. Cyperus tabularis, Schrad, Anal. 
Fl. Cap. 10; en in Linnea, x. 137, excluding var. A: Ku nth, 
Enum. ii. 107 ; eck. in Linnea, xxxvi. 324,  C. solidus, Drege, 
Pflanzengeogr. eee 177 (at Teast c). C. Ecklonii, Boeck. in 
Linnea, xxxvi. 325 
Var. 8, Zeyheri (C. B. Clarke in Durand and Schinz, rag i Fl. Afr. v. 594) ; 
slenderer ; He of ara eral - in. long; spikes more elongated, fin “dense. 
milis, Nees ex C 
Var. y, humilis (C. B. eco in : Darand and Schinz, serge Fl. ) v. 594) ; 
stems 13-2} in. long, stout; leaves far overtoppin humilis, 
eyher ex Kunth, Enum. ii. 107. ‘ner rus i oe Ae va 8, h, Enwm. 
Hoh OC, solidus, var. pa! aca Kunth, Enum, ii. 76. Ue saree Boeck. 
in Linnza, xxxvi. 325 
SoutH AFRICA: cea eats, pala 4401! 4402 ! MacOwan, 669 partly ! 
Retlon. and ess he 23! 76! Var. B j 
OA GIO ape Divs Table oe ntain, Hesse. Uitenhage Div. 
Zw thoys pares Bellon 18! ” Zeyher / Bathurst Div. ; Port Alfred, “Hutton: 
Al Div 
ree "Div. ; near geet River Station ft., Kuntze, 280! Catheart Div.; 
near Cathcart, 4500 Kuntze, 263! Var. y, Albany Div. ; on the Flats near 
gg eae 2000 ft., Drége, 3952 
AL REGION: vrei Div. ; I the Spring of Commada nga; 
Burchell 3352 ! 
24. M. durus (C. B. Clarke in Durand and Schinz, Conspect. Fi. 
Afr. v. 587); glabrous, stoloniferous ; statis 11-22 ft. long, obtusely 
trigonous at the top, smooth; leaves % the length ‘of the stem, 
ard, semicircular-backed, concave- fared: (even close to the base), 
scarcely + in. broad ; umbel simple, 1-3 in. in diam., of 3-8 very 
une rays; bracts 3-5, up to 6-10 in. long, similar to the leaves ; 
spikes very dense, compound, }—3 in, in diam., dark-red ; spikelets 
maturing 4—5 nuts, similar to those of M. tabularis. Cyperus durus, 
Kunth, Buc. ii. 76 : oeck, in sd XXXVi. a 
South AFRIcA: without locality, petiegh eyher 
Coast ae ion: Knysna Div.; gte Valle, ett 500 ft., Drege, 3951! 
Uitenhage Div., Zeyher ! és ‘Albany bi abies the source of the Kasuga River 
and Sidbury, "Darchoth 4169! 
Also in Angola. 
nr ses? ese B. Cle rke in ee and Schinz 
re leaf-sheaths ; leaves neni as long as the stem, + in. broa 
nt ; rays of umbe , up to 1} in. long, each bearing L ebracteate 
spike; bracts 3-5, vothies longer than the umbel, similar to (but 
aes stouter than) the leaves; spikes 2 in. in diam., dense ; spike 
lets 3 in. ae nearly terete, 8-d-nutted, whitish, with red ‘marks 5 
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