220 cYPERACK& (Clarke). [ Scirpus. 
Var. A, subtilis (C. B. Clarke in Durand and preg ie yaa 1. Afr. v. 
619); stems and vRisigh oo spikelet often very 8. tein 
var. B capillaris, Boeck. nea,  xxxvi, 481. Is leis pn Kunth, Enu 
ii. 191 partly. I. truant. Ne in Linnea, ix. 291; Zeyher in Linnea, xx 
247. 
iain AFRICA: without locality, Zcklon, 892! Wallich! Var. 8, Bergius, 
fun Recion: Cape Div.; Lion Mountain, Mund, 24! Cape dear Zeyher, 
a: near Cape = n, Ru ntze, 295! Rehman, nae 1799! Robertson 
3; Cogmans Kloof, K untze, 293! Mossel Bay Div.; hills near i landing 
ares at Mossel Bay, Dacche 6287! a ‘Blizal e ah Div.; near Port Elizn- 
heth, an 100 ft., Dre Albany Div.; damp places at the foot a ‘Bothas 
Hill, 200 , MacOwan 1269 ! Fort Beaufort Div.; Kat River, Baur! Kin 
Wiliamstow,D Yellowwood River, 1000-2000 tt, Drége, 4375! Sueur 
; Blesbok read 3000-4000 ft., Drege! Queenstown Div.; Shiloh, Baur! 
r. B, aarl Div.; between Paarl and Lady Grey Bridge, below 1000 ft., 
Droge ! Swellendam Div.; Zeyher! Uitenhage Div.; in the Zwartkops River 
Ecklon and Zeyher, 643! Komgha Div.; Gonubie River, 2000 ft., Sc hlechter, 
6142! 
CENTRAL ReGIon: Somerset Div. ; us of Bosch Berg, 4500 f-., hah a 
2118! Var. 8, Aliwal North; Witte B g, 5000-6900 fe. , Drege, T4ll 
WestERN RrGton: Litt  ealeasesten. Drege, 7 417! 
-oponiirag irene Pricyal Rehmann! 
TERN ReGIon: Tembulaud; Be Bee 2000 ft. , Baur, 757! Natal, Krauss! 
on ar Natal ; Sa, 2000 ft , Woo Oe S575 
Common in all warm and temperate oom except in South-east Asia. 
18. S. subprolifer (Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. 492) ; stems 4—7 in. 
long, capillary, straight, black in drying, with 3-1 ie spikelets ; 
eaves short ; spikelets small; otherwise as S. cernuus, Vahl, and its 
var. subtilis, 
Soutu AF i utes Lgites Harvey ! 
EastERN REGION: urd, AQ2 ! 
This is hardly Pr ea ous ; as in some other allied 5 ar 9 the spikelets rey 
in fruit, and from the 1 o r2r riper spikelets in the head the lower glum tall, 
giving the se tise hats of a 5 d of 1 sessil 1 ey? d spi ote. 3. ps 
prolifer way be esteemed a for 8. ce : , Vahl; 2 ye wea 
examples (as also its var. subtilis) have usually but one io ig while the stems 
are curved, and green when dry. S. su prolifer is very like in colour and inflores- 
nee to 8. sake in which, however, the stems are bikes than in strong 
S. cernu 
19. §. rivularis (Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. 504); rootstock 
weak, often decumbent, rooting; stems 2-12 in. long, usually 
thicker than in S. cernuus, weak, flaccid, usually drying black; 
nut minutely apiculate ; otherwise as S. cernuus. S. natans, Thunb. 
A 17; Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 95 2; Spreng. in Flora, i 1829, i. Beil. 
2, not of Griseb. S. setaceus var. , Spreng. in Flora, 1829, i. 145 partly. 
tse rivularis, Schrad. Anal. Fl. Cap. 19, t. 1, fig. 5; Kunth, 
n 94. I. palustris, Schrad. Anal. Fl. Cap. 17, t. 1, fig. 7 3 Nees 
in eaten viii. 80. J. pallida, Nees in Linnea, viii. ’s1, t. 3, fi9, 2,¢7 
x. 153; Kunth, Enum. ii. 195. I.n natans, Distr. Sp. "Pl. ii , 1062; 
Nees in | Linnea, vii. 497, exel. var. B; viii. 80; x. 151, ae ‘gyn. R. 
Br. 
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