232 cyperacem® (Clarke). [ Scirpus. 
: 1 tf 
Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 659. 8S. subulatus, Vahi, Enum. ii. 268 ; Boeck. m 
Linnea, xxxvi. 715. 8. triqueter’, Gren. et Godr bs France. fil. o¢ a3 
Boeck, in Linnwa, xxxvi 716; not of Linn. 8. Pterolepis, Kunth, 
Enum, ii. 166; Pterolepis seirpoides, Schrad. sie Fl. Cap. 30. 
Malacochute Pierolepiz, Nees in Linnea, ix. 292; x. 184. 
outa ArRica: without locality, Drége, 2451! 7401! Verreaua! Bolus! 
Zeyher, 5s a 
Coast Cape Div.; Salt River, Burchell, 694! Uitenhage Div.; 
Por hg feee, law 100 ft., Drége! Harvey, 
WESTERN REGION en Namaqualand ; near the mouth of the Orange River, 
EASTERN KFGION: Natal; 8 salt marshes at the mouth of the Umlaas River, 
Krauss, 23! Umgeni River, in a swamp, 60 {t., Wood, 4009! 
Throughout the warmer parts of the Old World, from the Atlantic to New 
Caledonia. 
47. 8. - ahenang henge ee Plant. ed. 2, 74); eran except the 
pe eee rhizome woody, creeping ; stem 1 3 = trigonous ; 
leaves all basal, often flea the stem, + in. * * flat, green ; 
umbel snipes or somewhat compound, or reduced to 3 1 spikelets in 
a hea racts 3-4, up to 4-8 by § in., similar to the leaves ; spike- 
lets attaining 1 by 3 1 in, wihed much smaller, dark-brown; glumes up 
i 
scarcely 4 the length of the glume, obovoid, dorsal y need or 
nearly oe smooth, brown ; style linear 
branches 3 or 2 linear, longer tha; the style. Thunb. Prod. 17 ; 
#1. Cap. ed Schult. 97; Sowerby, Engl. Bot. t 542 ; Nees in Linnea, 
vil. 509; x. 184; Kunth, Enum. ii. 167; Boeck. in Linnea, XXXVI. 
722; OC. B. Clarke in Hook k. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 658. 8S. c¢ capensis, 
Burm. Prod. Fl. Cap. 
eu. AFRICA: without locality, Drége, 2452 ! Zeyher! Harvey! Ve rreaua ! 
rauss 
Coast Reeton: Clanwilliam Div. ; he the Oliphants River, near Ebenezer, 
below 100 tt. ae nate 7402! Cape Div t Salt River, Pilg U, 514! near Cape 
Town, sg ow 100 ft., Tacierg Bolus WS14} Ca ig Flat , MacOwan — Bolus, 
erb. Norm. ye Afr, 998! r Nord Hoe k, Milne, 251! Uitenhage Div.; 
near the mouth of the beikied River, Drage! Kowie River a 7oy! 
Komgha Div.; Kei River, Flanagan 
Cenreat Becton: Calvinia Div.; Bokkeveld Mountains, at Uien Vallei, 
2000-2500 ft., Drege ! 
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Found jn all temperate and warm regions, 
