fi 
Scirpus] CYPERACEH (Clarke). 233 
lateral spikelet ; leaves few, near the base of the stem, 3-1 in. long, 
inear ; lower bract as though a continuation of the stem, —2 in. long; 
spikelet horizontal, 11 in, long, ellipsoid, obtuse, dense, hard ; glumes 
ovate, obtuse; hypogynous bristles 0, but a small oblong lateral 
hyaline scale is sometimes present within the glume; stamen 1 ; 
any, branches 2 linear, much shorter than the nut. ©. B. Clarke 
n Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 663. Isolepis minima, Schrad. Anal. 
Fl. Cap. 17, t.1, fig. 4; Nees in Linnea, vii. 498 in Obs.; x. 151. 
Hemicarpha Isolepis, Nees in Edinb, New Phil. Journ. xvii. 263 ; 
fat Finum. ii. 268; Benth. in Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Pl. iii. 
Coast REGron : Cape Div. ; Table Mountain, Hesse (fide Schrader). 
Also in Tropical Africa and India. 
.7 49. §. Hystrix (Thunb. Prod. 17) ; small, glabrous, tufted, annual ; 
stem 1-5 in, long trigonous, carrying 1 dense head ; leaves near the base 
of the stem, often as long as the stem, up to 7-1 in. broad ; bracts 
than themselves ; hypogynous bristles 0; stamens 1-2 ; anthers very 
‘mall, oblong ; nut narrowly obovoid, trigonous, smooth, reticulated, 
brown or black ; style hardly any, branches 3 linear, hardly so long 
as the minute nut.” FT. Cap. ed. Schult. 96 ; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv1. 
' tle. . 2. Clar 
Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 623. Isolepis Hystrix, Schrad. Anal. Fil. Cap. 
“3; Nees in Linnea, vii. 496 ; viii. 85; x. 156 ; Kunth, Enum. ii. 
R Coast Region: Cape Div.; inundated places near Cupe Town, Bolus, 4529! 
gman, 1797! near streams below Table Mountain, Thunberg ; Cape Flats, 
— 4371! Rondebosch, below 1000 ft., Drége; Paarl. Div.; by the Berg 
iver, below 500 ft., Drége! Worcester Div., Zeyher / 
i ESTERN REGION: Little Namaqualand ; Bushmans Karoo, oe {t.5 
rege; between Pedros Kloof and Lily Fontein, 3000-4 t., Drege: me 
73 serie RN Reeion: Natal; Griffins Hill, near Eastcourt, Rehmann, 7305! 
‘815! Biggars Berg, 4000-5000 ft., Sutheriand ! Kuntze, 242! 
Also found in Angola. 
0. S. spathaceus (Hochst. in Flora, 1845, 759); glabroue, 
Polygamo-dicecious ; stem 1-21 ft. long, stout, terete, without nodes ; 
"Ppermost sheath slightly inflated, obtusely triangular on one side i 
Panicle 6 by 12 in., rusty-red, with numerous branches springing 
genera Schenus and Cladium ; 
