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244 CYPERACER Ss [ Ficinia. 
nut obovoid ellipsoid, a little longer than broad ; vege sh nt 
F’. tristachya, Nees. Linnea, x. 174; Kunth, Enum. ii. 253; 
Boech:. in Linnea, xxxvii. 61 
Coast Re@ion: Worcester Div.; Hex River Mountains, Drege, 576! 
Drakenstein Mountains, 1500 = . Bolus, 4075! 4078! Uitenhage Div.; near 
Van Stadens Berg, Mac ‘Owan ! 2176. 
This is a much taller plant than F. tristachya, sae Heroines rather all 
epitkidlets. aoe 1774, which Drige = to be F. inv matches identical y 
the examples in nus’ Herbarium marked by con al . pet ereiy hya.” But, 1 
may be doubted an Te the two can be kept distinct. 
18. F. albicans pe in Linnea, x. 175); stolons pre 
resent, covered by rigid lanceolate nearly white scales; ste 
2-7 i me long, carrying 72 5 or sometimes 5-10 spikelets ; spikelets 
+ by 45 , when n young very white, when in flower green with more 
a less ei on sides; glumes ovate, thick in texture from the 
numerous close ribs, the thick green-white keel subexcurrent as an 
obtuse mucro ; otherwise as F. tristachya, Nees. unth, rae 
253. F. tristachya, var. B, Boeck. in Linnea, Xxx 1, 
Scirpus Pseudoschenus, Steud. in Flora, 1829, 147. Tole 
Pseudoschenus, Dietr. Sp. Pl. ii. 103. I. tristachya var., Nees 
si vil. 502. 
H AFRICA: without 1 ) 1Z 
ReeGion: Cape Di ye ee es i ET Burchell, a. 
Devils Peak, 1300 ft., Kuntze, 258! Cape Div.; Table Mountain, Sieber, 1 ‘ 04; 
Paarl Div. ; Paarl Mountains, 2000-3000 ft., Drage, 1585! 1586! Caledon Div. 5 
on, 1 : -3 near 
950 ft., Kuntze, 210 ee Div.; near the Zoetemelks River, Burchell 
6706! between Gre als River and Zoetemelks River, Burchell, 6577 « 
Uitenhage Div., Heklon. ir Zeyher, 667! 
19. F. subacuta (C. B. Clarke); glabrous; stolons none see?; 
stems densely tufted, 1-3 in. long, curved, rather rigid, each carrying 
1 head of 2—4 spikelets ; ; leaf-sheaths dusky brown, jacerate ; leaves 
1-2 in. long, setaceous ; bracts 2, lower 1—* in. long, s spreading, not 
appearing as a continuation of the ste m; spikelets searcely % 1n- long; 
r 
the point of the glume; nut 2 the length of the glume, as_broa 
long, round-trigonous, ver obtu use, green-yellow; gynophore cot 
spicuous, margin Felted entire ; style 3 -fid. 
Coast RuGion : Mossel Bay Div.; between the landing-place at Mossel Bay 
and Cape St. Blaize, prose 6271! 
This is very near F’, tristachya, Nees, but has much more acute glumes. 
a 20. F. quinquangularis (Boeck. in nea, XXXVil- hey 
Lin 
glabrous, no stolons nor rhizome present; stems densely t 
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