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ibidh. Seb pes mendes or 0. Stamens 2. anterior, Siyle g ciate 
linear, not dilated at the base; brane 3, long. sessile, 
oe trigonous, in the typical species sedltned by “the 3 1 ciate 
Rhizome (in the Cape § sone woody, pi i oe 3 stems in nodes vor leaves 
ihe ghout their length [ex ot F. enodis}; inflorescence pan i a Sy 
umbellate ; but in numerous ae ies Sond vile 1s dias, reduced be 1 or 
adino spikes.—The very hairy aris he flower-glumes mn preen afy upwards 
e this genus ~~ to tstin guish even when the datekaviathe teres A fail or 
re like the bristles of Sci 
Distris. Species 25; in alts warm countries, very alike in general appearance. 
Sect. 1. Psrupo-Sciree&#.—No obovate or hastate interior bristles (petals). 
Petals 0, MA minute line 
Pan 
e short ; ae: a smooth, white (1) pubescens, 
Pa nile often longer; nut w hite, transversely 
granular : ... (2) pachyrrhiza. 
Hypog y nous bristles 4-6, s etaceous, simple, scabrou s [as 
of m sl Serrp ua usually as long as the greenish- sii 
nut ait ee ee ne ... vee (8) chlorocarpa. 
Sect. 2, Ev-Furrena.—Petals with an obovate lamina (sometimes narrow) 
but not mere Cieae bristles (in F. ewrulescens very rarely wauting altogether), 
N pi su — culate ded reason of the short, oblong, 
ansvers , outermo cells; ? 
Paes as lo ng as a. nut, obtriangular, broad ... (4) microlepis. 
ras 3 the sian of the nut, ae ene 
5) gracilis. 
Pe hs ne long a as the nut, aristate, elliptic or - narrow 
obov (6) cerulescens, 
Gi: brows except the back of the glumes ; ; leaves all : 
sal ., .. (7) enodis, 
Nut sm exon ooth, or obse seurely and most minutely reticulate : 
Nut ata amie ga beaked, — -brown ; leaves 
near] ny & lubro 8) glabra. 
Nat s ssile, sheila, "white ; beak small, ‘conic . (9) Ecktonii. 
Nut oe brown ; very hairy; heads-dense comose (10) hirta, 
1, F. pu 
are ae suceeeding species) ste sat in. long , triquetrous ; 
Ut; style about 2 the length of the nut, branches 3 linear, much 
rb than the style. Boeck. in Linnea, x xxxvii. 104 partly; C. B. 
@ tm Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 665. Scirpus pubescens, Lam. 
