Schanus.] cyperacem® (Clarke). 273 
4, S. tristachyus (Thunb. Prod. 16; Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, 92) ; 
culm terete, 1 ft. long, filiform, erect, jointed; heads 3, terminal, 
ovate, glabrous, smooth, the size of a 
Soury Arrica: without locality, Thunberg. 
5. 8. Hystrix (Vahl, Enum. ii. 226); stem terete, nr with 
nodes ; ft 1 in. long, ending in a short yellow point ; spike 
1, terminal, obovat , dusky-biack, size of a hazel-nut, nes ry 
bract half the ie of the spike, ovate-lanceolate ; ; glumes ovate, 
longer than the glumes very scabrid. No flowers g the lower 
glumes, Beothryon Hystriz, Dietr. Syn. Pl. ii. 92. 
Sourn Araica: without locality or mention of the collector. 
6. 8. spicatus (Burm. Fl. Cap. d. 3); stem terete; leaves 
Soline. aga ; bg eee of pi narrow. S. Burmanni, Vail, 
Enum. ii. 227; Ku , Enum, ii. 337. 
Sourn Arnica: ie locality or mention of the collector. 
_{. S. tener (Spreng. Neue Eatd. iii. 9); stems cxspitose, a span 
high, capillary ; leaves capillary, a glabrous, shorter than the 
stem, sheaths loose searious ; spikelets in threes, lateral, clustered, 
purplish-red 4-flowered, size of a lentil; glumes Janceolate, obtuse, 
striate, glabrous, lower — upper very many fertile ; anthers erect, 
subulate, long exserted ; ovary densely supported by bristles. (Might 
he mistaken for Sch. sor pipes Thunb., but that has — stem.) 
Cheetospora tenera, Dietr. Syn. Pl. ii. 832; Kunth, Enum. i 
Coast Rugion : Stellenbosch ; no mention of the collector. 
XIX. EPISCHENUS, C. B. Clarke. 
Spikelet of 7 subdistichous glumes; 3 lowest small empty, 4th 
and 5th male, 6th bisexual, perfecting a nut, 7th small empty; 
axis of spikelet above the insertion of the nut elongated, thickened, 
curved round the nut. Nut subglobose, obscurely trigonous, smooth, 
mharble- white; otherwise as Schaenus. 
Distr. Bvecleik endemic. 
The two lov west flowers of the spikelet — 3 stamens each only, but in one 
spikelet oxamined a rudimen tary pistil was found in the lowest flower but one. 
This plant, fi from the marble-white nut has pene doubtfully referre Lepido- 
Sperma ; b ut the structure, es especially the elo ongated rhachilla curved round the 
hat, is much nearer Schaenus in which genus Bentham included it 
0 1 E. quadrangularis (C. B. Clarke in Durand and Schinz, 
Snspect. Fl, Afr. v. 657); glabrous ; rhizome seen very short, 
Y; stems tufted, 10-20 in. long, slender, conspicuous aly ¢ uad- 
G3 leaves 2-1 in, long, flat at the base, red or pale-brown, scarious, 
accationally green 5 bracts 2 lower suberect, 1-13 in. long, ss, 
in. lon ng, of 4 spikelets in a linear race: 
lt 12 ” ak Sates 1 by 31, in., dull-brown ; glumes elit 
