282 CYPERACE® (Clarke). [Tetraria. 
12. T. capillacea (C. B. Clarke in Durand and Schinz, Conspect. 
Fl. Afr. v. 659); glabrous; rhizome % in. in diam., horizo ntal ; 
stems 12-18 i sg Re tufted, slender, terete, with usually 1 ‘ee 
bearing node eke the lowest ract and the basal leaves ; ; basal 
leaf-sheaths chestnut-brown and fimbriate ; basal leaves 5-11 in. long, 
seticeous ; en leaf srt, shorter, from a tight cylindric black 
sheath ; panic y 1-1 in., dense with somewhat numerous 
epikelets shuaenitl on very short erect rather rigid branches, lowest 
peduncle often long exserted; spikelets 1 in. long, ellipsoid, not 
much flattened; glumes distichous, ovate, acute, under the 
Schanus capillaceus, Thunb. ed. Schult. 93 
Chetuspora capillacea, Nees in Linnea, x. 192; Kunth, Hnum. 
32 ch. in Linnea, xxxviii. 305. , Drege in Linnea, 
xx. 251. C. flecuosa, var. B gracilis, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxviil. 
304. 
Sours Arrica: without eg rat ! Thunberg. 
Co Reeion: Swellendan , 80! Caledon Div.; Klein River 
Mountains, Zeyher, 4437! Houw Sak, 3000 ‘ft. , Schlechter, 7420! George Div. 
hear the 
osa has the panicle and spikelets very _ vag se of the present species, but 
has fine stea at of strictly setaceous so hardly =; in. in diam. at their base) .very 
much stouter leaves plano-convex near their base. 
13. = aristata (C. B. Clarke in Durand and Schinz, — Fi. 
Afr. vy. 659); young spikelets linear- lanceolate ; wer-glumes 
Vivenitacohary aristate by curved ariste ze in. long; otherwia se as 
7’. capillacea. Elynanthus aristatus, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxviii. 260. 
Chatospora capillacea =a abnormis), Boeck. in Linnea, xxxviil. 
pi sti osa, furma*, Nees in Linnea, x. 190. 
A: without locality Ecklon! in herb. Nees, Dréye! in herb. 
Sao Heklon and Zeyher 
No specimen in the Kew Lae ium. 
The gi ory aristate glumes are unlike those of the a rane. 
species. But the examples are all very Oo and it may be 
of T. pee a = Rae keler finally thought. The at growth ‘of ee aie in 
the moustrous state of T. pti osa sugg peat this explanation 
14. T. Burmanni (C. B. Clarke in Durand and aes et 
FI. Atr. v. 659); glabrous ; — zy In. diam., ontal, 
stems 8-10 in, long, tufte , Slender, terete, with ss. hi 
leaves or bracts) scattered epi ieaks their length ; basal leaf-sheaths 
brown, more or less torn into fibre ; basal leaves 3-8 in. long, as 
broad at the base, flat but (when “aie rolle - stem-leaves and 
bracts similar, but shorter, from tight peer devi: brown or pale 
sheaths; panicle elongate, narrow, often carried down nearly to the 
base of the stem; branches axillary, 1—4 in, long, carrying near the 
