. CYPERACEH (Clarke). 283 
capillary plumose ferruginous according to Boeckeler; stamens 3; 
anthers of the genus hardly eared at the base; style 3-fid. Lepi- 
dosperma Burmanni, Spreng. Syst. i. 194, excluding syn.; Flora, 
1829, i. Beil. 8. Chetospora Burmanni, Schrad. Anal. Fl. Cap. ae 
" 9). 4- 
Boeck. in Linnea, xxxviii, 302. C. circinalis a, Drége, Phan’ 
rengeogr. Documente, 171. Schanus Burmanni, Roem. et Schultes, 
Syst. Veg. ii, Mant. 528. S. aristatus, Steud. in Flora, 1829, 135, 
according to the pete cited, Schenopsis? Burmanni, Nees in 
Linnea, vii. 528 ; 86. 
rea H AFRICA: ren bing de Zeyher ! Ecklon and Zeyher, 11 
T Reeron: Worcester Div. ; ae Kloof, 2000-3000 ft. ae 1634! 
“apa Div., 500-1600 tt., Zeyher, 10 9! 
Z 16. T. sy cea (C.B. Clarke in Darand and Schinz, Conspect. 
Fl. Afr. 62); glabrous ; rhizome + in. diam., horizontal ; stems 
12-16 i be, er ng, tufted, slender (rather stouter than in the 4 preceding 
Species), terete, with a leaf-bearing node between the eae -— dee 
an . iy in, 
stem-leaves and bracts much shorter, from cylindric tight aide or 
teddish sheaths ; ; panicle 4-10 by 3-1 in., with 12- 18 brown spikelets ; 
lowest peduncle exserted, 1-4 in. ; spikelets nearly + in. long, obtuse, 
ellipsoid, hardly at all flattened ; ” lower empty glumes 6-8; flower- 
glumes acute ; lower flower male with imperfect pistil, — bisexual, 
P apie 3 a nut; hypogynous bristles 3, linear, scabrid, as long as 
6 young nut ; stamens 3; anthers (of the genus) chenes eared at 
she base; style linear, branches 3. Cyathocoma nigrovaginata, 
Nees in Linnea, x. 196; Dre ege in Linnea, xx. 250; Kunth, Enum, 
1. 323 ; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvili. 313 ; Decalepis dregeana, Boeck. in 
Engl. Sah rb. v. 509. 
Sout # Nitrwn’ without locality, Dzége, 1615! Ecklon and Zeyher, 105! 
me oi N: Worcester Div. ; Brand Vley, Rehmann, 2421! Tulbagh 
iV. ; mountains near New Kloof, 2000 ft. MacOwan, Herb. Aust.-Afr., 1687! 
hear Talbagh. 2000 ft., Schlechter, 7463 ! 
16. T. cy (C. B. Clarke in Durand and Schinz, aa: 
Fi. v. 6 labrous; rhizome + in. in — ontal ; 
stems 3-10 j in. long, tufted, ‘slightly angular in the rt, 
With nodes (bearing leaves or bracts) seattered eeaie their 
length ; basal sheath brown or sae fim via or caneellate ; basal 
leaves eee! as Jong as 7 as—k road ;  paniele 2-6 eth 
on 
lng ere tee acute, tani or microscopi ial iiapid on the edges ; ; 
wer flower male with an imperfect pistil, upper 2-sexual, perfecting 
