290 cyperace® (Clarke). [Tetraria. 
very narrow, soa almost threadlike, terete, but rigid; panicle 4-6 in. long, 
with 10-40 spikelets; spikelets red-brown, more deeply coloured chon in 
T. Thwarit peat 
Sours Actas withont locality, Burke ! Pappe! 
st Region: Clanwilliam Div. ; ergen, on sand-flats near eer 
Bank, 3 ft., Drege, 2448! Lambe oek, r Clanwi as bi. 
Tulbagh Diy. ; damp places at the re vi =< ountains around New 850 
MacOw Herb. Aust.-Afr., ar Tulbagh, 600 ft., innit eat 
ia; ened Div. cong and Zeyher, 108 ! 
AST w Reet ; Var. B: eh ete Bachmann, 76! 7 
The Bi t Kew for comparison; but from - deri as also 
from te locality, it sbi probably be some very distinct speci 
30. T. punctoria (C. B. Clarke in Durand and Schinz, Conspect. 
Fl. Afr. v. 662); glabrous; stem 3 ft. long, terete, striate, often wit tha 
node between the base and panicle ; basal lea- sheaths entire ; “ upper- 
most go a terete leaf often as long as the stem ” (Boeck eler) ; panicle 
n., compound, rather dense, of 15-30 dull-brown spikelets ; ; 
the base; nut (including its stalk) nearly { in. long, ellipsoid scarcely 
trigonous ; ie -base fused with the nut as a boss; style 
branches 6 (or 8) long. Schenus pericnies, Vahl, Enum. ii. 211. 
Choetospora ‘punctoria, Dietr. Sp. Pl. ii. 28 (cf. Schrad. Anal. Fl. 
Cap. 33 in note), Buekia punctoria, Nees in Linnea, x. 197; Kunth, 
Enum. ii. 310 ; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxviii. 310. 
Sours nies without locality, Ecklon ond. —— 104! Masson ! Verreauc! 
Di 
Region: Cape Div. ee en Wynberg and Const: ns Burchell, 818! 
between Wyner tay Hout Bay, below 1000 ft., Drége! ‘Table Mountain, 
Zeyher, ay, Robertson? Stellenbos sch Div. ; Lowrys Pas 
eg he 4835!" on without precise locality, fe ell ! Tulba gh Div. ; at the 
mountains near New Kloof, n Her ages t.-Afr , 1688! 
uke Div.; mountains of Baviaans Kloof, ear mi eit eaakel ‘7892 | ! 
31. T. MacOwani (C. B. Clarke in Durand and Schinz, ena Fl. 
Afr. v. 661); glabrous or nearly so; rhizome woody; stem: 2 ft. 
long, acutely triquetrous, with nodes “between the basal aves 5 and 
panicle ; basal leaves numerous, nearly as long as the stem, + in, and 
more wide, but much rolled up when dry even at the base, long 
oO 
bract but very much shorter; penis 10 by Lin., lax, thin, of 8-20 dull- 
brown spikelets; spikelets 2 by 2 in.; glumes ovate ; keel green, hardl 
excurrent ; lower flower male, with imperfect pistil ; upper 2-sexus 
perfect ; hy pogynous bristles very small, linear, smooth ; stam : 
anthers crested; nut (including its stalk) 1 in. long, ellipsoid. 
obscurely 3- (or 4-) gonous; style short, linear, branches 6 (0F 8) 
ong. Cheetospora hexandra, Boeck. in Flora, 1878, 37. 
CentRaL Reeion: Somerset Div.; on the summit of Bosch Berg, 4800 ft. 
Pete’ tinea 1864! 
