hrysithriz. | CYPERACES (Clarke). 293. 
Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. 139. Wildenovia pale hy — in 
Flora, 1829, 134 (ef. Nees in Linneea, vii. 619) not of Thu 
Var, : subteres (C. B. Clarke in ee and Schinz, Conspect. ca Pee Ve 
668); stem round- “trigonou s at the top, obscurely sle a fy striated; leaves 
long, ie row. C. jwnciformis, Drage in Linnea, xx. 251 partly. 
os Arica esa bias: a Pil to! ag ey 
Coast Reer Ca Cap in front Table Mountain, 
Thunberg, Table Mountain, pie ell, re Or eae ie to Rehmann, 76! 
Swellendam aon 3; near Swellen ndam, 1000-4000 ft., Zeyher, 4424b! Riversdale 
ae on the Pisaae e Berg, Burchell, 7082 George Div.; on the Post Berg, 
t George, Burchell, 5948! near George, 1 060-2000 fhe Drége , 8942b! Var. B: 
sala Div. ; ; Dutoits Kloof, 3000-4000 ft., Drége, 3942a 
"), 
2. C. junciformis (Nees in Linnea, x. 144); stem throughout its 
Whole length terete, strongly striated; leaves terete, resembling 
barren stems ; otherwise as C. capensis, Linn, Kunt hy Enum, ii. 
365; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. 140. 
Coasr Region: Riversdale Diy. ; summit of Kampsche Berg, Burchell, 7103! 
XXV. SCLERIA, Berg. 
Flowers all 1-sexual. Spikelets bisexual or unisexual ; bisexual 
spikelets of 1 basal female flower, and 1 or more male flowers above ; 
uni 
concave, open, i.e. margins not ene y pogynous bristles 0. 
Stamens 3-1 ; anthers linear- oblong, often mucronate. von wig 
hot dilated at the base, branches 3 linear. Nut bony, ovoid, on 
Se PRs 3 3 apex of gynophore often dilated into : ‘disc, eae 
ttgonous, or compound, or with evolute lobes. 
Stems with nodes throughout their pen ch emia trigonous; leaves and 
irr at the base a, the stem, narrow, often very scabrous at the edges, 
mg. 
_ Dera. Species 160; common in Tropical, e.g in warm Temperat 
ns, extending to Lake Ontario ait New Zealand, but absent from a 
and the whole Mediterranean and Orient Region. 
sabgenus a ne Spikelets many 2-sexual ; 
margin annular yee minute, or ha rdly 
any. Phy es nder or cely medium-sized, 
With slender woody horizontal rhizomes (in the 
Cape species), very narrow leaves and small 
Spikelets, 
Clusters of — usually distant on a nearly 
ndivided g 
Spikelets ae tNE in fruit : 
lleaves sho: an se 
rt ‘ , .»» (1) hirtella. 
leaves long .., ies iat ... (2) catophylla. 
ro 
tem slende: e base... ... (3) meyeriana. 
Stem with a gina bulb at the base ... (4) Buchanani, 
