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Carew] éyperacem (Clarke), 301 
1. ©. divisa (Huds. Fl. Angl. 348) ; glabrous ; rhizome 1-8 in, 
long, horizontal, gion, stems 6-18 in. long; leaves often 2 the 
length of the stem, =4—1 in. bro ad § inflorescence 3-14 by 1—1 in., a 
compound spike, lowest bract 2 2 in, long, or sometimes much over- 
topping the inflorescence; spikes ovoid, many bisexual, female at 
the base, male at the top; female glumes ovate, acuminate or short- 
mucronate, brown ; style 2-fid; ukeidl ovate, acuminate, flattened, 
moderately nerved ; beak short, bifid, scabrous-edged; nut fat, 
ovoid, truncate, much ates than the al Kunth, “Enum, 0.372 
Bott, iv. 186; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxix. 54; C. B. Clarke 
tn Bas rags Fi. Brit. ae 7: TOL. -C, a ES Schkuhr, ge 2 
30, 'e fig. 87. CC. consanguinea, Kunth, Enum 374. 
Vignea ‘ind Reich. Fl. Excurs. 58. 
Western Recton: orem Namaqualand; between Pedros Kloof and Lily 
test 4000 ft., Drége, 2450! 
idely distributed, 
In the South African form (C. aay get dopa n the angles of the stem 
are Closely es — the anthers have g linear white crest; in the 
a pical European C. divisa, Hedeon, # the an les - te stem are remotely scabrous 
r smooth, ee the shes are muticous or scarcely apiculate. 
2. C. glomerata (Thunb. Prod. Bot : pag st ; rhizome 
1-12 in. long, horizontal, woody; stems 10-20 i - long, smooth 
or nearly so on the 3 angles at the on: ; leaves often 2 % the length 
rarely overtopping the inflorescenee ; spikes ovoid, man isexual, 
female at the base, male at the top; i female glumes ovate, acuminate 
or short-mucronate, brown; style 2-fid ; utricle ovate, acuminate, 
plane- zy green then chestnut, moderately nerved on both faces ; 
beak short, bi ifid, with a green scabrous margin at the base; nut 
flat, ae? pr igayrr much shorter than the utricle. Thunb. Fl. Ca ap. 
ed. Schult. 90; Nees in Linnea, vii. 534; x. 203; Kunth, Enum. 
li, 384; B ne Carex, ii. 81, t. 222; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxix. 
59 F nth (i. e. the African plant and synon.) ; not of Schkuhr nor 
of Host. C. vulpina, var. 8, Wahl. in Act. Holm. 1803, 144 
Sourn AFRica: a locality, Verreauxr 
hn agen ReEGion: Riversdale Div.; Great Tis River, Burch+ll, 6554! Albany 
ar Gri shamstown, MacOwan ! Uitenhage Div.; Zwartkops River, Ecklon 
and Zeyher, 187! 
KaLanariI ReGion : Orange Free ree Buchanan, 97! 
Species differs little from C. divisa ; it is rather pri with a larger in- 
eee, the chief obvious aoa is the la arger, brighter-chestnut, green- 
‘uargined utricle, which also separates (. glomerata trom pre mined kc ~ 
muricata, Linn., which has yellow-brown utricles and the spike more in 
ie to the synouymy given above, it refers at least partly to the “aligering 
pecies, 
C. vulpina (Linn. Sp. Plant. ed. i. 973); rather stouter than ” 
Pipe stems scabrous at the top; leaves broader, usually + 
