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Curtis^s Enumeration oj 



setaceous, erect, 5-6 inches long, triangular, channeled' 

 on the inside towards the base; Sheath about an inch 

 long, closed ; Panicle terminal, with 1-3 pedicelled spike- 

 lets, subtended by an erect leaf about an inch long, which, 

 with a ferruginous, lanceolate bract, resembling the glumes, 

 encloses the bases of the peduncles ; Glumes 6-7, ovate, 

 outer ones smallest and mucronate, containing two flowers, 

 one of them abortive ; Bristles 6, unequal, shorter than 

 the seed, plumose, naked at the summit ; Staniens 3, as 

 long as the style j Style 3-4 times longer than the seed ; 

 Seed oval, rugose ; Tubercle short, conic. 



Hab. wet savannahs. Flowers April, May. 



Intermediate between R. rariflora and plumosa. Close- 

 ly allied to the former, judging from the description, but 

 differing at least by the plumose setae, in w^hich it resem- 

 bles the latter. 



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(55) Scirpus simplex. Stem triangular ; Spikes with 

 the aspect of S. tuberculatus ; Seed longitudinally striate 

 and regularly punctate between the ridges, presenting a 

 beautiful appearance under a lens. Bristles 6. 



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To these I now add the following new species, not 



mentioned in the Catalogue. 



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(56) AmorpKa cyanostackya. . Leaflets oblong, emar- 

 ginate, obtuse at each end, smooth ; Rachls pubescent; 



Flow^ers subsessile ; Calyx with the margin villous, two 

 of the teeth short, obtuse, and three acuminate, subaris- 

 tate, nearly equal ; Vexillum obcordate, more than twice 



Ohs. 



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wide 



glandular, occupying the petiole nearly to the stem- 



. Flow^ers blue, darker at the summit of the vexillum, and 



becoming lighter towards the base. This species Is dis- 



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