45 E 
Costularia melicoides, C. B. poen: Cyperus melicoides, Poir. ! 
n Lam. Encyc. vii. (1806), p. [6836] 
d Tetraria lucida, sp. n.; culmo 7 dm. longo, robustiore sub- 
aphyllo. monocephalo ; spicis 3-5 approximatis, i 
distante ; bractea ima Sree rpg paullo superante, fus sca 
yi 
Speen T: a, C. B. Clarke, affinis.--Rhizoma horizontale, 
4-5 mm. Biga any a squamis brevibus latis, laete-rubris, intectum 
Culmi apie mati, = espitosi, teretes, Vaginae integrae, 
lucidae, cuadros e, summa zd altero latere producta 4 cm. 
o m. lata, "apio late triangularis, acuta subpungens. 
Bractea ima 15-20 mm. longa, brad lanceolata, scarioso-fusca. 
the 10-13 mm. longa ; flos imu sculus, triander 
UTH AFRICA. West Gë Pd Per alt. 900 m., 
Schlechter, n. 9987. [6877] 
ée T. rege ama sp. n.; culmo 9 dm. longo, per totam longi- 
m distanter folgen folis usque ad cm. longis ; j 
mix lineari, polys ou, antheris perlonge cristatis ; stylo- 
basi non dilatatd ; Ar beca v. 
Glabra. Rhizoma Mesas Culmus rectus, nag angina durus, 
striatus ; vaginae imae striatae, integrae, nigro-bru Folia 
cylindrico-vaginata, 2-6 mm. lata, ‘dura, viridia, pose, ie 
Panieula 25 cm. longa, 15 mm. lata "fusce pallide rosea; bracteae 
vaginantes, ramis erectis gem Spiculae 1 eum longae, com- 
ora | i 
ronatae, 3 inf 
uae. Flosin ferior 6-ander, pistillo effeto, ee? huic similis 
pistillo fertili. ` Antherarum cristae lineari-lanceolatae scabrae, 
cum parte erer aequilongae. Nux rotundo-ellipsoi dea 
levis, non matura. 
VAUSTRALIA, Serpentine River, (32° 30' S.L.), Diels, n. 1872. 
k: ET [6949] 
#2” Mesomelaena uncinata, C. B. Clarke; Lepidosperma uncinatum, 
Nees ! in Lehm. PI. Preiss. ii. 93. [6968 : 
ba D ee squamellata, sp. n.; culmis unisexualibus, ramis paru 
; foliis subnullis ; nuce majuscula, ellipsoideà, comidas 
stipi Ge? squamellis cum 3 parte nucis subaequilongis obovatis 
lo 3- 
obtusis; sty fido ; nucis rostro subnullo. 
Rhizoma ligneum, 4-7 mm. in diam., a squamis pallidis intectum. 
Culmi 2-4 rigidi, teretes; vaginae imae saepe se 
inutae lanosae; planta ceteroquin gl po e masculae 
minores, gracilius paniculatae. Spiculae foemineae 2-3 approxi- 
rminales ac breviter aaa aira 9-11 mm. 
longae, ellipsoideo-lanceolatae, 5-6 glumae. Glumae 3-4 ee 
vacuae, elliptico-lanceolatae, concavae, pahanap? ssa ae mar- 
ginibus late albo-scariosis : gluma quarta (vel grénger? iaaiiai, 
quasi unguiculatae , unguiculi cum stipite nucis subaequilon ngae, 
albidi ; — ac eat rotundatae, subemarginatae, enger in 
in ux 3-4 mm. longa, cinereo-brunea, admo 
levis, apur PME Si ai rugosa; cellulae extimae Lo a 
