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CYPERACE. 
Cyperus capitatus Vand. (C. nase Griseb., Schanus mucro- 
tus L.). Sand-dunes; locally com T. Catalan Bay! 
North Front! Tl TEL tae st? ii. Baad Bay! Palmones 
C. rotundus L. (C. olivaris we -Tozz.). Roadsides in waste 
: rather ‘tre equent; 4-12. I. Below Lunatic Asylum! North 
F own, rR K,, 5 i Eipkey 3 3 Sie reps Station 
nig south of the town! ii. Sands by Palmones River, Boztss., 
Salt Pans! Guadacorte 
*C. esculentus L. Similar vishal rare? 7-9. Taller, Sac 
—" shorter, distichously set. I. ii. Sea sand by Palm 
River and Algeciras, Rev. 
0. pes ngus L. Wet places; type rare; 3-8. III. i. Almoraima 
Soto! A form with few, small, pale spikelets 
Seo badius C. B. Clarke. A tall stout plant, very common. 
II.! 
5-7. Short, leafy, leaves shorter than fa: “the Meicshoney hed ed 
than rays, rays 4-5 long and 2-3 subsessile, spikelets rather dark, 
lanceolate. TIT. i. Alcadeza Crags! Soto Gordo! ii. Salt mars 
near Algeciras, Rev.!, erroneously named Cyperus pallescens Desf. 
bably this 
P. flavescens L. (Cyperus Gussonei Gasp.). Marshes ; rare? 
5-7. Annual, tufted, short, slender, spikelets pale, subcapitate. 
II. as Algeciras, Re 
P. globosu s Reichb. Damp sandy places; very © ; 6-8. 
Heads dense, ‘slobons: whitish. III. i. A ues ld eat ford 
between San Roque and Pinar de los Bigotes 
: “dente BY ania R. Br. Pools and vet places ; common ; 
= IiT.! 
tH. sag abel da on Damp heathy spots; occasional or locally 
frequent; 3-6. é Goes of Spain’s Chair! ii. Waterfall 
Valley ! 
Schenus nigricans L. Similar places ; locally common ; oes 
III. i. Foot of Chair both a 6 yee oyo Viejo! Alcadeza Plains! 
ii. By Miel! Beyond Carnero : 
Scirpus cernuus Vahl. (S. Savi ; Seb. & Maur.). Streams an 
wet places; rather frequent ; 3-7. III. i. Cork Wood Sotos | 
ii. Palmones Pinar and Playazo! Mountains! iii. Salt Pans! 
Guadacorte Marshes ! 
Var. Vahlii Lge. has larger solitary heads, with shorter bracts. 
II. ii, ge? Algeciras, Fritze B 
S. lacustris L. Marshes; locally plentiful ; 4-7, Il. e- 
tween poiniebe tied and Long St tables! iii. Guadacorte Marshes 
ools; very local; 5-7. Stems very tall, pale, 
cylindrical, inflorescence diffuse, branches 7-8, very unequa al, Foe 
with unequally pedicelled heads, umbellately set, 24-3 “i 
long. Near S. litiorale Schrad., but stem not triquetrous. Pro- 
