V 



aeccdil involiicrl ft)lioIiim breve seinceum, vcl ailco sqiia- 

 mifornie. Spiculae paiiciflorae, ovalac. Squamae ovalae, 

 oblusae vel obtuse miicroiuilatac, carlnatae, iiervoso stria- 

 lae, rigidulae, basi caiinaque albldae, apiccm versus ma- 

 jore nnnorevc ambilu fusco-piirpurcae aut rufesccntos. 

 Slamina et stlgmala Icrnn. C.nryopsis exlgua, triquelra, 

 laterlbus convexlusculls, pnnrils imprcssis mlcans. 

 (9.) 7. IsoLEPis Bei'glmia. 



1. cnlnils fasciciilalis hiquclrls basi imifolils, spiculls 

 2 — 4 ovalis involucii dlpbvlli foHob» Icrmlnall brevioiibus, 

 sqiiamis carinalis nervosis margine mcmbranaceis triandils, 

 caryopsi obtuse Irigona binc planiuscula obsolete punctata 

 pallida, radice fibrosa. 



Isolepis Bergiana Schult. Mnnt, III. p. 532. /?. 22 a. 

 Scirpus Bergianus Spv. S. 7^. I. p. 212. n. 140. 

 Sleud. in Flora 1829. /. /;. 149. n. 35. Echloiu 

 Ilerh. Cap. Un. it. n. 879«. 880. (ex parte). 

 In Gärten als Unkraut an den Wegen, sandige Stel- 

 len auf Greenpoint, Kapsche Fläcbe, August bis üNovember. 

 Q. V. exempl. pl. 



Quoad aftinitatem cum praecedcntc confer quae su- 

 pia allata sunt. 



Culmi e radicis collo tenul plurimi, fasclculali, semi- 

 blpollicares, sursum incrassati , ereoti, ratione allitudinis 

 crassi, triquclri. Follum lincarl filiforme, convolutum, ob- 

 lusum, dimldlo culmo longlus, vagina sangulnea. Involu- 

 cri folium exterlus et superlus folio simlle, capilulo lon- 

 glus, basi dllatata sanguinea amplcctens; inferius e basi 

 simili breviter herbaceo-mucronatum, capilulum aequans 

 eove brevius. Spiculae 2 — 5, in minimis solltariae, ag- 

 glomeratae, lineam longae, late ovatae, subdislicbae, 4 — 

 6 tlorae. Squamae late ovatae, oblusae vel mucronulatae, 

 pallide aut fusco-purpurascentes, margine albo-membrana- 

 ceae, nervoso-striolalae. Filamenta tria. Stigmata Iria* 



