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CHINA. 



[Cyperacece, 



carinatse, imbricatae, ovatae, obtusa, mucronulo parvo a reliquo margine ssepe sinulo discreto, carina viridi 

 trinervi, lateribus litura oblonga purpurascenti-brunnea notatis, margine membranaceo pallido. Stamina 3. 

 Anther <b lineares, fulvse, apice albo-barbatse. Stylus ad medium trifidus. Caryopsis parva, trigono-sub- 

 rotunda, subtilitcr punctulata, Candida, mutica. 



7. C. hexastachyus. Rottb. — N. ab E. 1. c. p. 81. (cum char, et syn.) 

 Hab. Macao; Millett; Vachell, re. 71. et " f" 



8. C. marginellus. N. ab E. 1. c. p. 83. (cum char.) 

 Hab. Ad Macao et in vicinis insulis; G. H. Vachell, n, 68. 



Radix fibrosa, fibris flexuosis spongiosis. Stolones ilcxuosi, squaraati, horizontales. Folia radicalia vaginis 

 membranaceis laxis instructa. Culmi ad basin vagina meinbranacea acumine lanceolato aphylla rufa.tum folium 

 alteram, vagina longa triquetra, e rhizoinate oricnte, lamina 2-2| lin. lata, complicato-carinata glabra mar- 

 gine scabra, acuminata, culmum subaquante. Culmus acute trigonus penna gallinacea crassior. Involucri 

 folia tria, tres fere lineas longa, plana, margine scabra, umbella longiora ; quartum angustius umbellam 

 asquans. Radii umbella 3-4, l-2i pollices longi, compressi, scabri. Spica, ob spicas laterales sessiles 

 subcapitatas, pollicem lata, polliee brcvior, e partialibus 3-4 patcntissimis terminalique congestis exstructa ; 

 invollucella sub spicis et spiculis brevia, setacea. Spicules conferta, patentes, quatuor lineas longae, lineam 

 vix lata, compressiuscula. Squama imbrieata, primum acuta, demum obtusa, septemnerves, e purpureo 

 expallida, dorso viridula?, margine albo-tenuissimo. Stamina tria. 



9. C. canescens. Vahl. — N. ab E. I. c. p. 84. (cum char, et syn.) 

 Hab. Macao; Millett. In littore Tynon-Bay; G. H. Vachell, n. 67. 



Culmus pedalis, sesquipedalis, penna anserina tenuior, strictus, trigonus, lasvis, sub umbella rufescens. 

 Folia radicalia, culmum aquantia, linearia, rigidula, 2-2^ lineas lata, glauca, glabra, margine serrulato- 

 scabra. Vagina membranaceae, fusco-purpurea'. Involucri foliola 6-7, foliolorum forma, pleraque et coram 

 longitudine, interiora minora ; inferius quandoque ab umbella remotius. Ochrea. laxos, oblique truncata? 

 eoque acuminatse, nec dentata? aut foliaceo-apiiendiculata;. Radii 6-8, in aliis plerique abbreviati, et ideo 

 umbella subcontracta, in aliis 1-2 pollices longi, divaricati, trigoni, centralibus solis abbreviatis. Involucella 

 nulla. In singulo radio inflorescentia composito-vel decomposito-spicata, late pyramidalis, spicis partialibus 

 paucis divaricatis earumque infimis longioribus fere pollicaribus, basi saspe compositis, tunc una et altera 

 superiora versus multo brevior, ipso apice simpliciter spicato, unde figura inflorescentia; brevem pyramidetn 

 refert. Spiculm approximata; nec imbricata, recto angulo patentes, subdisticha, sessiles, 3 lin. longa, \ lin. 

 lata, ex oblongo lanceolata, acutiuscula, modice compressa, utrinque convexa, 8-9-flora?, squamis arete im- 

 bricatis ovatis obtuse mucronatis crassiuscule chartaceis griseo-fuscis margine angusto pallidiore, nervis 

 novem prominulis obtusis divisis punctulatisque. Rhachilla utrinque ad latus alata. Stamina tria. Stylus 

 ad medium bifidus, altero ramo bifido. Caryopsis obovato-triquetra, lateribus depressis, mucronata, basi 

 contracta, punctulis minimis prominulis subseriatis exasperata, nigro-fusca, nitidula, squama sua duplo 

 brevior. 



[From the above description, assisted by specimens from Dr. Wight, and determined by Professor Nees 

 Von Esenbeck, we are now inclined to refer here our C. caricifolius, from the Sandwich Islands, supr. p. 99.] 



10. [C. verticillatus ; umbella composita decompositave pluriradiata, radiis compresso- 

 triepjetris strictis apice umbellatis e spicis 3-8 sessilibus paullo inasqualibus patulis cylin- 

 draceis a basi densissime imbricatis et quandoque radiolo centrali oligostacliyo, spiculis 

 lanceolatis valde compressis dense spiraliter in rachi insertis ebracteolatis 6-14-floris, squamis 

 ovatis obtusis mucronatis flavidis dorso trinervibus nervo carinali viridi, stylo trifido, cary- 

 opsi ovali triquetra lsevi pallida, involucellis subdiphyllis umbellula paullo brevioribus, in- 



