BOTANY. 
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Cyperus, Linn. 
797. C. polystacliyus, Rottb. — A small Yellow-headed Grass ; 
grows wild in damp localities, and is common. — Hab. Very widely 
distributed. 
798. C. sp.?— A Grass found growing in the stream at the 
lower part of Lemon Valley; very rare. 
799. C. rotunclus, Linn.— A rusli-like Grass, growing wherever 
there is water in the neighbourhood of Ladder Hill, &c., on the hot 
low land. It attains a height of fifteen inches, and has a large 
brown tufty head. C. — Hab. Widely dispersed. 
800. C. sp. ? — A large-headed reddish-brown Grass, wild and 
common where there is water or moisture. 
801. C. sp. ? — A smaller species, with a green head, wild and 
very common generally. 
802. C. sp. ? — A very large, thick, red-headed Water-grass, 
growing wild in the stream at the Hermitage, &c. Alt. 3'2. 
803. C. mucronatus, Eottb. — A sort of Rush, growing wild 
on the face of Horse Point, but is rare. C. alt. 1*5. — Hab. Widely 
dispersed. 
804. C. lierbicavus, Kth. — Nut-grass; grows wild and is 
common about gardens in Jamestown, and so abundant as to be 
quite a pest to the gardener. C. — Hab. S. Africa. 
805. *F. textilis, Roxb. — The Thatching Rush of the Islanders ; 
perhaps the most useful of the native plants, as it makes an 
excellent covering for roofs of cottages, and is so used. The 
Africans make a rough kind of basket from it. It grows abundantly 
on the semi-barren outskirts of the Island, C. and M., at alts, from 
•2 to 3, and at Peak Hill, Man and Horse, and Horse-pasture. It is 
without doubt indigenous to St. Helena. 
Fimbristylis, Vahl. 
Isolepis, E. Br. 
80G. I. Holoschaenus, E. & S. — Hab. 
Europe, N. Africa, &c. 
Species of sedge-grass 
from damp situa- 
tions. 
807. I.isp.? 
808. I. sp. ? 
809. I. sp. ? 
