CHINA. 
226 
[ CyperacecB. 
inches long, but in every other respect the above description is most faithful. We presume it is F. argentea, 
N. ab E. in Herb. Lindl. ; but we have not seen his specimens.] 
7. TRICLELOSTYLIS. Lest; N. ab E. 1. c. 
1. T. complanata. N. ab E. 1. c. p. 103. (cum char, et syn.) 
Hab. Circa Macao urbem et in insulis vicinis; G. H. Vachell, n. 61. et “e.” 
2. T. miliacea. N. ab E. 1. c. p. 103. (cum char, et syn.) 
Culmi pars inferior acute quadrangularis, mox autem superior pars ejus comprimitur carina depressa in 
utroque latere notata. Folia e vagina ampla angusta, compressa, acuminata, basi anguste canaliculata, 
culmum mquantia. Umhellce supradecompositse habitus verticillaris ab auctoribus optime expositus est. 
Spicalce vix linea 1-1 ^ longiores, subglobosa;, multiflorm. Squamce octofariam imbricatse, ovatse, inferiores 
mucronatse, superiores ssepe obtusse, omnes carinatm, uninerves, nervo utrinque vitta fusca limitato, margine 
albido membranaceo. Caryopsis exigua, alba, obtusa, latere exterior! convexo-gibba, costulaque media 
prmdita, subtilissime transversim striolata, apiculis parvis cylindricis, imprimis versus superiora, echinata. 
Orbiculus hypogynus, parvus, discoideus. 
8. ISOLEPIS. It. Br.; N. ab E. 1. c. 
1. I. squarrosa. Valil. — N. ab E. 1. c. p. 106. (cum char, et syn.) 
2. I. barbata. R. Br. — N. ab E. 1. c. p. 109. (cum char, et syn.) 
Hab. Circa urbem Macao, et in insulis vicinis. Vachell, “ d." Millett. 
Radix fibrosa, densa, longa, fibris raultis flexuosis fuscis. Culmi quam plurimi ex eadem radice, digitales, 
spithamei, filiformes, subtrigoni, striati, incurvi, basi foliosi, superne longo tractu aphylli. Vagince ad basin 
culmorurn paucse, arctse, purpurem, nervoso-striatse, ore longe barbatse, cseterum glabrae ; infimse aphyllse laxi- 
usculae, supremse, una vel duae, folio |-1 pollicem longo filiform! subtrigono striato obtusiusculo terminatae. 
Capitulum terminale, densum, e spiculis 6-12 compositum, subglobosum. Involucrum subdiphyllum, foliolis 
ovato-lanceolatis capitulo brevioribus vel ejusdem ad summum altitudinis, basi membranaceis purpurascenti- 
fuscis albo-ciliatis, acumiue setaceo subherbaceo: alterius folioli longiori. Spiculce parvae, 1-H lineam 
longae, dense confertae, ovatae vel ovato-lanceolatae, acutiusculae, compresso-trigonae. Rachis flexuosa, ad 
genicula truncato-quadrata, triquetra, glabra. Squamce trifariam imbricatae, ovatae, alte nec acute carinatae, 
apice subtruncatae et hinc extrorsum mucronulum patulum exserentes, membranaceae, scabrae, purpureae, 
margine angusto albo cinctae, dorso trinerves, necque hac in parte discolores. Stamina plerumque duo, 
rarius tria, filamentis glabris. Urceolus ovarium cingens nullus. Stylus filiformis, glaber, a basi tuberculi- 
formi cadens ; stigmata tria, stylo breviora, hirta. , Caryopsis exigua, obovata, aequilatero-trigona, laevi- 
uscula, obsoletissime punctulata, pallide lutea, tuberculo verticis fusco, e styli basi residue coronata, nuda, 
neque urceolo inferne cincta, stipiti brevissimo papilliform!. — Haec species Indica a Browniana ilia differt in- 
volucri brevi, nec capitulum excedente. 
Trie. IV. RHYNCHospoREiE. N. ab E. 
9. RHYNCHOSPORA. Vahl; N.abE.l.c. 
1. R. Chinensis. Nees et Meyen. — V. ab E. 1. c. p. 115. (cum char, et syn.) 
Hab. Circa urbem Macao et in insulis adjacentibus ; Vachell, n. 60. 
Planta 2-3-pedalis, pro’ statura gracilior. Culmi ad foliorum origines articulati, fistulosi, triquetri. Folia 
4-5, culmo breviora, aequidistantia, decrescentia, linearia, acuminata, carinato-canaliculata, margine et carina 
