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TRIAND. MONOG. in. Schoenus. 107 
Culm round, capillary: heads fpiked, involucred. 
The Cape, Thunb. proJr. l6. Willd.fp pP, p. 2O4. 
Culm comprefled ; head terminal ; involucre 5-leaved. 
Ceylon. Ret«.. olf.i,.p 9. Willd. fp. pl.p. 264. 
Culm fomewhat triangular : fpikelets conglomerate : invo- 
lucre leafy, coloured at the bale. 
Weft Indies. Sloanejam. 1. p. 119. /. 78._/. 1. 
Culm round, filiform: fpikes racemed, pointing one way : 
involucres folitary. 
The Cape. Rottb. gram. p. 53. t. l 5 ,f. 3. 
Leaves fetaceous, ftriate, with membranaceous white fragments 
at the bafe: eulm obfoletely triangular. 
Culm round, leaflefs : fpikes panicled ; glumes acute. 
The Cape. Thunh. prodr. 16, Willd. Jp, pi. p, 
B, Culm 'i^-fided. 
Culm leafy, 3-fided : involucre 4-leaved, defle£led: head 
oblong, terminal. 
Surinam. Rottb. gram. 6t. t. zo. 
Culm leafy, 3-rKlcd : umbel terminal : fpikelets glomerate. 
Jamaica, Jaccp. k. rar. l. t. loi 
Culm leafy, 3-fided: umbel terminal, compound: fpikc- 
Icts ovate, ftriate, glomerate. 
North America. Willd.fp. pi. \,p. 265, ». 26. 
Leaves linear, glabrous, carinate : umbel terminal : fpikelets ovate, 
fmall : fcales ovate, nerved, brown. 
Culm 3-fided, leafy : flowers fafcicled : leaves flat: pe- 
duncles lateral, in pairs. 
Jamaica. North America. S<wartz, obf. 29. 
Culm obtufely 3-fidcd, leafy, fmooth : leaves prickly for- 
wards: panicles fpreading: fpikelets i-flowercd, 
fclfile, 2-male. 
Jamaica. Svianx. prodr. \r). Brovin Jam. J14. 
Culm leafy, obtufely 3-fided, fmooth : leaves prickly for- 
wards: panicles more erctft: fpikelets i-flowered, 
feifile, 2-male. 
Jamaica. Swartz, prodr . 19. Willd, Lpi pi. 266, 
Culms beneath, comprefled, 2-edged, glabrous : flowers 
panicled : fheaths lanceolate at the tip. 
Weft Indies. Swartz, prodr . Willd, fp. pi. ztL, 
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