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$-cc-game. Palew oo-stiche imbricate. Perigonii sete rigide, denticulate, Stamina 3, Ova- 
rium stylo 2-fido. Caryopsis basi styli discreta, longirostris,—Plante inflorescentia varia, panicu- 
lata, corymbosa v, spicato-capitata, 
Schenus arundinaceus, Sol. in Vorst. Prodr. n. 491 (sine descript.), from New Caledonia (Forster !), is a 
species of this genus, closely allied to R. thyrsoidea, Nees (Je. scleroides, Hook. et Arn.), of the Sandwich 
Islands (Macrae !) 
. 1, R. aurea, Vahl, Enum. vol. ii. p. 291; Kunth, Enum. vol. ii. p. 293; culmo 3-angulari, 
foliato ; foliis planis, rigidis, carina margineque scabris; cymis diffusis, ramosissimis ; spicis lanceo- 
latis, 1-4-floris; flore inferiore ¢ ; superioribus ¢; achenio pyriformi, cutis piscitiz instar sca- 
brato, interdum obsolete transyersim undulato, ferrugineo, nitido; rostro vix longiore, conico, per 
sulcum exarato, concolori, apice scabriusculo, basi soluto; setis 7, scabris, fructum superantibus. 
—Scirpus corymbosus, Linn, Amoen, Acad. vol. iy, p. 3038; ejusd. Spee. vol. i. p. 76. Schenus 
corymbosus, Pers, Syn. vol. i. p. 59, 8. Surinamensis, Rottb. Gram. p. 68. t. 21. f.1. Cheto- 
sporea aurea, Humb, Bpl. et Kunth, Noy. Gen. vol. i. p. 231. Schenus floridus, Rudge, Guian, 
p. 15, t, 18 (fide Brown), R. florida, Dietr, Spec. vol. ii. p. 71. Calyptrostylis Rudgei, Nees ab 
Esenb. in Linnea, vol. ix. p. 295. Cephaloschenus divergens, Nees ab Esenb. in Linniea, vol. ix: 
p. 296. Rhynchospora corymbifera, Nees ab Esenb. in Linnea, vol. ix. p. 297. R. Surinamensis, Nees 
ab Esenb, 1. e.—Viti, exact locality not specified (Sir E. Home!). Also in tropics of both hemi- 
spheres. 
V. Hypolytrum, Rich. in Pers. Ench. vol. i. p. 70, excl. sp.; Endl. Gen. un. 988. Spicule 
é. Pale 2-4, bracteze contrariz, marginibus interdum antice v, postice, nonnunquam, utrinque 
inter se coalite, Stamina 2-3, Ovarium stylo 2-fido, deciduo, Caryopsis crustacea, ovoidea, 
compressa, apice suberoso-incrassata, mutica.—Herbe Fuirene y. Cladii habitu; culmis foliosis, 
spicis cuneatis y. turbinatis, undique imbricatim bracteatis, per paniculas cymosas v. corymbiformes 
squarrosas dispositis.—A/bikia, Presl in Reliq. Heenk. vol. 1. p, 284, 
H., dissitiflorum, Steud., collected in the Hawaiian Islands (Menzies !), is closely allied to the following 
species, 
1, Hi. latifolium, Rich. im Pers. Syn, vol. i. p. 70; culmis 3-angularibus, foliatis; foliis culmo 
longioribus, late linearibus, planis, 3-nerviis, rigidulis, marginibus nervoque medio subtus spinuloso- 
serrulatis ; corymbis in apice culmi paniculato-dispositis, foliis distinctis; spicis (floriferis) cylindra- 
ceo-oblongis ; squamis apice rotundatis, submucronatis, dorso sub-3-nerviis; propriis liberis, carina 
ciliatis ; staminibus 2; fructu ovato-subrotundo, cum styli basi comica acuta confluente, obsolete 
lacnnuloso.—H. giganteum, Wall. Cat. n. 3404; Nees ab Esenb. in Wight, Bot. p. 93, et in Linnea, 
vol. ix. p. 288. Tunga diandra, Roxb, Fl, Ind. vol. 1. p. 184. Sehawnus nemorum, Vahl, Symb. 
vol. iii. p. 8 (Rheed, Mal, p. 12, t. 58) ; ejusd. Enum. vol. ii, p. 227. Hypelyptum nemorum, Beauv. 
Fl. vol. ii. p. 13. t. 67. HH. diandrum, Dietr. Spec. vol. i. p. 365. Albikia scirpoides, Presl in Rel. 
Heenk. yol. i. p. 185. t. 85.—In swamps, Ovalau (M‘Gillivray! Seemann! n. 666). Also common 
in tropical Asia and Africa. 
VI. Fimbristylis, Vahl, Enum. vol. iii. p. 285; Endl, Gen. n. 998. Spicule oo-flore, 2. 
Palexe undique imbricate, infima vacua. Perigonium 0. Stamina 8. Discus membranaceus, in- 
teger, vix manifestus, Ovarium stylo 2-3-fido ; basi bulboso-incrassata persistente. Caryopsis 
erustacea, nuda vy. granulato-echinulata, compressa v. 3-gona, disco sphacelato exiguo stipata.— 
Stirpes; culmis enodibus, basi foliatis v. vaginatis ; follis angustis, seepius canaliculatis, margini- 
busque asperis, spiculis solitariis, capitatis v.in umbellam inzequaliter radiatam dispositis, Involucro 
abbreviato bractezxformi v. foliaceo suffultis. 
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