Cyperus, Linn.
797. C. polystachyus, Rottb.—A small Yellow-beaded 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. rotundus, Linn.—A rush-like Grass, growing wherever
there is water in the neighbourhood of Ladder Hill, &c., on the hot
low land. I t 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, Rottb.—A sort of Rush, growing wild
9n the face of Horse Point, but is rare. C. alt. 1'5.—Hab. Widely
dispersed.
804. C. herbicavus, Ktli.—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.
Pimbristylis, Vahl.
805. *F. tex tilis, Roxb.8-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. I t 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. I t is
without doubt indigenous to St. Helena.
Isolepis, R. Br.
806. I. Holoschænus, R. & S.—Hab.'
Europe, N. Africa, &c. Species of sedge-grass
807. I. sp. ? 1 from damp situa808.
I. sp, ? tions.
809, I. sp.?