2 l8 ' CYPERACEiE. 



Crescit pi-opd Cumana et BordoueSj locis humidis umhrosis. % Floret Septeinhri. 



Genus Papyri genori Maiisci liaLilu simillimum et ab eo solumniodo diversum : squamis ■liljeris, 

 Celeberrimus Aubert |du Petit-Tliouars in Cjpero Papjro (TT^wufai grfficis) et specie quadam mada- 

 j?ascarien;i hunc cbaratlcrcm priraus obscrvaviE^ easquespecies sub oomine generico Papyri distiQxit- 



;-■ 2. PAPYRUS coMosA. t ■■ ■' ' ' 



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P. culmo trigoiio; involucris subcnneaphyllis, umbella brcvioribu^s ^ invokicellis octo- 

 pliyllis j LimLena partiali muUo longioribus. 



Crescit locis ccdidissimis , iuundittis prope Gua/a(juil ad ripam jluvii cl in ina Daulcnsi. % 



Floj-ct NoveiJtbri. 



CuLMUS sespedalis et ailiov, trii^omis, lenuissime sirialus, i^laber. Fotn nou vidi. Usiceli.\ termf- 

 nalis, composila , universalis septem- aut duodeciiniadrata j involucrata; railiis q(iin<|iie- aiit scspolli- 

 caribus. IJmbellie parUales octo aut dccemracliaJii:, involncraiiei radiis sesqui- aut bipollicaribus. lSpicvE 

 oblongrc , cylindraoe;c , oLtnsrc , ocio- aut novem linc.is longrc j nudie. Spiculc numerosie , linefiri-subu- 

 laiie, teretcs, scsquilinenres, octo- ant decemflor,'^. IwvoLecRUM octo-aut enneapbjllum ; folioCislanceo- 

 latis, acuminatia, suialis, apicem versus serrnlaiis, glabris, radJos universales subLpfpiantibus. I?iVfU.u- 

 CELLA oclopby^la; foliolis linearibus, glabri.^, margine scabris, quadri^ aul scxpollicaribus. OcuuKfi 

 vadioiumuoiversalium pollicarcs, fuscrK , glabrrr , bidcntatjc- Ochvcic ra<liornm partialium sublrnncaLe , 

 ruscte^glabr^, tii- ant quadrilineares. Gi,UM« octo ant dccem , snbrotnn.Icc , convohito-concav^e , cmar- 

 ginala:^, aristato-mucronatie, glabrir; , albi^l.T? , mcdio fusco? , sqnamis longiorcs , omnes ferLiies. Squ*m-e 

 <hix , ovat^j^, acut-c, tcnuJssimc membranacerc, albidic, ovarium sub.Tfpian ^es. STYLrs ifirKlus. Ake^lum 

 ellipticum, trigonum , glalirum ^ basi nudum. 





S E c Ti o II. S c I a p E _^,. 



IIYPOELYTRUM. Ricii- Yaul. 



Spicul^. multilloric. GLUJvi.ii undiqtie iinbricatce , unillorfe , omncs ferti)es. 

 Squam.t. (lua? , metnliranacciB j gluinis oppositEe. Akeis-ium lcnlicularc aut 

 trlquetrum. Set.i?: nullge. 



CuLMi basi foliali. SricuLiE terminales , capitato-conglomerata! , invo- 



lucratac. 



1. HYPOELYTRUM argenteum. 



H. foliislmcaribiis; spicis ovatis , glomeratis- involuao dipliyllo , splcls longiore j gltimis 

 rliombcis , acuminaiis; ^kenio irigono, ~ ' 



Hypa^lyptum argcntcum. Fa/ii. cjutm. o.. p. 2^3, 



