66 WE. C. B. CEABKE ON INDIAN SPECIES OE CYPEEUS. 



Var. I. acutata; spiculis lanceolatis subacutis. 

 Mexico (Schntitz in h. Auerswald n. 371, h. Mus. Brit. ; Ber- 

 landier n. 371, h. Mies. Brit.). 



28. C. lancetjs (Thurib. Prod. p. 18 ; Fl. Cap. i. p. 383) ; sto- 

 lonibus crassis ; umbella specie simplice ; spiculis fasciculatis ; 

 glumis obtusis, castaneis aut brunneis in carina viridibus ; nuce 

 obovoidea, compressa, cum \ parte glumse vix sequilonga. — Kunth, 

 Enum. ii. p. 8 (var. /3 excl. ?) . 



C. melanopus, Boeck. ! in Flora, 1879, p. 545. 



C. nitidus, Boeck. in Linncea, xxxv. p. 461 partim (i. e. plantis et syn. 

 Asiaticis excl. ), nee Lam. 



Kunthii var. /3. onacrostacliyam, Boeckeler (in Linnsea, xxxv. 

 p. 462), ad suuin G. macranthum ducit, cujus nux (cellulis exti- 

 mis oblongis) a nuce C. lancei longe distat. Exempla in b. Kew, 

 sub nomine /3. macrostachys, Kuntb, conservata, sunt C. lanceus, 

 Thunb. 



Africa australis {Burchell nn. 55, 676, 6862, h. Kew) ; Uiten- 

 hage (Zeyher nn. 634, 715, h. Kew) ; Mons Table (EcJclon 

 n. 885, hh. Kew, Mus. Brit.); Natal (Krauss n. 205, h. 

 Kew). 



Africa centralis : Flumen White Nile (Schweinfurth n. 1219, 

 h. Kew ; Sfc). 



Madagascar (Barker n. 12, h. Kew; Baron n. 832, h.Kew). 



Var. ? /3. Grantii ; glaucescens, involucri bracteis elongatis. 



C. nitidus, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. p. 164. 



Mihi videtur C. globoso, var. nilagirico affinior, veri similiter 

 species nova ; sed exemplum nimis juvene ; styli rami an sint 2 

 vel 3 discernere nequivi. 



Uniyambene, lat. austral. 6° {Grant, h. Kew). 



29. C. ateonitens {Bochst. in h. Schimper n. 312) ; umbella 

 capitata, pauciradiata vel evoluta composita; glumis brevibus, 

 ovatis, obtusis, atronitentibus in dorso viridibus ; nuce ellip- 

 soidea, compressa, cum § parte glumse sequilonga. — A. Mich. FL 

 Abyss, ii. p. 476 ; Boeck. in Linncea, xxxv. p. 456. 



A. melanocephalus, R. Bi . ! in Salt Abyss., App. iv. p. 62, women 

 nudum. 



C. elegantulus, Steud.in Flora, 1842, p. 583. 



C. isclmocornus, Steud. Cyp. p. 11. 



Umbella ssepius plus minus contracta; in Schimper n. 505, 



