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Spiculse in unoquoque radio 3-5, longae 8 mm.," lata? 3 mm., 

 compressa?, anguste ovatae, 6-12-flora. Glum® longse 2-3 mm., 

 arctius imbricatae, compressas, in dorso anguste viridi-3-nervia3, 

 in lateribus latis lucide hyalino-albidae. Stamina 2 ; antheraa 

 breviusculse, oblongae, muticae, exsertae. Stylus cum nuce imma- 

 tura aequilongus ; rami 2, e gluma breviter exserti. 

 Nepaul (JVallich, h. Kew). 



The above was drawn up at Kew, and is (beyond doubt of mine) 

 the same species as described by Boeckeler, also from a Nepaul 

 specimen of Wallich's. The flowers in my specimen were too 

 young. Boeckeler says his nut was immature ; but, while de- 

 scribing it as obovoid, he does not separately say it was com- 

 pressed parallel to the rhachis ; he, however, places the species 

 at the head of Pycreus. 



In the Calcutta herbarium are complete ripe specimens of a 

 Oyperus collected by Yicary at Saugor in Central India, which 

 is undoubtedly a Juncellus. In all essential points, and in the 

 peculiar diaphanous glumes, it agrees with my description (and 

 recollection) of O. diaphanus. Either, therefore, we have here two 

 distinct species, very like each other, diaphanus and Vicaryi ; or 

 diaphanus has been wrongly referred, and is really a Juncellus, 

 of which the subjoined is a hot-cpuntry var. or form. 



Var. (?) 0. Vicaryi ; capitulo globoso, 10-20- spiculoso ; spiculis 

 linearibus, 8-14-floris ; nuce obovoidea, contra rhachin compressa, 

 facie interiore concava, exteriore angustissime cariuata, concava, 

 cum j parte glumae asquilonga, pallida, juniore superne quasi a 

 rore glandulosa. 



Habitus, folia, bracteaa G. diaphani, sed culmus vix 1 dm. 

 longus. 



India centralis : Saugor (Vicary, h. Kew). 



46. C. limosfs (Maxim. ! Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 294) ; umbella 

 contracta aut capitata ; spiculis lineari-oblongis, acutis, teneris ; 

 glumis ovatis, obtusis, 3-nerviis ; nuce oblonga, plano-convexa, 

 luteo-brunnea. 



C. pygmaeus, var., Boeck. in hinnaa, xxxv. p. 494 in nota. 

 "Ombellee radii 3-6, 5-15 mm. longi. 

 Amur flumen (Maximowicz, h. Kew). 



47. C. PYGMJ3US (Eottb. Descr. et Ic. p. 20, t. 14. figg. 4, 5) j 

 umbella capitata, admodum densa ; spiculis same curvatis aut 

 tortis ; glumis biseriatis, ovato-lanceolatis (neque sursuin latiori- 



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