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Reich.) ; Maracaybo (Sonder n. 1571, hh. Kew, Mm. Brit.); 

 Venezuela (Moritz n. 683, h. Mm. Brit.; Funcken. 701, h. 

 Mus. Brit.) ; G-uiana Anglorum (Schomburgk n. 221, hh. Kew, 

 Mus. Brit.) ; Brasil (Burchell nn. 8488, 8528, 8639, h. Kew); 

 Para {Spruce n. 88, h. Kew) ; Santarem (Spruce n. 745, h. Kew, 

 h. Calcutta). 



49. C. castanetts (Willd. Sp. PI. i. p. 278); umbella specie 

 simplice (raro capitata), radiis longiusculia, spiculis digitatis ; 

 glumis emarginatia, mucrone longiusculo sub apice excurrente ; 

 nuce oblonga, obtusa, quatn ^pars glum® (mucrone excluso) lon- 

 giore, pallida. — Moxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 195 ; Nees in Wight Contrib. 

 p. 79 ; Kunth, Fnum. ii. p. 21 ; Boeck. in Linncea, xxxv. p. 496 

 (Wall. n. 3376 B excl.) ; Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. p. 267. 



C. squarrosus, var. stenocarpa, F. Muell. Fragm. Phyt. Austral, viii. 

 p. 262. 



C. pusillus, Wight ( h. propr.) MS. 



Cyperus sp., Wall. ! List n. 3323. 



Eadix annua, tenuiter fibrosa. Culmi c®spitosi, pauci, longi 

 3-10 cm., trigoni, leves. Folia 2-3, cum culmo aequilonga aut 

 saepius breviora. Uinbell® radii 3-6, tenues, 1-5 cm. longi (aut 

 umbella capitata) ; involucri bractese 3-5, cum umbella ®quilong® 

 aut longiores ; ochre® 3 mm., truncat®. Spieul® in unoquoque 

 radio 4-16, long® 1-3 cm., lat® 1-2 mm., 15-70-flor®, compress® ; 

 bracte® usque ad 10-15 mm. long®, lineares (i. e. umbellula 

 revera composita), aut breviores aut 0. Grlum® spiss®, in dorso 

 carinat® virides, obscurius 3 5-nervi®, in lateribus (in forma 

 typica) nitide castane®, modo brunne® modo pallid®; mucro 

 robustus, viridis, i parte glum® subbrevior, paullo recurvatus. 

 Stamina 2-1 ; anther® parv®, breviter oblong®, mutic®, e gluma 

 non exsert®. Stylus nuce brevior ; rami 3, e gluma breviuscule 

 exserti. Nux oblonga, basi breviter angustata (vix obovoidea), 

 trigona, paullo curvata, neque triquetra, pallide brunnea aut 

 lutea; cellul® extim® quadrat®, hyalin®, persistentes.— Eox- 

 burghii et Eottleri exempla sub nomine C. castaneo conservata 

 sunt G. castaneus, Willd. ; in Eoxb. Ic. ined. in h. Kew sub hoc 

 nomine, gluma lanceolato-acutata, nux apice acuta, depict® sunt 

 —tabula mihi dubia. 



India Orientalis, cum Zeylania : SikkinTet Nepaul orient. (J- 

 D. Hooker, h. Kew); Bengalis, in planitie Mymensingho 

 (O.B. Clarke n. 17294); Pegu Maclelland, h. Calcutta); 



