94 MB. C. B. CLABKE ON INDIAN SPECIES OF CYPEEUS. 



America centralis et meridionalis (exempla a Brasilia nondum a 

 me visa) : Yucatan (Schott nn. 77, 910, h. Mus. Brit.) ; 

 Ecuador, Chanduy {Spruce n. 6416, Mi. Kew, Calcutta) ; 

 Chili (Germain, hh. Kew, Mm. Brit.); Paraguay (Balansa 

 n. 418, h. Kew). 



Var. (?) (5. Maingayi ; glumis obovatis, in mucronem brevius- 

 culum subito angustatis, in dorso viridibus conspicue 5-7-nerviis, 

 in marginibus sursum latiuscule albescentibus, enerviis. 



Viridis. Culmi 1 dm. tenues. Bracteae usque ad 5-8 cm., 

 angustae, virides. TTmbellae radii 1-4, usque ad 2 cm. longi, 5-9- 

 spiculosi. Spiculae plane spicatse, nee digitatae, 9-11-florae. 



China borealis : Shantung (Maingay n. 84, h. Calcutta). 



54. C. squabbosus (Linn. Amcen. Acad. iv. p. 303, Sp. PI. 

 p. 66, h. propr. partim); umbella simplice aut capitata ; spiculis 

 spicatis, linearibus ; glumis remotis, ovato-lanceolatis mucro- 

 natis ; nuce anguste oblonga, subobtusa, quam \ pars glumae 

 giore. — Bottb. Descr. et Ic. p. 25, t. 6. fig. 3 ; Nees in Wight 

 Contrib. p. 75 ; Kunth, Knum. ii. p. 22 ; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 p. 281 ; Boeck. in Linncea xxxv. p. 50 L. 



C. maderaspatanus, Willd. Sp. PI. i. p. 278 (syn. Pluk. excl.) ; Benth. 

 Fl. Austral, vii. p. 268 in nota. 



C. hyalinus, Heyne in Wall. List n. 3313, non Vahl. 



Pycreus squarrosus, Nees in Linneea, ix. p. 283. 



Cyperus, Wall. ! List n. 3313 A, B partim. 



Cyperus, Wall. ! List n. 3312, D partim. 



Eadix annua, fibrosa. Culmi caespitosi, longi 5-15 cm., trigoni, 

 leves. Folia 2-3, graminea, culmo saepe longiora. Involucri 

 bracteae 3-5, usque ad 6-12 cm. longae, patentes. Umbellae radii 

 2-6, breves, rarius 2 cm. superantes, aut 0. Spicule in uno- 

 quoque radio 6-20, apicatae, divaricatae, longae 8-12 mm., latae vix 

 1 mm., compressae, 10-18-florae, virides vel brunnescentes ; spicse 

 a bracteola viridi, 3-4 mm. longae, saepe suffultse, rarius subcom- 

 positae. Grlumae distantes, adpressae, in dorso valide viridi-3-5- 

 nerviae; margines latiusculi, hyalini, estriati; apex obtusus ; 

 mucro sub apice excurrens, cum | parte glumae vix sequilongus. 

 Stamen 1. Stylus nuce multo brevior ; rami 3, vix exserti. Nux 

 anguste oblonga, trigona, obscure curvata, apice subito angustata, 

 apiculata, fusco-brunnea ; cellulae extimae quadratae, albidae, 

 hyalinae. — A C. aristato spiculis anguste linearibus, glumis re- 

 motis primo intuiter distinguenda. 



