106 MB. 0. B. CLABKE 05" INDIAN SPECIES OP CYPEBTTS. 



into two subsections, one with woolly roots, one with non- 

 woolly. 



63. C. abenaeitjs {Betz. Obs. iv. p. 9) ; culrnis in rhizomate 

 repente diviso solitariis, distantibus, apice ipso subteretibus ; 

 umbella capitata aut breviradiata ; involucri bracteis 2-3, altera 

 multo longiore, suberecta ; spiculis majusculisj latis, stramineo- 

 brnnneis; nuce obovoidea, a dorso compressa, inaequali, fusco- 

 nigra. — JVees in Wight Obs. p. 77 ; Kunih, Enum. ii. p. 46 ; 

 Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. p. 284; Boeclc.in Linneea, xxxv. p. 536. 



C. persicus, Boiss. Diagn. 1 ser. xiii. p. 39. 



C. conglomeratus, var. y, Cosson, Expl. Alger., Bot. iii. p. 245 ; Boiss. 

 Fl. Orient, v. p. 369, non Rottb. 



C. laevigatas, Koenig et Roxb. MSS. in Mus. Brit., non Linn. 



Cyperus, Wall. ! IAst n. 3314, A partira. 



Cyperus, Wall. ! List n. 3535. 



Scirpus, Wall. ! List n. 3460. 



Rhizoma elongatum, repens, tenue, lignescens, a vaginis aureo- 

 castaneis inteetum, dicbotome ramosum. Culmi remoti, solitarii, 

 ima basi in rbizoma attenuati, 1-2 dm. longi, saepe crassiusculi. 

 Folia 2-5, cum culmo fere aequilonga, crassiuscula, in sicco 

 curvata, marginibus involutis. Involucri bractese saepissime 2; 

 altera usque ad 4-8 cm. longa, quasi culmum producens, basi non 

 dilatata (fructus tempore autem interdum divaricata), altera 

 multo minor. Umbella 3-4<-radiata, radiis usque ad 8-15 mm. 

 longis, 3-7-spiculigeris, aut saepius subcapitata. Spiculse longae 

 15 mm., latse 5-8 mm., late lanceolatae, compressae, 10-16-florae ; 

 rhacbilla subexalata. Grlumse dense stipatae, spissae, concavae vix 

 carinatse, late elliptic®, obtusse aut obsoleto-mucronatae, stra- 

 mineae, per totam fere latitudinem a nervis 9-15 pallide brunneis 

 longitudinaliter percursae, in marginibus stramineo-hyalinae. 

 Stamina 3 ; filamenta ligulata, persistentia ; antherse majusculae, 

 lineari-oblong83, muticae, e gluma breviter exsertae. Stylus nuce 

 multo brevior ; rami 3, e gluma exserti. Nux cum |-j parte 

 glumse aequilonga, obtusa, in facie interiore subconcava, in dorso 

 convexo curvato obtuse angulata nee carinata; cellulaa extimae 

 quadratae, hyalinae, persistentes. 



In oris Indiae a Bengalia usque ad Zeylaniam et Sinum 

 Persicum. 



Orissa (W. S. Atkinson, h. Kew). 



Carnatic {Wight n. 2920, h. Calcutta ; G. Thomson, h. Cal- 

 cutta). 



