138 ME. C. B. CLARKE ON INDIAN" SPECIES OP CYPERUS. 



C. Santonici, Rottb. Descr. et Tc. p. 41, t. 9. fig. I. 



C. panicoides, Lam. 111. i. p. 145. 



C. chrysomelinus, Link, Hort. Berol. i. p. 305. 



C. parviflorus, A T ees! in Wight h. propr. n. 1840, in Wight, Contrib. 



p. 87, nee Vahl, nee C. umbellatus, Roxb. 

 C. semiuudus, Moritz in Zoll. Verz. 1842-44, p. 96, nee Roxb. 

 C. Diaphaniria, Steud. Cyp. p. 23. 

 C. Microiria, Steud. Cyp. p. 23. 

 C. resinosus. Steud.l Cyp. p. 23. 

 C. microlepis, Baker ! Fl. Maurit. p. 410, non Boeck. 

 Cyperus, Wall. ! List n. 3360 (C. piloso in distrib. commixto). 

 Cyperus, Wall. ! List n. 3361. 

 Cyperacea, Griff. Itin. Notes, p. 14, n. 198. 

 — , Pluk. Almag. t. 191. fig. 7- 



Radix fibrosa. Culmi caespitosi, 1-5 dm., trigoni. Folia 2-3, 

 graminea, subflaccida, cum culmo interdum aequilonga. Involucri 

 bractese 3-5, usque ad 1-2 dm. longae, divaricate. Umbella a 

 5 cm. usque ad 5 dm. in diam. ; radii plures, patuli, apice corym- 

 bosi aut iterum imperfecte umbellati ; umbellulae fcorymbosae ; 

 radioli 1-spicati, seepius brevissimi, ab ochreolo caudati suffulti 

 (ideoque umbella specie simplex spicis subdigitatis) aut elongati 

 1-3 cm. longi a bracteis usque ad 5 cm. longis suffulti. Spicse 

 laxissimae, longas 1-A cm., 5-20-spiculosas ; spiculae antice fascicu- 

 latae, gluma ima inconspicua. Spiculae longae 1 cm., latae 2 mm., 

 compressae, 6-20-flora3, flavescentes ; rhachilla subexalata. Grlumae 

 compressae, in dorso congestim 3-5-nerviae, nervo viridi obsolete 

 (raro plaue minute) excurrente ; latera estriata, scarioso-flavida, 

 sursum latiora. Stamina 2 vel 3 ; antherae vix exsertae, oblongae, 

 muticae, flavidae ; filamenta basi subconnexa. Stylus nuce multo 

 brevior ; rami 3, e gluma breviter exserti. Nux apice obtuse 

 conica, nigra ; cellulae extimae quadratae ; emarcidae, albidas, reti- 

 formes. — Kheede, Hort. Mai. a Linnaeo multisque auctoribus 

 citata, est verisimiliter 0. procerus, Eottb., certe non 0. Iria, 

 Linn. — C. Iria, var. jlavescens, Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. p. 276, est 

 omnino C. Iria, Linn., neque ullo modo C. fiavescentem, Linn., 

 versus tendit. — 0. Iria, var., Hance h. n. 1147, est forma expli- 

 cata amabilis, glumis submucronatis. 



In Asia orientali cum Malaya, Australia, in oryzetis pestis ; in 

 Asia australi-occidentali et Africa tropicali frequens. 



Per Indiam ubique, a mari usque ad 2200 metr. alt. : Almora, 

 alt. 1200 metr. (Strachey et Winterlottom n. 10, h. Mm. 

 Brit.); Mussoorie(G. King, h. Calcutta); Nepaul ( Wallich 



