174 MB. C. B. CLABKE ON INDIAN SPECIES OF CTPEBUS. 



India Orientalis : Goojerat (h. Mus. Brit.) ; Zeylania (Koenig, 

 h. Mus. Brit.) ; Bombay (Jacquemont n. 430, h. Kew) ; 

 Madras Peninsula {Wight n. 1825, h. Kew, n. 2861 h. Cal- 

 cutta) ; Tranquebar (Klein, h. Kew) ; Nilghiri montes 

 (Foulkes, h. Kew) ; Carnatic (G-. Thomson, h. Calcutta). 



Ins. Penang (G. King, h. Calcutta). 



Singapore vel Borneo (Burbidge, h. Kew). 



Singapore (Kurz n. 2991, h. Calcutta). 



Ins. Nicobar (h. Mus. Brit.). 



Sumatra (Heyne, h. Mus. Brit. ; Cuming n. 2437, hh. Keio, 

 Mus. Brit.). 



Java (Zollinger n. 1321, h. Mus. Brit.; BZorsfield, h. Mus. 

 Brit.). 



China: Amoy et Macao (Hance n. 1386, h. Kew). 



Australia: in ora septcutrionali (B. Brown n. 5892, h. Kew). 



131. C. tenuifloeus (Bottb. Desc. et Ic. p. 30, t. 14. fig. 1, 

 non Jacq.) ; stolonifer ; culmis elongatis, foliaceis, basi incras- 

 satis ; umbella composite, tenui, laxa; spiculis angustis, florigeris 

 sa?pe rectangulatim patulis ; glumis subremotis, imbricatis. — 

 Vahl, Enum. ii. p. 347 ; Boxb. El. Ind. i. p. 199, Ic. ined. t. 1109 

 in h. Kew ; Dalz. and Gibs. Bomb. El. p. 284 ; JVees in Wight 

 Contrib. p. 82 partim; Kunth, Enum. ii. p. 57 partim ; (non 

 C. longus Tar. tenuiflora, Boeck. in Linnaa, xxxvi. p. 281). 



C. torsus, Vahl, Enum. ii. p. 339. 



C. Roestelii, Kunth, Enum. ii. p. 58. * 



C. pertenuis, Bojer, Hort. Maurit. p. 379, non Roxb. 



C. longus, Baker, Fl. Maurit. p. 411, non Linn. 



— Cyperus, Wall. ! List n. 3329, A, I partim. 



Culmi basi lignosim bulbosi, 6-9 dm. longi, tenuiores, plane 

 trigoni. Folia 2-4, usque ad 5 dm. longa, angusta. Involucri 

 bractea? 3-5, usque ad 3-4 dm. longa?, divaricate, angustse. 

 Umbella tenuiter composita ; radii 3-7, usque ad 5 cm. longi, 

 admodum tenues ; oclireae 1 cm. longae, angustissima? ; umbellu- 

 larum radioli elongati, tenues. Spica? 10-15 mm. longa?, 6-10- 

 spiculosa?, laxa?. Spicula? longa? 12 mm., lata? 2-3 mm., ferru- 

 ginea? aut pallida?, fere ut C. rotundi sed tenuiores. — Species 

 fortasse in C. rotundum var. procernlam transeuns, a C. longo 

 remota. 



Mauritius (Home, h. Kew ; Bouton, h. Kew ; Sfc). 



Socotra (Schweinfurth n. 691, h. Balfour). 



