182 MB. C. B. CLABKE ON INDIAN SPECIES OP CYPEEtTS. 



Stolones tenues : tubera in exemplis non visa. Culmi 3-4 dm., 

 robustiores. Spicule longa? 3 cm., lata? 3 mm., 30-40-nora?. 

 America : Texas (Brummond n. 452, h. Kew) ; Florida {Chap- 

 man, h. Kew) ; ins. Galapagos (Macrce, h. Kew). 



Var. (3. fulvescens ; umbella magna ; spiculis magnis ; glumis 

 magnis ellipticis, remotis, fructigeris non imbricatis ; styli ramis 

 longe exsertis ; nuce parva angusta. 



C. fulvescens (sp.), Liebm. Mex. Halfgr. p. 22, e descr. 



C. lutescens, Torrey, Bot. U.S. and Mex. Bound. Surv. p. 227- 



Culmi 5-6 dm. Spicule usque ad 35 mm. longa?, 30-36-flora3. 



Mexico : Tortuga (Berlandier nn. 980, 2410, h. Kew) ; Mexico 

 Nova, el Paso (C. Wright n. 705, h. Kew). 



137. C. cokgesttjs ( Vahl, Knum. ii. p. 350) ; umbella simplice 

 (vel fide Kuntli composita) ; spicis breviter cylindricis, densis ; 

 spiculis undique rectangulatim patulis, lineari-lanceolatis, com- 

 pressis, 8-16-floris ; glumis ovatis vix acutis. — Kunth, JEnum. ii. 

 p. 87 ; Boech. in Linnaa, xxxvi. p. 347. 



Ehizoma lignosum, breve. Culmi 2-5 dm., trigoni. Folia cum 

 culmo subsequilonga. TTmbella? radii 2-10, usque ad 5 cm. longa?. 

 Spica? 15-25 mm. in diam., 20-40-spiculosa? ; rhachis 1 cm. longa, 

 glabra. Spicules longa? 10-15 mm., lata? 2 mm. ; rhachilla? 

 ala? anguste oblonga?, byalina?, insolubiles. Nux ellipsoidea, 

 utrinque angustata, acutius trigona, cum J parte gluma? fere 

 sequilonga. 



Caput Bona? Spei (Chreville, Mrs. Miller, h. Calcutta) ; Natal, 

 alt. 1800 metr. (Br. Sutherland, h. Calcutta). 



Series *** Foliatce, a series ** (Corymbosis typicis) paullo rece- 

 dentes vel radice fibrosa vel spiculis fasciculatis. — Plera?que 

 Americana?. 



138. C. amaueopus (Steud. Cyp. p. 33) ; culmo a vaginis in- 

 flatis intecto, quasi-incrassato, basi ipsa tenui radicibus fibrosis ; 

 foliis longis, admodum angustis ; umbella simplice ; spiculis 

 spicatis, compressis, castaneo-brunneis ; glumis ovatis, obtusis, 

 per latitudinem fere totam multinervosis. 



C. leptophyllus, Hochst. MS. ; Boech. in Linneea, xxxv. p. 641. 

 C. bulbosus var., Schimper, MS. in h. Iter Abyss, n. 1391. 

 Culmi 2-4 dm., tenues. Umbella? radii 4, usque ad 2 cm. longi. 

 Spica? longa? 10-15 mm., 8-16-spiculosa?. Spicula? longa? 12 mm., 



