186 MB. C. B. CLA.BKE ON INDIAN SPECIES OF CYPEBUS. 



Chittagong, alt. 0-300 metr. (J. T>. Hooker et T. Thomson). 

 Pegu (Kurz n. 650, h. Calcutta) . 



144. C. exaltattjs (Betz, Obs. v. p. 11) ; exaltata, foliata, urn- 

 bella magna, composita ; umbellularum radiolis saepius elongatis, 

 apice ebracteatis, 1-4-spicigeris ; glumis approximatis ; rhachillae 

 alis angustis, insolubilibus ; antheris muticis ; nuce cum | parte 

 glumae subaequilonga, in tribus faciebus subconcava. — Nees in 

 Wight, Contrib. p. 84 ; Kunth, Enum. ii. p. 71 ; BoecJc. in Linncea, 

 xxxvi. p. 321 ; Benth. El. Austral, vii. p. 285. 



C. canaliculars, Rets, Obs. vi. p. 20, fide Vahl, sed? 



C. festivus, Willd. ; Link, Jahrb. iii. p. 88. 



C. umbellatus, Roxb. ! Fl. Ind. i. p. 205, Ic. ined. t. 729, in h. Kew ; 

 Dalz. and Gibs. Bomb. Fl. p. 284, nee Benth. 



C. venustus, R. Br. Prod. p. 217 ; Thwaites, Enum. PI. Zeyl. p. 432 ; 

 nee Nees, nee Kunth. 



C. altus, Nees in Wight, Contrib. p. 84. 



— Cyperus, Wall. ! List n. 3328, A, B, C. 



— Cyperus, Wall. ! List n. 3343, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K. 



— Cyperus, Wall. ! List n. 3327, A, B, C (forma juvenis). 



Eadix fibrosa. Culmus solitarius, usque ad 1 dm. longus, basi 

 tutnidus, apice triqueter. Folia plura, cum § parte culmi ssepe 

 aequilonga, in marginibus scabra. Involucri bracteae 3-6, usque 

 ad 2-5 dm. longse. Umbella 2-4 dm. in diam. ; radii 5-10, usque 

 ad 18 cm. longi ; ochrese 2-4 cm. longse, bicuspidatae. Spicae 

 long® 2-5 cm., digitatse, 20-40-spieulosa3. Spiculse longae 6-10 

 mm., latae 1-2 mm., distantes, rectangulatim patentes, lanceolataa, 

 castanese, compressa?, 8-16-florae ; gluma ima rarius setaceo-cau- 

 data. G-lumse arete stipatse, ovatae, minute apicatae, in dorso 

 viridescentes, 3-nervise ; in lateribus castaneo-rubrae aut pallidiores 

 lutescentes, obscure nervosae. Stamina 3, vix exserta ; antherae 

 lineari-oblongae. Stylus nuce brevior ; rami 3, e gluma brevius- 

 cule exserti. Nux cum \ parte glumae subaequilonga, ellipsoidea, 

 utrinque angustata, apice vix acuta, plane trigona, pallide brunnea 

 aut lutescens ; cellulae extimae parvae, quadrata3, persistentes. 



Zeylania (Thivaites C. P. n. 3040, h. Calcutta). 



Madras Peninsula {JELeyne in Wallich n. 3343 Gr [C. extensus], 

 h. Calcutta) . 



Mysore v. Carnatic (G. Thomson [C. altus, Nees], h. Calcutta). 



Saugor (Vicary, h. Calcutta). 



Chota Nagpore, alt. 200 metr. (C. B. Clarice n. 20871, h. Cal- 

 cutta) . 



