299 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
Balfour. Mavrirrus, fide Bojer.—DrsrnrB. In regionibus 
calidis totius fere orbis. 
42. C. convw2osvs, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. p. 42, t. 7. fig. 4. 
Aphyllus aut breviter foliatus; involueri bracteis brevibus vel cum 
umbella zquilongis; glumis florigeris imbricatis; styli ramis 
breviter exsertis. Back. in Linnea, xxxvi. p. 277 partim, nec 
Kunth.—C. diphyllus, Retz. Obs. v. p. 1 ; Bæck.in Linnea, xxxvi. 
p. 272. 
INDIA ORIENTALIS; AUSTRALIA BOREALIS. 
Var. D. Pangorei, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. p. 31, t. 7. fig. 8 (sp.). 
Spiculis 1 une. longis, 18-36-floris.—C. corymbosus, forma macro- 
stachya, Beck. in Linnea, xxxvi. p. 277. 
Nossris£, Boivin.—Distris. India orientalis. 
C. tegetum, Roxb. ( 2 C. corymbosus, Kunth, Beeck., pro majore 
parte) differt glumis florigeris in sicco non imbricatis, stylis longe 
exsertis; in herb. Kewensi e Mauritio sub nomine “OC. textilis, 
introduite de Pondicherry " receptus est. 
43. CYPERUS ($ EvcypERUS) HETEROCLADUS, Baker, n. sp. 
C. foliis productis subnullis, caule robusto pedali triquetro lateribus ex- 
cavatis, umbelle radiis 6-8 sessilibus vel pedunculatis simplicibus vel 
fureatis, spicis densis oblongo-cylindricis, spiculis 20-40 et ultra sub- 
cylindricis ascendentibus 5—6-floris, glumis obovatis obtusis arcte imbri- 
catis ferrugineis viridi carinatis margine pallidis, fructu triquetro, styli 
ramis 3 brevibus patulis. 
Stems about a foot long, stout, acutely triquetrous, sheathed 
tightly at the base by several brown linear rudimentary leaves, 
one produced into a very short green linear blade. Umbels of 
6-8 rays, bracteated by three linear leaves 2-3 inches long, some 
simple, sessile or shortly peduncled, two or three with a longer 
peduncle and bearing a pair of spikes. Spikes i-i in. long, 
consisting of very numerous dense sessile ascending spikelets. 
Spikelets 1 in. long, obscurely flattened. Glumes obovate-oblong, 
obtuse, > in. long, bright red-brown, with a pale border and a 
distinct green keel, each imbricated more than halfway over its 
next neighbour. Nut not seen mature.— Central Madagascar, 
Baron 2120! Allied to the European C. longus, L., receding to- 
wards § Mariscus by its few flowers and almost cylindrical 
spikelets. 
** Foliati. 
44. C. ROTUNDUS, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 67, non Linn. herb. propr. ; 
