CYPEREAE. Cyperus. 



tusis mnticis carinato-navicularibus , dorso sub-5-nerriis, 

 pallidis punctulisque linearibus fcrrugineis conspersis, roar- 

 ginibus late vel castaneo-sanguineis , carina viridi ; stylo 

 longissimo; achenio subrotundo lateribus compresso apicato 

 subtilissime puncticulato castaneo- vel nigro-fuseo, squama 

 3_4.plo breviore. % Ind. or. Afr. 



39. C. CONCOLOR. Steud. Radice fibrosa ; culmo 

 erecto tenui compresso triquetro basi subradicante , striato 

 laevi, inferne foliato; foliis angustis (vix V" vel ultra latis, 

 3 — 5" longis) culmo pluries brevioribus laevibus ; involucri 

 sub-4-phylli foliolis umbellam partim superantibus partim 

 ipsa brevioribus, culmeis similibus, laevibus ; nmbella pauci- 

 radiata, radiis aliquot subsessilibus, sub 2 elongatis, apice 

 distiche spiculatis ; spiculis lineari oblongis 12 — 20-floris 

 laxiuscule imbricatis ; squamis ovalibus stria latiuscula 

 pallida vel viridula indistincte 3-nervia notatis , caeteram 

 omnino fusco ferrugineis obtusis muticis ; achenio ovato 

 obtuse triquetro fusco laevi vel vix tenuissime longitudina- 

 liter striato, squama fere triplo breviore. C.EragrostisF«M. 

 sec. Hochst. Hrbr. Hohenackeri nr. 946. Ind. or. 



40. CATER. Vahl. (1. c.) Culmo triangulari glabro ; 

 foliis lineari-lanceolatis margine glabris , umbella sub-6- 

 radiata, radiis inaequalibus apice 4 — 15-stacbyis, longiori- 

 bus sultrifidis; involucro 3 — 4-phylIo umbellam superante ; 

 spiculis spicato-fasciculatis patentibus oblongo-lanceolatis 

 acutis compressis 14 — 16-floris castaneo-fuscis nitidis; 

 squamis ovato-ellipticis obtusis muticis carinato-naviculari- 

 bus 5-nerviis fuscescentibus ferrugineo-lineolatis lateribus 

 superne castaneo-sanguineis carina viridula. Idem ac C. 

 Eragrostis Vahl. sec. Nees. C. pumilus Rottb. Gram. t. 9. 

 f. 4. Ind. or. 



41. C. LANCEUS. Thunb. (Fl. cap. 101.) Radice 

 repente ; culmis triangularibus ; foliis culmo brevioribus 

 carinato-planis rigidulis superne margine scabriusculis ; 

 umbella sub-8-radiata, radiis valde-inaequalibus apice 6 — 

 poly-stachyis , longioribus trifidis ; involucro 3 — 5-phyIlo, 

 foliolis longioribus umbellam superantibus; spiculis spicato- 

 fasciculatis oblongo-lanceolatis subacutis vel obtusiusculis 

 compressis 20 — 32-floris ; squamis ovato-ellipticis obtusis 

 mutis carinato-nervicularibus obscure sub-5-nerviis fusce- 

 scentibus saepe ferrugineo puncticulatis et lineolatis, lateri- 

 bus sanguineo-ferrugineis, carina viridula; achenio obovato 

 lateribus compresso apicato-mucronato, subtilissime puncti- 

 culato castaneo-fusco nitidulo squama 4-plo breviore. 

 Variat : squamis acutato-mucronatis. 1\ Afr. austr. 

 Guinea. 



Cyperus lancous a Dregeo missus omnino distylus ct cum supra 

 dcscripto convenit nisi acheniis non compressis sed ovatis apioulatis. 

 Cfr. Kunth Cyper. p. 8. not. 



42. C. DENSIFOLIUS. Nees. (in litt.) Culmo trigono 

 (pedali) basi sarmentoso ; foliis distichis lanceolato-lineari- 

 bus acutis culmo brevioribus margine scabriusculis; um- 

 bella simplici , involucro tripbyllo lanceolato-lineari paulo 

 breviore; spiculis digitato-capitatis 4 — 8, lanceolatis com- 

 pressiusculis ; squamis ovalibus obtusis disco tenuioribus 

 membranaceis trinerviis pallidis fusco-irroratis , ambitu 

 fusco cinctis , margine angustissimo pallidiore ; achenio ob- 

 ovato biconvexo punctulato. Bjnis praecedentibus uti C. 

 firisiato, Burchellii, ferrugineo ct pohtstachio afrinis, 

 differt: culmo basi foliis pluribus (7—8; approximatis, 

 erectis 2 — 3-pollicaribus , 2'" latis a basi sensim acutatis 

 planis similique involucro. Forbes ex llrbo. Lindl. in 

 Dalgoabay. 



43. C. BABAKAN. Steud. Radice fibrosa ; culmo 

 erecto compresso triquetro laevissimo glabro (2-pedali) basi 

 foliato ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis glabris margine 

 scabris culmum plus minus subaequantibus; involucri folio- 

 lis culmeis similibus pluries superantibus umbellam pluri- 

 radiatam; radiis sessUibus et pedunculatis apice densissime 

 subdistiche spiculatis ; spiculis sublanceolatis (3—4'" lon- 



gis, %—V" latis) multi-(20-) floris; squamis ovatis brun- 

 neis dorso sordide viridibus multinerviis ex apice obtusius- 

 culo brevissime mucronulatis ; achenio compresso ovato 

 apiculato. Cyperus nr. 693. Zolling. Morit. Verz. p. 96. 

 Prope Babakan Java. 



44. C. BROMOIDES. Willd. (Link. Jahrb. 3. 85.) Cul- 

 mis triangularibus (2-pedalibus) ; foliis culmo brevioribus 

 planis rigidis superne cum foliolis involucri triphylli mar- 

 gine breviter subciliato-spinulosis ; umbellae radiis sub-4- 

 ternis inaequalibus, apice 4 — 6-stachyis; spiculis fascicu- 

 latis patentibus oblongo-lanceolatis acutis compressis 18 — 

 24-floris stramineis ; squamis ovatis acutato-submucronatis 

 carinato-navicularibus dorso obscure nervosis ; achenio ob- 

 ovato vix compresso apicato-umbonato obtuso nigro puncti- 

 culato-scabriusculo squama 4-plo breviore. 1\. Am. austr. 

 Afr. austr. (Cfr. C. angulatus Nees.) 



45. C.DIAPHANUS. Schrad. (H. Goett. I.) Radice 

 fibrosa ; culmo trigono erecto gracili glabro : foliis lineari- 

 bus attenuato-cuspidatis carinatis apicem versus carina 

 margineque scabris, caeterum glabriusculis culmo longiori- 

 bus ; umbella sub-4-radiata , umbellulis 3 — 4-stachyis; 

 radiis pollicaribus et ultra, intermedio brevissimo; involucri 

 tetrapbylli umbella multo longioris foliis reliquis similibus ; 

 spiculis oblongo-ovatis alternis subsessilibus (4 — 5-nis) li- 

 nearibus multi- (12 — 14-) floris arete imbricatis ; squamis 

 oblongo-ovatis obtusis muticis albidis diaphanis ; acheniis 

 obovatis leviter compressis transversim rugosis. (•) Nepal. 



46. C. STRAMINEUS. Nees. (Wight Bot. of Ind. 74.) 

 Culmo filiformi compresso glabro ; foliis culmum subae- 

 quantibus angustis planis superne margine spinuloso- 

 scabris; spiculis 5 — 6 in apice culmi alternatim et spicatim 

 dispositis linearibus vel oblongo-linearibus acutis compressis 

 20 — 40-floris stramineo-flavidis ; involucro 2— 3-phyllo 

 longissimo ; squamis late ovatis carinatis acuto-subrnucro- 

 natis dorso 3-nerviis ; staminibus 2 ; achenio subrotundo- 

 ovato , apicato-umbonato lateribus compresso , transverse 

 ruguloso-scabriusculo castaneo nitidulo squama subtriplo 

 breviore. Cvperus nr. 3320. Wall. Cat. Ind. or. 



47. C. LANCEOLATUS. Pair. (Enc. 7. 245.) Radice 

 fibrosa fasciculata; culmo gracili (pedali) triquetro stricto 

 inferne foliato ; foliis rigidis angustis triquetris ; involucro 

 subtriphyllo ; spiculis uumerosis lineari-lanceolatis (6—8'" 

 longis , 2'" latis) brevissimis compressis ilavescentibus ; 

 squamis obtusis (Poir. addit : Kunth :) acutis late ovatis 

 dorso ferrugineo-punctulatis carina viridi 3-nerviis ; stami- 

 nibus 2 : achenio . obovato lateribus compresso apicato- 

 mucronulato epunctato castaneo squama 3-plo breviore. 

 Madagasc. 



( 48. C. LAMARCKIANUS. Schult. (Mant. 2. 108.) 

 Culmo triangulari glabro basi foliato; foliis culmum aequan- 

 tibus vel superantibus angustis carinatis glabris apice sca- 

 bris; umbella pauciradiata ; radiis inaequalibus apice poly- 

 stachiis et subramosis ; involucro tripbyllo longissimo; 

 spiculis subspicatim dispositis lanceolatis obtusiusculis com- 

 pressis sub-17-floris; squamis arete imbricatis ellipticis 

 apice rotundatis muticis carinatis dorso 3-nerviis et fer- 

 rugineo-lineolatis, lateribus hyalino-fuscescentibus ; stami- 

 nibus 2; achenio? C. confertus Lam. ill. 1. 145. Ind. or. 

 49. C. OLFERSIAISTS. Kunth. (Cyper. 10.) 'Radice 

 fibrosa ; culmis caespitosis triangularibus glabris basi folia- 

 tis (6— 10-pollicaribus); foliis culmo brevioribus angustis 

 carinato-complicatis superne ad marginem scabriusculis; 

 umbella 2— 4-radiata , radiis inaequalibus plerumque bre- 

 vissimis 3— poly-stachyis ; involucro subtriphyllo longissimo ; 

 spiculis oblongo-linearibus acutis compressis" 16— 20-floris ; 

 squamis ovatis carinatis obtusis stramineo-flavidis , carina 

 trinerviis viridulis obsolete ferrugineo-punctatis ; stamini- 

 bus 2 ; achenio lateribus lenticulari-compresso elliptico 

 acuto - submucronato obsolitissime punctulato ferrugineo 

 squama fere triplo breviore. Montevideo. 



