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CYPEREAE. Cyprus. 



aequantibus vel superantibus ; umbellae pluriradiatae radiis 

 simplicibus a basi floriferis vel apice umbellulatis; involucri 

 foliolis 3 — 5 planis umbellam multo superantibus; spiculis 

 8 — 16-fioris ; squamis praetcr carinam viridetn utrinque 

 valide uninerviis, lateribvis ferrugineo-sanguineis, apice ob- 

 tnsis infra apicem longissime recurvato-mucronatis, mucronc 

 viridi squamae fere longitudine ; achenio fusco brunneo 

 tuberculato-puneticulato, squama dimidio breviore. C. ca- 

 staneus var. contracta. Hrbr. Weigelt. Surinam. 



123. C. ANGUSTIFOLIUS. Hamilt. (ex Nees in Wight 

 Bot. of Ind. 79.) Culmis sulcatis foliisque glabris angustis 

 convolutis; umbellis paueiradiatis involucro sub-5-phyllo 

 brevioribus ; radiis polystacbyis ; spiculis linearibus com- 

 pressis 14 — 20-floris ; squamis argute carinatis recurvato 

 niucronato-aristatis, arista recurvata una cum carina viridi 

 et purpureo-puncticulata , lateribus sanguineo-ferrugineis 

 vel pallide spadiceis ; floribus diandris ; achenio obovato 

 triangulari apicato subtilissirne tuberculato-punctulato fusco 

 squama dimidio breviore. (•) Ind. or. 



124. C. LEPIDUS. Hochst. (Hrbr. Nubic. un. it. 139.) 

 Ttadice fibrosa tenui, caespitifera ; culmis erectis triquetris 

 glabris (3 — 5-pollica'ribus) ; vaginis infimis sanguineo-pur- 

 purascentibus ; foliis planiuscnlis angustissitnis subsetaceis 

 culmo multo brevioribus ; umbellis simplicibus vel composi- 

 tis, in illis radiis omnibus sessilibus, in bis sessilibus et pe- 

 dunculatis , apice 5 — 10-stachyis; involucro tetraphyllo 

 umbella breviore involucellis nullis ; spicis tenuissimis li- 

 nearibus multi- (20 — 40-) lloris ; squamis oblongo-ovatis 

 remotiusculis aureo-ferrugineis carina viridula , apice ab- 

 rupte obtusis, nervo in mucronulum brevissimum vaiidulum 

 vix recurvum terminato ; achenio triquetro, ovato, flave- 

 scente tenuissime (sub lente validissima) puncticulato- 

 asperula squama dimidio breviore. (•) Nubia. Yarietas 

 culmo altiore (usque pedali). Madagascar, (cfr. C. auran- 

 tiacus If. B.) 



125. C. ADSCENDENS. Steud. Culmo erecto tenui- 

 culo triquetro (ultra pedali), striate glabro laevi ; foliis an- 

 gustis linearibus culmo multo brevioribus ; involucri subtri- 

 phylli foliolis similibus multo longioribus umbella composita 

 multiradiata ; radiis sessilibus simplicibus et pedunculatis, 

 iterum umbellulatis , spicato racemosis ; spiculis linearibus 

 angustis pauci- (6— 10-) floris ; squamis carinatis acumina- 

 tis subreflexis, dorso 3 — 5-ncrviis sordide viridibus margine 

 membranaceis sordide-lutescentibus; achenio triquetro (im- 

 maturo albido) squama plus duplo breviore. (Unica hujus 

 sectionis species culmo altiore gaudens.) 71 ■ — — 



126. C. CUSPIDATUS. H. B. (I.e. 204.) Radice tenui- 

 fibrosa; culmis caespitosis triquetris (1 '/j — 2-pollicaribus) 

 glabris ; foliis convoluto-setaceis culmos subaequantibus ; um- 

 bella pauciradiata, radiis polystacbyis; involucro 3 — 5-phyllo 

 umbellam superante : squamis argute carinatis emarginatis 

 recurvato mucronato-aristatis, trinerviis, carina viridi, late- 

 ribus sanguineo-ferrugineis ; achenio obovato oblongo tri- 

 angulari apicato subtilissime tuberculato-punctulato fusco 

 squama dimidio breviore. (•) Guiana. Bras 1. Variat'.' 

 Umbellae simplicis radiis omnibus sessilibus simplicibus ; 

 culmo vix pollicari. Hrbr. Kaj>jder surin. nr. 1462. Su- 

 rinam. 



127. C. HAMULATUS. Kunth. (Cyper. 22.) Culmo 

 nudo foliisque filiformibus ; umbellis radicantibus inferiori- 

 bus confertis ; spiculis pectinato-uncinatis ; squamis subu- 

 latis incurvis; involucro sub-6-phyllo capillari. C. uncina- 

 tus Hamilt. Prodr. 12. (•)'.' Cayenne. 



128. C. SQUARROSUS. Liu, Culmis filiformibus (3— 

 4-pollicaribus) ; foliis linearibus carinatis glabris culmum 

 superantibus; umbella simplici 3 — 5-radiata; radiis valde 

 inaequalibus polystacbyis; spicis fasciculato-congestis 10 — 

 11-floris; involucro longissimo ; squamis argute ca/inatis 

 3-nerviis mucronatis ; floribus monandris : achenio lineari 

 triangulari leviter arcuato subtilissime punctulato-asperato 



fusco opaco squama V 3 breviore. Rottb. Gram. t. 6. f. 3. 

 (•) Ind. or. 



129. C. LAXITJSCULUS. Steud. Radice fibrosa tenui; 

 culmis filiformibus triquetris (2 — 4-pollicaribus) ; foliis an- 

 gustlssimis planis ( l [ 3 — -Vs'" latis) linearibus laevissimis 

 culmum plus minus aequantibus ; involucri 2 — 3-phylli fo- 

 liolis culmeis conformibus multo longioribus umbella sim- 

 plici ; radiis apice patenti 3 — 6-stachyis ; spiculis 6 — 15- 

 floris compressiusculis, subremotis; squamis laxis erecto- 

 patulis ovatis obtusis ex apice vel paulo inferius mucronu- 

 latis , mucronulo subrecto ; achenio oblongo-ovato obtuse 

 triquetro albido tenuissime puncticulato, squama plus duplo 

 breviore. C. squarrosus in Hrbo. Lenormand; legit Le- 

 prieur in Senegalia. 



130. C. INFLEXUS. Miihlbrg. (Gram. 16.) Radice 

 fibrosa, caespitifera; culmis (1 — 3-pollicaribus) 3-quetris 

 debilibus glabris ; foliis linearibus planis culmum aequanti- 

 bus ; umbella simplicissima vel 2 — 3-radiata, radiis brevis- 

 simis spiculis capitato-aggregatis (si plura capitula adeo 

 approximatis ut unicum aemulent , raro uno alterove radio 

 longius pedicellato) ; involucro 3-phyllo umbella multoties 

 longiore; spiculis oblongo-linearibus 6 — 10- 11 oris ; squamis 

 oblongis nervosis in cuspidem squarrosum recurvatum elon- 

 gatis fiavido-viridulis margine non scariosis ; achenio ob- 

 ovato triquetro fiavescente glabro squama duplo breviore. 

 (•) Am. sptr. 



131. C. ACUMEN ATUS. Torr. Ilooh (Ann. N.York. 

 3. 435.) Radice fibrosa ; culmis caespitosis basi foliatis 

 (3 — 4-pollicaribus); foliis angustis culmum aequantibus; 

 involucro sub-3-phyllo , 5 — 6-ies longiore umbella 1—2- 

 radiata, radiis brevissimis ; spiculis 10 — 15, aggregatis in 

 capitulum ovatum, oblongo-linearibus 16 — 20-fioris ; ' rha- 

 cheola subnuda ; squamis oblongis acutis obscure 3-nervns 

 reticulatis subsquarrosis, viridescentibus; stamine 1; ache- 

 nio oblongo triquetro utrinque acuminate griseo. C. fili- 

 cinus Nees in Drumm. coll. uon Vahl sec. Ton: (j) N< 

 Orleans. 



132. C. ARISTATUS. Rottb. (Gram. t. 6. f. 1.) Radice 

 fibrosa tenui, caespitifera: culmis triquetris erectis (2 — I- 

 pollicaribus) glabris; foliis linearibus carinatis culmum sub- 

 aequantibus ; umbellae 1 — 5-radiatae; radiis inaequalibus 

 polystacbyis; spicis fasciculato-capitatis 8 — 15-floris; ca- 

 pitulis oblongis vel elliptico globosis; involucro 3 — 4-phyllo 

 longissimo, squamis 7 — 9-nerviis acuminato-aristatis,.an- 

 stulis unciuatis, flavo viridibus ; achtnio oblongo triangulari 

 apicato fuscescente subtilissime puncticulato squama triplo 

 breviore. Ind. or. Pr. b. sp. Abyssin. Senegal. Chili. 



133. C. YERSICOLOR. Nees (in Wight Contr. 78.). 

 Caule acute triquetro crassiusculo humili; involucri tripbylh 

 foliolis duobus elongatis foliisque latiusculis culmum supe- 

 rantibus ; spiculis in capitulum ovatum congestis oblongo 

 lancaolatis compressis sub-10-floris , primum pallide viren- 

 tibus dein fusco-sanguineis ; squamis 2 basi late ovata in 

 acumen subulatum patenti-reeurvum longum attenuata 

 crasse 7-nerviis ; stigmatibus 3; caryopsi oblonga trigona 

 punctulato-subundata cinerea. Praecedentis var. Kunth. 

 Ind. or. 



134. C. SOLUTUS. Steud. Radice tenui fibrosa cae- 

 spitifera; culmo humili (vix ultra 2-pollicari) erecto tri- 

 quetro ; foliis lanceolatis culmo brevioribus ; involucro poly- 

 phyllo subaequante umbellam simplicem multiradiatam ; 

 radiis simplicibus a basi floriferis ; squamis ovatis apice » 

 nervo medio in aristulam recurvam excurrente solutis, late- 

 ribus 1 — 2-nerviis ferrugineo-sufis subpcllucidis remotius- 

 culis deciduis ; achenio triquetro obtuso brevissime mucro- 

 nulato. Hrbr. Cuming nr. 676. Ins. Luzon. 



135. C. RECURVES. Vahl. (En. 2. 310.) Culmis pa- 

 ribus setaceis (3 — 5" longis) basi foliatis ; foliis culmum 

 aequantibus phyllisque 3 involucri setaceis , his longioribus 

 spiculis 10—20 in capitulum congestis linearibus angustis 



