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CYPEREAE. Cvperus. 



planis margine scabris acutato-subulatis ; umbella compo- 

 sita multi-(10 — 13-)radiata, radiis elongatis valde in- 

 aequalibus patulis ; involucro 6 — 7-phyllo umbellam sub- 

 aequante ; spicis 3 — 8-nis linearibus compressis (6 — 10'" 

 longis, 1'" latis) multi-(29 — 33-)floris; squamis carinato- 

 navicularibus subrotundo-ovatis longe robuste mucronatis 

 dorso sub-5-nerviis , viridi- et ferrugineo-lineolatis margine 

 hyalino-fuscescentibus ; achenio elliptico-oblongo apicato 

 triangulari castaneo-fusco obsolete punctulato squama fere 

 dimidio breviore. An prioris var.? IJ. Peru. N. Granat. 



175. V. UMBROSUS. Lindl. et Nees. (Cyper. bras. 34.) 

 Radice fibrosa, caespitifera ; culmo triangulari glabro fili- 

 formi rigido (ultra pedali) ; foliis planis linearibus scabris 

 culmo brevioribus (2 — 3'" latis) acuminatis, umbella com- 

 posita 6 — 10-radiata, umbellulis radiorum longiorum quan- 

 doque dependentibus 7 — 10-stachyis; involucro 7 — 9-phyllo 

 patentissimo , foliolis umbella partim longioribus partim 

 brevioribus; spiculis linearibus compressis (*/» — 1-pollica- 

 ribus) multifloris ; squamis lato-ovatis emarginatis cuspida- 

 tis multinerviis ; achenio obovato triangulari punctato- 

 scabriusculo nitido fusco. C. dependens Schrad. Prae- 

 cedentis var. ? Nees 1. c. Brasil. 



176. C. LACUSTRIS. Schrad. (Nees 1. c.) Radice 

 fibrosa; culmo triangulari filiformi rigido striato sursum 

 scabro (subpedali) ; foliis planis linearibus margine scabris 

 culmum subaequantibus (27 3 — 37*'" latis); umbella com- 

 posita et decomposita 8 — 9-radiata ; umbellulis 4 — 5-ra- 

 diatis , radiis partialibus 2 — 4-stachyis ; spiculis linearibus 

 compressis acutis (5 — 6'" longis) multi-(19 — 21-)floris; 

 involucro 7 — 9-phyllo, foliolis majoribus dependentibus cul- 

 mum aequantibus; squamis ovato-lanceolatis acutiusculis 

 multinerviis ; achenio subgloboso-ovato trigono punctulato- 

 scabro. 2(. Brasil. 



177. C. CAMPESTRIS. Schrad. (Nees I.e. 35.) Culmo 

 triangulari gracili glabro (vix spithamaeo) ; foliis carinatis 

 margine scabris culmo 2— 3-plo brevioribus ; umbella sub- 

 5-radiata, spicis 3 — 5-nis sessilibus oblongis ; spiculis nu- 

 merosis patentibus linearibus multi- (27 — 33-) floris ; invo- 

 lucro umbellam vix superante ; squamis elliptico - ovatis 

 mucronatis 5-nerviis ; achenio ovali trigono laevL Ij. 

 Brasil. 



177b- C. MILIIFOLIUS. Kunth. (Cyper. 29.) Culmo 

 triquetro (7— 10-pollicari) angulis membranaceis scabrius- 

 culis ; foliis planis lineari-lanceolatis longe angustatis , 3- 

 nerviis (10—15" longis, 8—11" latis); involucro 3—4- 

 phyllo multo longiore umbella composita pauci-radiata ; 

 radiis inaequalibus longioribus 1 — 1 */," longis; spicis 3 — 

 8-nis linearibus compressis 15 — 17-floris; squamis carinato- 

 navicularibus acutatis multi-nerviis fuscis ; achenio elliptico 

 acuto-apiculato triangulari minute tuberculato-scabro al- 

 bido-fuscescente squama dimidio breviore. Peru. 



178. C. LESSONIANUS. Kunth. (1. c.) Culmis caespi- 

 tosis triangularibus ; foliis planis margine scabris culmum 

 aequantibus ; involucro 3-phyllo longissimo ; umbella sim- 

 plici pauciradiata ; spicis 3^ — 7-nis lauceolatis compressis 

 multi- (15 — 17-) floris; squamis carinato-navicularibus late 

 ovatis acutiusculis subenerviis fuscescenti-viridibus margine 

 hyalino-pallidis ; achenio ovato triangulari acutato nigro- 

 fusco nitidulo squama 7i breviore. N. Holl. 



179. C. MACELLUS. Kunth. (1. c. 30.) Culmo tri- 

 angulari (?) glabro longiore foliis anguste linearibus planis; 

 umbella simplici sub-4-radiata , involucro monophyllo di- 

 midio breviore ; spicis 3 — 5-uis oblongis compressis 13 — 

 15-floris; squamis subrotundo-ovatis carinatis recurvato- 

 acuminatis obsolete 3-nerviis viridibus (ferrugineo-puncti- 

 culatis) margine hyalino albidis ; achenio obovato 3-quetro 

 apicato, squama triplo breviore. N. Holl. 



180. C. DIFFUSUS. Vahl. (En. 2. 321.) Culmo tri- 

 quetro (lVi -pedali); foliis planis latis (fere pollicem) 3- 

 nerriis margine scabris culmo altioribus ; involucro sub-7- 



phyllo longiore umbella supradecomposita diffusa; spicis 

 solitariis usque ternis , lateralibus interdum pedicellatis, 

 oblongis compressis sub-10-floris; squamis ovatis carinato- 

 navicularibus apice rotundatis mucronatis obsolete 5-nerviis 

 dorso viridibus ferrugineo - variegatis lateribus hyalinis ; 

 achenio elliptico triquetro apicato squama parum breviore. 

 Ind. or. 



181. C. LONGIFOLIUS. Pair. (Enc. 7. 270.) Culmo 

 triangulari glabro (1— lVj-pedali) ; foliis planis trinerviis 

 margine scabris culmo longioribus ( l j z pollicem et ultra 

 latis); involucro 5 — 6-phyllo umbellam superante; umbella 

 supradecomposita; spicis solitariis usque quinis sessilibus 

 oblongis compressis 8 — 9-floris ; squamis ovatis carinato- 

 navicularibus apice rotundatis mucronatis sub-7-nerviis 

 dorso viridibus margine hyalino-albidis ; achenio elliptico 

 triangulari stramineo squama 7s breviore. Praecedentis 

 var.'.' Ins. Mascar. Timor. Madagasc. 



182. C. CONJUNCTUS. Steud. Culmo erecto triquetro 

 (pedali) laevi cum foliis glaucescente ; his planis vel mar- 

 gine revolutis tenuiculis laevibus vix apice scabriusculis 

 culmo fere duplo brevioribus ; involucri tetraphylli foliolis 

 inaequalibus, 2 longioribus umbellam (vix, altero duplo)^ 

 superantibus ; umbella simplici sub-8-radiata ; radiis in- \ 

 aequalibus apice spicas 6 — 8 alternas ferentibus ; spicis 

 sublinearibus (vix ultra 7* - pollicaribus) 12 — 18 -floris; 

 squamis dense imbricatis, infimis 2 plerumque oinnino sca- 

 riosis laxis vacuis , reliquis ovatis obtusis convexis carina 

 viridi distincte nervosis , margine albido hyalinis , lateribus 

 sanguineo-ferrugineis obscure nervosis ; ovario oblongo- 

 triquetro; rhacheola albo-hyalina. Cyperus Sieber hrbr. 

 Fl. maur. II. nr. 11. An praecedentis, cum quo Kunthius 



1. c. jungit, var. ? Ij. Ins. Maurit. 



183. C. TUBEROSUS. Rottb. (Gram. t. 7. f. 1.) Glau- 

 cus ; radice tuberosa stolonifera ; culmo triangulari glabro 

 basi foliato ; foliis culmum aequantibus rigidis planis mar- 

 gine carinaque scabris ; involucro 3-phyllo longissimo ; 

 umbella simplici sub-8-radiata, radiis 3 — 9-stachyis; spicis 

 spicato-fasciculatis linearibus compressis 18 — 24-floris; 

 squamis approximates ovatis obtusis convexo-navicularibus 

 7-nerviis fusco-sanguineis , carina superne viridi lateribus 

 hyalino-albidis; achenio subrotundo-elliptico subapicato in- 

 terne piano , externe convexo subangulato nigro-fusco ob- 

 solete punctulato nitido squama dimidio breviore ; rhacheola 

 hyalino-alata. Kunth. Cyp. 50. 2j Ind. or. 



184. C. STOLONIFERUS. Retz. (Obs. IV. p. 12.) 

 Radice tuberosa semipollicari zonata, tecta setis pollicari- 

 bus nigris; stolonibus membranaceis fuscis vaginatis; culmo 

 semipedali acutaiigulo basi foliis vaginato laevibus ; invo- 

 lucelli foliolis 2 — 3 ad spiculas centrales , uno umbella 

 17? — duplo longiore, extrorsum convoluto subulato ; ochreis 

 obtusis ; umbella simplici radiis 5, radio longiore 1 t j l -^o\\\- 

 can ; spiculis confertis sub 9 , lineari-lanceolatis convexis 

 unquicularibus 18 — 20-floris obtusis ; squamis concavis ob- 

 tusis purpurascentibus margine albidis. Quoad descriptionem 

 et illustrationem toto coelo a Cypero tuberoso Rottb. Grain- 

 p. 28. t. VII. f. 1 diversus , synonymum etiam a Neesio in 

 Wight Bot. p. 81 oinnino neglectum. C. spadiceus />«»'■ 



ill. 147. sec. Nees. Wall. Cat. 3315 et var. spiculis bre- 

 vioribus et pallidioribus. Wall. nr. 1825 b. Ij. Ind. or. 



185. C. BULBOSO STOLONIFERUS. Steud. Radice 

 stolonifera repente fibras crassas emittente; stolonibus va- 

 ginatis et per intervalla tubera lignescentia fibris fuscis 

 tecta proferente, culmo in tuberibus solitario triquetro 

 glabro laevi basi vaginato-folioso ; foliis linearibus planis 

 vel subcomplicatis, culmo 3 — 6-pollicari brevioribus ; invo- 

 lucri foliolis 2 — 3 uno umbellam parum superante, umbella 

 pauci- (2— 3-)radiata, radiis brevibus apice 3—7 spicula- 

 tis ; spiculis subtereti compressiusculis acutiusculis 10—25- 

 floris; squamis lato-ovatis concavis obtusiusculis , carina 

 ubtu.su sordide viridula, 3-nerviis, lateribus sub-roseo- 



