

so 



CYfEREAE. Cyperus. 



meis similibus longioribus uinbella multiradiata ; radiis in- 

 aequalibus (1— 4-pollicaribus) apice paniculato-spicigeris; 

 involucellis nullis ; spiculishorizontaliter-patentibus tenuibus 

 immediate e rhacheola arctis basi squama soluta (non seta) 

 iuffultis8— 10-floris; squamis ovatis obtusis dorso viridibus 

 3— 5-nerviis, latere fusco stramineis , rhacheola subnuda, 

 achenio triquetro utrinque acuto laevi. Simillimus praece- 

 denti, defectu involucellorum facile distinquendus, spiculae 

 minus tenues. Hrbr. Paris, nr. 34. Guiana. 



538" C. EXPANSES. Poir. (Enc. 7. 268.) Culmo 

 triangulari nudo (3-pedali) basi vaginis fuscis inembrana- 

 ceis munito ; involucri subtetraphyllli foliolis 3 subaequali- 

 bus longissimis latiusculis laevissimis; umbella supradecom- 

 posita expansa , radiis pluribus alternis horizontalibus fere 

 capillaribus; spiculis fere sessilibus subdistantibus subulatis 

 ('/,-pollicaribus); squamis laxe imbricatis rubellis obtusis 

 margine albis. Madagascar. 



538 c - C. NUTANS. Vahl. (En. 2. 363.) Viridi-glaucus ; 

 culmo triquetro glabro; foliis carinatis extrorsum margine 

 carinaque scabris ; involucri foliolis planis culmeis similibus 

 3 — 4, umbella longioribus uno longissimo (l'/j-pedali) ; 

 umbella simplici 6 — 7-radiata; involucello sub spiculis in- 

 fimis 2 — 4-phyllo setaceo longiore umbellula ; radiis elon- 

 gatis filiformibus apice sub-10-stachyis spiculis spicato- 

 congestis erectiusculis linearibus angustis 8 — 9- (vel 16 — 

 18-)floris; squamis parum remotis ellipticis breviter mucro- 

 natis sub-9-nerviis hyalino-albidis inter nervos ferrugineo- 

 lineolatis carina viridibus superne recurvato-patulis; achenio 

 (immaturo) obovato-oblongo triangulari apicato stramineo 

 flavido punctulato squama Vj breviore. Ind. or. 



539. C. PUBESCENS. Steud. Radice longe fibrosa 

 caespiti- et stolonifera; culmis basi vaginatis erectis com- 

 presso triquetris (4 — 6-pollicaribus) sursum nudis ; vaginis 

 — praesersim ad oras — pilis longis pilosis ; foliis setaceis 

 culmo plus duplo brevioribus ; involucello 3 — 5-phyllo vix 

 capituli densi longitudine cum squamis exterioribus pube- 

 scentibus ; spiculis oblique ovatis 3 — 5-floris ; squamis 

 carina viridibus , lateribus pallide rufentibus , apice mucro- 

 nulatis. Ins. Borbon. 



J. 17. Kyllingioides. Kunth. Spieae eapitato-congestae, ca- 

 pitulis tolitariis vet per umbellam nimplicem diipositis ; 

 tpievlat pauei- rarius pluri/lorae ; tquamae subcarinato- 

 na»icularcs mnltinerviae acutiusculae vel mucronatae 

 later/but viridi-albidae vel lutescentes carina viridi. 



540. C. RYLLING10IDES. Vahl. (En. 2. 312.) Culmis 

 caespitosis triquetris (5— 9-pollicaribus) filiformibus basi 

 foliatis ibique subbulboso-incrassatis ; foliis linearibus cari- 

 nato-planis margine superne scabris culmum subaequanti- 

 bus ; involucro subtetraphyllo longissimo ; capitulo solitario 

 ovato-subgloboso e spiculis innumeris ovato-oblongis com- 

 pressiusculis 6 — 8-floris ; squamis valde approximatis sub- 

 rotundo-ovatis subcordatis acutiusculis multinerviisviridulo- 

 albidis interdum purpureo-puncticulatis ; achenio elliptico 

 triquetro subapicato fusco punctulato-scabriusculo squama 

 Vi »el 7, breviore. C. dubius Rotlb. Gram. t. 4. f. 5. C. 

 mollis Poir .' l\ Ind. or. Fr. b. sp. 



541. C.CAPITEELATCS. R. S. (Mant. 2. 101.) Cul- 

 mis caespitosis subangulosis gracilliniis (3— 6-pollicaribus); 

 folus setaceis planis culmum aequant bus vel superantibus 

 laevibus; involucri 2— 3-phylli foliolis inaequalibus culmeis 

 similibus; spiculis in capitulum terminale agglomeratis 

 sessilibus ovatis acutiusculis ; squamis striatis obtusis viri- 

 dibus. Idem ac praecedens sec. Kunth. C. capitatus Poir 

 Enc. VII. 246. Madagascar. 



542. C. ACAULIS. Steud. (Flora 1842. 600.) Acaulis 

 humillimus caespjtosus; radice fibrosa; foliis radicalibus 

 fasciculato-confertis planis lanceolatis striatis junioribus 

 piloso-cihat.s demum margine subaculeolato-asperis ; in- 

 Tolum fohohs a radicalibus vix distinctis; capitulis ra- 

 dicalibus sessilibus (4) aggregatis; radiis a basi flori- 



feris; spiculis confert's distichis linearibus 6 — 8 remoti- 

 floris; squamis ovatis acutis submembranaceis , lateribus 

 albido-ferrugineis , carina viridi 3-nerviis , apice obtusius- 

 culis brevissime mucronulatis ; achenio triquetro oblongo 

 squama parum breviore albo glabro. Hrbr. Bertero nr.213. 

 Chili. 



543. C. ERIOPHORUS. Steud. Radice fibrosa caespi- 

 tifera culmis basi laxe vaginatis erectis compresso-triquetris 

 setaceis (2 — 7-pollicaribus, sursum nudis, vaginis ore mar- 

 gineque pilis lanuginosis ohsitis caeterum glabris ; foliis 

 setaceis culmum aequantibus vel superantibus ; involucello 

 sub-3-phyllo setaceo vix aequante capitulum densum; 

 spiculis oblongis 3 — 7-floris ; squamis obliquis dorso vix 

 viridulis rufo-ferrugineis ovatis brevi acuminatis. C. capitel- 

 lato R. S. proximus , involucello brevissimo vaginisque di- 

 versus. Macao. 



544. C. RADIANS. Nees et Meyen. (Act. N. Cur. XVIII. 

 supl. 2. p. 6.) Culmo abbreviate triangulari glabro basi 

 folioso ; foliis carinato-conduplicatis rigidulis margine cari- 

 naque scabris ; involucro 5 — 7-phyllo radiis plerumque 

 breviore ; capitulis 4—5 in apice culmi umbellato-congestis 

 subglobosis polystachyis, uno majore sessili reliquis longis- 

 simo pedunculatis involucello 3 — 5-phyllo subulato brevius- 

 culo suffu tis ; spiculis arete confertis ovato-oblongis com- 

 pressiusculis 3 — 5- (8-) floris (2 — 5" longis) ; squamis ap- 

 proximatis subrotundo ovatis acutato-submucronatis apicem 

 versus carinatis, multinerviis virescenti-pallidis punctulis 

 lineolisque ferrugineis conspersis margine hyalinis, inferio- 

 ribus 2 parvis vacuis ; achenio elliptico-ovato triangulari 

 vix apicato punctulato nigro squama l / s — 73 breviore. C. 

 radicans Kunth 1. c. 95. (•) China. 



545. C. FILICULMIS. Vahl. (En. 2. 328. sec. Ton- 

 Ann. N. York III. 267.) Rhizomate repente fibroso tuberi- 

 fero ; culmis filiformibus triangularibus (subpedalibus) basi 

 foliatis ; foliis angustis carinato-planis margine carinaque 

 scabris culmo brevioribus ; involucro 3 — 4-phyllo 3 — 4-plo 

 longiore umbella simplici saepe ad capitulum solitarium 

 sessile redacta saepe insuper 1 — 2 radiata; spiculis in 

 capitulum orbiculare polystachyum aggregatis, lineari lan- 

 ceolatis compressis convexiusculis 6 — 10-floris ; squamis 

 laxiusculis ovatis obtusis vel emarginatis vel brevissime 

 mucronulatis 9 — 11-nerviis carina viridi lateribus pallide 

 ferrugineis vel lutescentibus margine scariosis; achenio 

 elliptico triquetro brunneo squama parum breviore , apicu- 

 lato. 1|. Am. sptr. 



546. C. GRAYII. Torr. (1. c. 266.) Rhizomate repente 

 caespitifero tuberifero ; culmo filiformi obtuse triangulari 

 erecto (8— 12-pollicari); foliis omnibus radicalibus setaceis 

 angustis (vix %"' latis) culmo brevioribus ; involucro sub- 

 4-phyllo; foliolis setaceis, 2 longioribus umbella 4—6- 

 radiata suberecta ; spiculis in apice radiorum 6 — 9 in capi- 

 tulum laxum aggregatis, lineari-lanceolatis compressis 5— 

 7-floris; rhacheola squamis interioribus alata; squamis 

 ovatis subobtusis non mucronatis margine vix scariosis, 

 junioribus dense imbricatis demum apice distinctis; achenio 

 ovato-triquetro brevi acuminato puncticulato squama k 

 breviore. % Am. sptr. 



547. C. BALDWINII. Torr. (1. c. 270.) Culmo obtuse 

 triangulari (1— 2-pedali) glabro basi subtumidulo ; fol» s 

 planis (2—3'" latis) margine scabris culmo brevioribus; 

 involucro 6 — 9-phyllo plus duplo longiore umbella 6— I 2 ' 

 radiata; spiculis plurimis (40) in capitulum depressum 

 globosum coarctatis , angusto-lanceolatis compressis acutis 

 5— 8-floris horizontaliter patentibus; squamis ovato-lanceo- 

 latis acutis adpressis margine subscariosis ; achenio basi 

 angustato squama dimidio breviore. % Carolina Georg- 

 Florida. — 



548. C. MANIMaE. H. B. (N. gen. I. 209.) Culmo 

 triquetro (lVj-pedali) foliato glabro; foliis planis linearibus 

 glabris margine scabris culmo dimidio brevioribus ; involucro 



