Oyperus.] OLXXII. OYPERAOEE. (C. B. Clarke.) 611 
Sect. 3. Bulbosi. Stolons slender, soon disappearing, terminating in 
fuieated bulbils.—Closely allied to Mariscus Sect. Bulbocaules. (Sp. 40.) 
40. C. bulbosus, Vahl Enum. ii. 342; coat of bulbils striated black 
slitting into elliptic very acute segments, leaves overtopping stem narrow 
flagellate, umbel contracted corymbiform lowest ray somewhat distant 
(spikelets nearly as in C. rotundus). Nees in Wight Contrib. 80; Dalz. & 
Gibs, Bomb. Fl. 984; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. 300 ; Trimen in Journ. Bot. 
m. (1884), 358. C. jemenicus, Retz. Obs. iv. 11 (jeminicus) ; Rogb. Fl. 
Ind. i. 191; C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc.xxi. 175, t. 9, figs. 17, 18 
(var. B excl.) and in Journ. Bot. xix. 18, cum fig. (not of Rottb.). C. gemi- 
mtus, Koenig ms.; Ainslie Mat. Med. Hind. (1813), 250; Moon Cat. PI. 
lon, 6 (not of Schrader). C. oleraceus, Roxb. ms. C. stoloniferus, 
Nees in Wight Contrib. 81 (partly, not of Retz.). C. hexastachyus 8 pen- 
ulus, Nees in Wight Contrib. 82 (partly). OC. rotundus, Kunth Enum. ii. 
îl (partly); Thw. Enum. 343 (partly).—Cyperus, Wall. Cat. 3317, A. 
(partly). 
SIND; Stocks, &c. ALIGURH; Duthie (n. 7670). The Decoan PENINSULA 
EYLON.—DISTRIB. Trop. Afric., As. and Austral. 
Glabrous. Stolons 3-23 in., thread-like ; bulbils ovoid-conic, at first 3 in., white, 
edible, ultimately larger with thick black coat. Stems 4-12 in., slender. Leaves 
merous, subbasal, up to A in. broad, tip long-caudate. Umdbel sometimes evolute, 
tays up to 2 in., usually contracted 1-13 in. in diam. interruptedly subcorymbose; 
1b overtopping inflorescence, similar to leaves. Spikelets 3-20 reddish, up to 
tY 7z in., 8-26.fd, ; wings of rhachilla elliptic, persistent. Glumes boat-shaped, 
» obtuse, 11.nerved. Stamens 3; anthers linear, muticous. Nut obovoid, 
» triquetrous, black, hardly 4 glume ; style shorter than nut, branches linear, 
the § at long.—In the absence of roots this species can generally be discerned by 
perfection of the umbel i.e. lowest bract with its ray a little distant. 
ait 4. Brevefoliati. Tall. Stolons long, hardening into creeping 
mes. Leaves short, rarely i length of stem, Glumes approximate, 
| “Usely imbricate. (Sp. 41-44.) 
4L c. articulatus, Linn. Sp. Pl. 66; stem robust terete, leaves 
lis Y any, umbel compound of many spikes, bracts very short acute scale- 
K spikes linear many-fld., nut oblong-ellipsoid $ length of glume 
in TA Enum. ii. 53; Mees in Wight Contrib. 80; Thw. Enum, 343; Boeck. 
5 Uia, xxxvi, 274; C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn, Soc. xx. 291, and xxi. 
P C. nudus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 187 (not 209, nor H. B. & K.). C. gymnos. 
m Y Geh, Syst. ii, Mant. 97. C. diphyllos, Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 
(chiefly, not Retz) —Cyperus, Wall. Cat. 3364. 
out, to CEyrox,—DrsTRIB. All warm regions. 
| A mme, Stolons i-i in. diam., clothed by ovate-lanceolate striate brown- 
dii, es $ in. long. Stems 3-6 ft., often 2-4 in. apart on the thick woody 
ith o» at top $—1 in. in diam., terete or scarcely trigonous, when dry usually 
m" false nodes 1 in : 
. apart; upper sheaths usually terminated by a subspathaceous 
tolate-colrd. limb, rarely by ^ small green leaf, Umbel rays often 10, up to 
7 bracts à-$ in., ovate, striate, subturgid at base hardly keeled, concave, 
ia not reflexed. Spikelets 5-15 together, shortly spicate, 3-1} by ,'5 in., 12- 
Vie" straw-colrd., afterwards dusky. Glwmes even in fruit imbricate, ovate, 
tlong’ Concave, scarcely keeled, obscurely 3—5-nerved on back; wings of rhachilla 
Wien elliptic, scarious, ultimately deciduous. Stamens 3 ; anthers linear-oblong, 
hace 1: Nut trigonous, acute at either end, black; style shorter than nut ; 
» Shortly exsert, 
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