612 CLXXII. OYPERACEX, (C. B. Clarke.) [ Cyperus. 
ined. t. 1321; 
42. C. tegetiformis, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 6, and Ic. ine ; 
leaves hardly auy, stem trigonous at top often. triquetrous not (or oe 
scurely) transversely septate, bracts short (rarely j length of um Ios (other: 
green (not ovate at base) with margins recurved in dried exam sec 
wise as C. articulatus). Wall. Cat. 3351 B (partly); Kunt 1 nu Son ax 
Arn. in Wight Contrib. 89, in note; C. B. Clarke in Journ. imm d Se 
157. C. nudus, Roch, Fl. Ind. i. 209, not 187 nor H. B. ` Gi E 
lensis, C. Spreng. Neu. Entd. ii. 101. C. Gula-Methi, Roem. ( i Beie 
ii. Mant. 125. C. corymbosus, Ic. Madras, Wall. Cat. 39 (a de 
Cyperus sp. n. 40, H f. & T. Th. Herb. Ind. Or. (Chittagong example). 
BENGAL and Assam, MADRAS and BUNDELOUND.— DISTRIB. China, yap. very 
This has been confused with C. malaccensis, Lam., which differs . Y infa 
narrow wing to rhachilla of spikelets, by the loosely imbricated conca 
glumes, and by the apex of stem 3-winged. 
43. €. corymbosus, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 42, t. 7, fg. 4; kap KA 
obscurely trigonous, uppermost leaf short or 0, bracts i-i ih (otherwise 
or sometimes overtopping it, spikelets ferruginous or ^ " Linn. oc. 
as C. tegetiformis). Thw. Enum. 344; C. B. Clarke in mod Boeck. in 
xxi 158. C. diphyllus, Retz Obs. v.11; Kunth Enum. be? uH Le C. 
Linnea, xxxvi. 272. C. Koenigii, Vahl Enum. ii. 302; | : Rozb. Fl 
monophyllus, Vahl Le ii. 352 (fide Nees). C. semint if Morita.) C. 
Ind. i. 187; Nees in Wight Contrib. 80; Kunth l. c. 59 (not Q artly).—Fin- 
enodis, Boeck. lc. 271. Papyrus Pangorei, Nees l.c. 88 (p ` 
bristylis, Wall. Cat. 3525 E. 
. Afric., 
From Komaon, Wallich, to Assam, BURMA, CEYLON.—DISTRIB. As., 
and Amer. rmost 
Stems 2-3 ft., when dry often more or less transversely septate. Uppe 
UN reen, not 
leaf in the type example of Retz, nearly 6 in. long. Bracts leaf uA ype of . 
ovate at base, keeled, with margins recurved in the dry state, 
diphylla, Retz, much overtopping the inflorescence. 83684 C 
. in. 1 
Var. B Pangorei, C. B. Clarke, l.c. 292, 159; spikelets 1 in. . macros- 
Fang Rott. l.c. 31, t. 7, fig. 3; Kunth l. c. 97. C. cory NEE 
tachya, Boeck. l. c. 277 (cf. Steud. Syn. Cyp. 31, note to C. corym 
Peninsula, Wall. Cat. 3351 C, &c. (Herb. Kew).— Madagasc. 
lender 
44. C. scariosus, Br. Prodr. 216; stolons slender, stems long ag 
at top triquetrous, umbel slender contracted, spikelets linea Thats inn. 
colour (very like those of C. tegetiformis). C. B. Clarke “yi ht Contrib. 
Soc. xxi. 159. C. pertenuis, Rozb. Fl. Ind. i. 198; Nees in astly, not of 
83. C. rotundus, Thw. Enum. 343 (partly); Boeck. ms. p 
Linn, s., 683, 684 
BENGAL; Soondreebun, C. B. Clarke, common. Preu, Kurs m$ 
(Herb. Calcutta).—DisTRIB. Australia. uU lax striate concolorous 
Glabrous. Stolons 4-2 by 4A in., clothed by elliptic acute Te ves (in the Indi 
scales § in. long. Stems 16-36 in., at top 4;—, in. in diam. Lea imes muc 
as in Brown's examples) variable, usually short (less than A stem), 
longer, sometimes 0, narrow, weak. Umbel thin; rays slender, i.e. 
3 in. long, sometimes not 4 in. ; bracts nearly always as the leaves, very D 
when leaves short, exceeding inflorescence when leaves ongish.- pderness of stem 
rotundus ; differs little from C. tegetiformis, but in the extreme s 
and umbel. 
Sect. 5. Subimbricate. Tall. Rhizome very short, yoo? 4 
i.e. lateral shoots from base of stem immediately asce 
: Glames 
