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CYPERACEiE. 



Hab. in Gosaingsthan Nepaliae. WallicL Floret Augusto. 



Moscha Indigenis, - 

 Planta facie C, calceolu Caules erecti, poly (4-6)-phylli, 

 -villosi. Folia ovata v. elliptica, acuta, membranacea, pli- 

 cato-nervosa, 3-5-pollicaria, l^v. 2uncias lata, utrinque 

 pubcscentia, margine teniiissinie ciliata, basi caulem paulo 

 v'aginantia. Flos terminalis, solitarius, nutans, magnitu- 

 dine C calceoli, folio supremo caulis vaginatus. Perian- 

 thiifoliolis pnrpHreisacutis ; lateralibus lanceolatis ; injimo 

 oblongo-ovato ; supremo omnibus latiorc ovali* Labellum 

 amplum, ventricoso-inflatum, ocbroleucum, foliolis lon- 

 gius, venis violaceis notatum: ore contracto, integerrimot 

 margine paulo involuto. Ovarium tereli-cla\atum villo- 

 sum. Coi'ones triloba: lobis ancipiti-compressis, dccur- 

 vatis ; lateralibus antheriferis ; intermedio longiore, stigma 

 latum peltatum ovale ferente. Appendix cordalo-ovalis 

 obtusa, basi stipitata ac cordata. 



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C YPER AC EijE . Decand. Brown . 



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CYPERUS. Linn. 



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Spicula disticba, multiflora rs^uamt^ cariiiaiis, omnibus florl- 

 feris, aequalibus, (nunc l-2infimis minoribus vacnis*) Set(s 

 nullas, bjpogynae. Stylus cum ovario inarticulatus, de- 

 ciduus. 



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Culmi simplices^ enodes^ basi foliati v. vaginati, Inflores- 



eentia terminalis, involucrata, simplex supradecompo- 



sita. Brown Prod. FL Nov. Holl. 1. p. 2J2. 



Infiorescentia umbellat&y radiis elongatis paucis, 



1. C.seiifoUus, umbellu4-6-radiat^,spiculisIinearibus sqnar- . 

 rosis, glnmisovalibnsobtusis: carina in acumen recurva- 

 tum producta, involooris subd-phjllis i^mbell^ ter longio- 

 ribus foliisque setaceis apice scabris, culmo semitereti- 



i/ai. in Nepalia. Wallich. %. • ^ ' 



i?a^tx fibrosa. Culmi plures, caespiiosi, erecti, plano-con- 

 ' Texi, bipollicares, graciles. Folia setacea, canalicuiata, 

 culrais longiora, basi dilafata, versus apicem scabra. Urn- 

 bellaS'iy, saepe 5, raro 6-radlata; radiis longiis ppdun- 

 culosis, inaequalibus. Spivxda: lineares. Ghana ovales; 

 obtusae, scariosae r caring in acuipen longiusculuqiTecur- 



vaitum infra apicem glumae ipsius producta. , V • • 



2. CpulcLer, umbelia 6-radiat&, spiculis' Hnejiribus,^ glumis 

 ovalibnsobtnsis siriatislaevibns, involucris subpentapb}lli* . 



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