40 CYPERACE^, 



Rmdix fibrosa, capiiUcea. CW/ni tettuissimi, set^u^i, bi v. 

 tripollicares, sulcati. Spieults apice ouiini bretiores. 



Obs. Species ab I. barbata Br. divcrsa videlur. 



2. L tertuissimay nrnbellA patula siibcomposita, spictilis ova- 

 tis, gluinis ovalU aButis caring laevibus, culmifi foliisque 

 capiilaceis striatis sulcatis, vagints ore villis longis laxe 

 barbatis, nucibus triquetris. 



vScirpas densus. Wall, in Roxb. Fl, Ind. 1. jk23\. 



Hab. In Nepalia. WaUieh. ©. 



Radix caespitosa, fibrosa^ Cidtni teouisauii, capillares, spi- 

 Ihamci, stricti, sulcati, ibasi tK>1yphyiri^ taginali. Folia 

 selaccH, culnio ler breviora, Umbella patula, subconipo- 

 sHa. Pedwftcidx elongati, simptices s. divisi. Spicula: 

 ovalie. Glumte ovatse, concavae, acuta?, rufae : cariva laevi, 

 viridi. F losculi 3-^uHr], Stmma irUAcx, Nuce^ Uizoux, 



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SCIRPUS. JBrown. 

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Squamce tindiqu^ imbricatac, coiiformes, omncs fiorifera?, 

 . paucissimaeve exierioiuni vacuae. Seta* bypogynae, squa- 



breviores. Sivhts cum ovario inarticulatus. basi sim- 



plJci deciduus v. basi mucrouiformi remanexiti. Jirown L 

 c. p^ 223. 



1. S, quadrangulm^ culmo ictragono inferne vagiflalo, um- 

 bella composite proliferA^ invoTucro penfaphyllo breviore, 

 .spiculis ovads paucifloris, glnmisovatis mucrouulatis, slig- 

 mate triplitri, I'oliis canaliculalis carinalis margiue supe- 

 riorescabris. 



Hab. in Nepab'a? alpibns. WalUeh. Tl. 



Radix perennis, repens ,* Ctdmus strictas, letragonus, fere 

 sesquipedalis, glaber, basi foliis paucis (2-3) vaginatus. 

 Fofia linearia, erecia, canalkuiata, enlmis saepfe longiora, 

 subtus cariuata, inferue Isevia, versus apicem dentieulis 

 scabra. Umbella composila, prolifera, JmicQ acutifl(n*o no» 

 paulo fomiA. simiiis. Spiculce parvae, ovatae, spadiceae. 

 Glumce ovafae, concavae, mucronutatae, 



2. S. elovgatus^ umbelli compositu prolifer^ involucro poly- 

 pbyllo umbeil^ ter longiore, spiculis oblongis teretibus, 

 gluniis ovato-1anceoki<i* mucronalis glabris, setis hypo- 

 gynis nuu]erosis nudis, foliis liuearibus planis carinalis 

 <;ulino tereli longioribus marginc carm4que dcAiiculato- 



scftbrig. . 



Scirpus elongatus. Hamilton MSSL 

 Hab. ad Narainhetty Nepalensium. Hamiltctu %. Eloret 



Noveinbri. 



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