342 ENUMERATION OF \^Cyperace(B, 



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2 vel 3 inferiorcs majorcs vacuse) arete imbricatse, oblongse, niucronato-acutse, 

 litiJse, rugulosa?, ochraccEC, uigro-castauco plusiiiinus tinctec, 1} lin. longse, carina 



CLXVL CTPEEACE^. 



1. CYPEEUS, Linn. 



Sli/Io pidiviso ; stigmate simplici, 



L O. Hookerianus, Thw. — Cyperits, No. 21 (bis), Hook. f. and T. 

 Herb. Ind. Orient,— c.p. 3221. 

 Hab. Galle. 



Sarmentosus. Folia firma, plana, ad apicem scabra, 4-12 poll, longa. Culmi 

 foliis subaquilougi, trigoiii, glabri. Involucrum 3-4-phyllumj capifulo subgioboso 

 ^-pollicari inultoties longius. Spicule oblongsc, coinprcsssc, sub-12 -flora;. Sqiiamw 



nitiJ 



scabridte. " Stamina 3. Cart/opsis oblonga, rostrato-acuminata, subtrigona, glabra, 



castanea^ basi longiuscule 3-callosa, pallida. 



The undivided style and stigma, and the remarkable callosities at the base of the 

 nut, well distinguish this from every other described species. 



** S>ii(jmaiihus 2. 



2- C- pulvinatus, N. and M. (N. ab Es. in Wight, Contr. p. 74, cum 

 syn.) — C. punctatus, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 193. C, patens, Valil, Enum. 

 ii. p. 334 ; Kth. Enum. ii. p. 16. — c.p. 800. 



Hab. Common in wet gravelly and sandy places, 



3. C- san^uinolentus^ Vahl, 1. c. p. 351 ; N. ab Es. 1. c. p. 75, cum 



syn. — c.p. 802. 



Hab. Not uncommon in tbe Central Province. 



4. C. polystachyus, Eottb. (baud Scblecht.) (Kth. b c. p. 13, cum 

 syn. ; N. ab Es. 1. c. cum syn. ; Eoxb. L c.) — c.p. 800. 



Hab. Very abundant. • 



6. C. flavescens^ Linn. (Steud. Synop. p. 4.) — C, capillaris, Keen. ; 

 N. ab Es. 1. c. p. 76, cum syn. (7. JungJmhmiy Miq. FL Ind. Bat. iii. 

 p. 13.— c.p. 801. 



■ Hab. a very common specicffe. Dr. Hooker observes that C. tor- 

 tuosus, Eoxb., is nearly a state of it, 



C. puncticulatus, Valil, 1. c. p. 348 ; Kth. L c. p. 15. — C inundatns, 

 Eoxb. 1. c. p. 201 (baud E. Br.).— N. ab Es. 1. c. p. 76, cum syn.— c.p. 

 3751 (3316 partim). 



Hab. Warmer parts of the island. 



My specimens are somewhat smaller than the ordinary form of this plant, and their 

 flower-scales are slightly mucronate just below the apex. 



7. C. alopecuroides, Eottb. (N. ab Es. 1. c. (baud Eoxb.) ; Kth. 1. c. 

 p. 19, cum syn.) — c.p. 3500. 



Hab. Balticaloa District. 



*** 



Stigmatibiis 3. 



8, C. compressus^ Liun. (N. ab Es. 1. c. cum syn. ; Eoxb. I.e. p. 

 194 (etcl. syn. Pluk.) ; Kth. 1. c. p. 23,cum syn.)— c.p. 812. 



Var. spiculis angustis. — c.p. 807. 



Hab. Very common in the warmer parts of the island. 



9. C- arenarius; Eetz, (N. ab Es. I.e. p. 77, cum syn. ; Kth. he. 

 p. 46, cum syn.) — c.p. 798. 



Hab. Batticaloa, Gardner, 



