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Cyperiis conicus (Mariscus conicus, R. Br. Pr. 218) in insula 

 Sweer's Islaud Carpentari^ nascitur, ubi a cl. Henne lectua, 

 Caulis haud elatus, basi autem foliosa tumescens. Folia rigida, 

 pallide virentia, fere glaucescentia^ inferne latiuscula. Spicee 

 capituliformes, ambitn s^pe ovatse, dense spiculat^, in apice pe- 

 dunculorum primariorum plures vel panese, sessiles vel pedunculo 

 proprio brevi prseditie. Splculai 1-1^'" lougge. Bractese dilute 

 fulvfe. Antliera3 liueares, acutie. Caryopsla triquetra, lateribus 

 ovato-lanceolata, ei C. umbellati couipicue crassion Eandem 

 similemve spcciem habeo a Nova Anirlia (C. St.), Bockhara (Leich- 

 hardt), Bowen's Downs (Birch), Murchison's Eiver (Oidfield). 

 Ab hoc dilFert C. ligularis (L. Amoen. Acad. v. 31) pr^cipue 

 spiculis plurifloris atqne bracteis fortius nervatis. 



C, Holoschu^nus a Cyperis genuinis transitum ad eos sectionis 



Marisci eflicit. 



Cyperus pygmcEus (liottb. Plant. Nov. 20, t. 14, f. 4 et 5 ; Vahl 

 Enum. ii. 313 ; Kunth. Enum. ii. 18, c. synon. ; J. Hook. Proefat- 

 ad Flor. Tasm, xlvii.) secus fluvios Victoriae et Flindersi occurrit, 

 ut ipse dudum observavi. Statura formarum humiliorum C. dubii 

 (Eottb. Plant. Nov, 20, t. iv. fig. 5 ; C. Kyllingioides, Vald Enum. 

 ii. 312), quae species tristigmatica, atque structuram spicularum 

 valde diversam exhibet. Scirpus (Isolepis) Miclielianus (L. Sp. 

 Plant, i. 76) huic habitu omnino couveuit. Cyperum pygmaeum 

 inter plantas Banatus HungariEe a cl. Rochel collatas reperi, 

 quamvis prsesentia hujus speciei intra totius Europa) limites ne- 

 mine antea demonstrabatnr, saltemve in opere Nymanii (Sylloge 

 florse EuropaeEe cum snpplemento) et in scriptis omnibus me con- 

 sultis nullibi indicabatur. C. Kleinianus (Hochstett. in Steud. 

 Glum. ii. 71 ; Courtoisia cyperoides, Nees in Wight's Contrib. 92) 

 e genere excludi nequit ob magnam C, assimilis (Steud. in Regensb. 

 Bot, Zeit. 1842, p. 584) affinitatem, sectionem tamen generis 

 prope eam Marisci format. 



Cyperus fulvus (R. Br. Pr. 215) in multis locis Australiae 

 orieutalis collectus est ; e. g. ad Shoalhaven (Carron), iu comitatu 

 Camden (WooIIs), Mudgee (Taylor), Glendon (Lelchhardt), "New 

 England (C. St.), Armadilla (Barton), Brisbane's River (Bailey), 

 Mouut-Murchison (Bcckler), Barcoo et Springsure (Wuth), King' 

 et ;NercooI Creek (Bowman), Gracemere (0'Shanesy), Maranoa 

 (Woolls), Burnetfs River (Haly), Bowcn's Downs (Birch), Port 

 Denison (Fitzalan), Rockingham's Bay (Dallachy), Swcer's Island 

 (Henne), nec non in Australia extratropica centrali et prope Attack- 

 Creek (J. Macd. Stuart), ad Port Darwin (Schultz). Rhizoma 

 perenue, haud procurrens. Caules |-3' alti, foliis sa^pe longiores, 

 passim fere teretiusculi, passim acute angulosi, nonnunquam sca- 

 bridi. Pedunculi secundarii interdum evoluti, raro coplosi. Spi- 

 culae latitudine variantes, rarissime pra^Iongije. Rhacheola per- 

 angnste alata. Bracteae latse, rigidulae, patulae, remotiuscul^. 



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