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Cypeuace^ Cumingian^ (Insularum Philippinensium) Herbarii 



Lindleyani; auctore Neesio ab EsenbecK. IS-AO. 



{Communicated hy Dr. Lindley.) 



Cuming, 2437. Cyperus (Pycreus) lamprocarpus^ N. ab E.; urabella 

 composita radiis (3-4) insequalibus erectis, spiculis (7-9) capitatim fas- 

 ciculatis linearibus 20-24-floris, squamis ovatis apic6 connivente-acutis 

 dorso sanguinolentis subtilissime o-nervibus margine infimlsque totis 

 membranaceo-pallidis, stylo bifido basi rigidala diutius persistente, 

 stigmatibus deciduis, caryopsi obovata mucronulata Igevi nitida atra 

 squama \ breviore, involucri 2-3-pIiylli foliis duobus umbella longio- 

 ribus, foliis anguste linearibus apice valde attenuatis Iseviusculis glaucis 

 culmum trigonum sequantibus. — Similis quod ad cbaracteres <7. sanguis 

 nolento majori cuidam, differt autem jam sola caryopsi atra nitida ma- 

 joreque, quae ista plus duplo minor, squama sua cinerco-fusca et opaca. 

 Cimiing. 546, Cyperus compressus, N. ab E> in WigJit^ Contrib. 



Forma hsec C. pectinatum, Hoxh,, exhibet. 

 » 676. „ pusillus, Vahl^ En. — /3, spiculis capitatis. 



C. angTistifolius, N. ah U. m Wight^ Contrib, 

 „ 557. „ hexastachyus, /3''^* castaneus, N, ab E. in 



Wight, Contrib. 

 444. „ distans, Linn. 

 1636. „ canescens, VahL 

 536. Diclidium datum, a, N, ab E, Papyrus elatus, N. ab E, 



in Wighty Contrib. 

 2464. Cyperus, — Nimis est tener et incompletus ut possit 



di^ruosci. Probabiliter autem est C. {Pa- 



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pg?i) corymbosi status junior, 



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538. 7 » dilutus, VaJil. Mariscus dilutus, N. ab E, in 



38.") 



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1656. ) JFight, Contrib. 



„ 537- »> racemosus, Ketz, var. spiculis infuscatis : an 



species distincta? (C. obscuruSy N. ab E.); umbella decomposita fasti- 

 giata multiradiata patula, radiis compresso-trigonis striatis, uuiversa- 

 libus partialibusque apice umbellatis e spiels pluribus sessilibus lineari- 

 bus strictis, spiculis imbricatis lanceolatis compressis subebracteolatis 

 10-14-flori3, squamis arete imbricatis ovato-orbiculatis ex apice rotun- 

 dato-mucronatis mucrone erecto-patulo, dorso olivaceo-fuscis, 5-nervibu3 

 latere sordide luteis, stylo trifido, caryopsi ovali alba biconvexa mucro- 



