Cyperus. “WRIANDRIA MONOGYNTAL 20L 
oblong, obtuse, with a green rib.—S/amina. three.— Germ oblong. 
. Stigma ihrée-cleft.— Seed linear, oblong, three-sided,smooth, brown. 
23. C. toriuosus. Kon. Mss. 
~ Culms obtusely three-sided, from six to eight inches high: Umbe? 
compound, length of the involucre. Spikelet linear, incurved, (low- 
ers diaudious,- Seed obovate, compressed, without angles. 
— A-native of moist pasture ground, 
= Root somewhat tuberous, with filiform fibres-—Culms erect, from 
six to eight inches high, naked, three-sided, smooth.— Leaves radical, 
shorter than the culm.—Umbel compound. Umbellets from four to 
eight, shorter and longer peduncled, composed of large, linear, many- 
flowered, chesnut-coloured, curved spikes.—Incoluere three-leaved, 
longer than the umbel.—Stamina two. a ite ob- 
cordate, compressed, smooth. i g 
24. C. rotundus. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. Willd. 1. 283. Fahl. doen. 
Pi. 343. 
Root tuberous. Culms from one to two feet high, obtusely three- 
sided. Umbel compound, spikelets alternate ; involucre three-leaved, 
length of the umbel. Seed angled. 
C. rotundus. Rumph. amb. 6. p. 1. t. 1. fig. 1. 2 
C. hexastachyos. Rottb. 98. t. 14. f. 2. 
Sans. ZAT, Moosta, FRA, Mansiides, 
Beng. Mootha. 
Teling. Shakastunga. 3 
i Thi is by far the most common species we den in India ; it de~ 
lights i in a moist sandy soil, though it gfows abundantly every where. 
^. Root tuberous, with filiform fibres, tubers about the size of filberts 
v acorns, of irregular form, outwardly a dark brownish rust colour ; 
inwardly firm, tender, white, and very fragrant.— Culms erect, from one — 
to Sto feet high, naked, three-sided, smooth, with the angles. rounded. j E 
aves radical, or only investing the base of the culm, sheathing, 
‘orter than the culm, smooth, glossy.— nicis terminal, compound 
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