204 enituit Cyperus. 
tae Mires forthe dakoi, sao nes bees polly radicem 
sheathing, many of them longer than the culm, erect, rigid, much 
keeled, smooth.—Umbel erect, linear, thin, sometimes decompound, : 
though in general only compound. Umbellets, one or t wo sessile; and 
from three to eight with peduncles of unequal lengths ; the largest 
peduncles are compouud.— Involucre from three to five-leaved, very 
unequal; the largest nearly as long as the culm, the smailest not 
more than an inch long.— Spikes sessile, lanceolate in small plans, 
in large ones linear.—Stamens two.— Style two-clefi. —Seed com 
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pressed, obcordate. ! moo 
99. C. flavidus. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. Willd. 1,279. Retz. Obs. 5. sas 
fa 
Vahl. Enum. Pi. 2. 334. wol, bmw 
Culms from six to eight inches high, generally ‘ante than the 
leaves. Umbel decompound, longer than the involucre ; umbellets | 
globular, spikelets crowded ; flowers monandrous. SE obcordate, 
three-sided. 
"This is a small delicate species, a native of moist puo on the 
coast of ‘Coromandel. fcn 
Root fibrous, dark purple —Culm erect, from six ‘o bight inches 
long, naked, three-sided, smooth.— Leaves sheathing, very short, em- 
bracing the base of the culm.—Umbel compound, or decompound, ; 
from one to two inches high, umbellets one or two sessile, and from 
two to eight on peduncles of various lengths, the highest sometimes 
bears a small partial umbellet. Involucre two-leaved, shorter than 
the umbel. Spikes lanceolate, chesnut-coloured, flowers ine 
drous. Seeds white, short, three-sided, a little er. xx oe 
ETER ae 
|. 80. C. Iria. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. Willd. 1. 986. Fahl. Enum. 9. 360. 
Culms from one to two feet high, angles sharp, umbels decom 
pound, shorter than. the involucres ; spikelets alternate ; flowers v 
ther distinct, scales imbricated. Seeds phovate, angular. ^ 
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