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190 TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Cyperus. 
rior three larger, being as long as the culm or longer. Stigmas 
two, revolute. -Seed three-sided. . ; . 
. 9. C. squarrosus. Linn, sp. pl. ed. Willd. 1. 274. 
Culms erect, from four to six inches high, leaves. as long 
asthe culms. Head terminal, glomerate, round. Jnvolucre _ 
many-leaved. Scales with acute, recurved points, 
C. pygmeus, Rottb. gram. 20. t. <a 
A native of Coromandel. 
10. C. cistatus, Linn. sp. pl. ed. Willd. 1. ss ap ; 
gram, 23, t. 6. f.1. 
~ Culm from three to six inches high, with sharp shall 
Heads generally single, and sessile; scales with a ae Te- 
curved point. Involucre three-leaved. 
Scirpus intricaius. Mant. 182. dvs 
A native of moist pasture ground. It is in soe fii 
‘three to six inches high, though sometimes I have met with 
Juxuriant specimens ten inches in height. 
Root fibrous. Culms erect, from three to six inches high, 
three-sided, two-thirds naked, smooth ; sharp. Leaves sheath- 
ing, erect, short, sheaths purple. Head generally simple, and 
__ sessile, though sometimes, there is a second, which is pedun- 
cled ; and in the larger plant above-mentioned there are two 
or three sessile, and two or three peduncled, they are com- 
posed of small, sessile, ragged, from six to eight-flowered 
spikelets, Involuere three or four-leaved, broad, unequal, 
the largest being about the length of the culm. Calyx ; seales 
tapering to a long, fine recurved point, which gives the 
spikes the ragged appearance they have, Seed three-sideds 
Al. C. pectinatus, R. ie 
Culms three-sided, leafy, from Bee to skelen alate high, 
ioe: Umbel terminal, sessile, Involuere. sleet of, the 
