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CYPERUS 



Cyperus L. (incl. Mariscus Gaertn.). Cyperaceae (i). 400 trop. and 

 warm temp. (2 Brit.). Herbs with sympodial rhiz. and leafless or 

 leafy shoots above ground. Infl. umbel- or head-like. C. Papyrus 

 L. (paper-reed) is a river-side plant with shoots 3 12 feet high. 

 From the stems was made the ancient writing paper, papyrus. The 

 stem was split into thin strips, which were pressed together while 

 still wet. The rhiz. is ed., and also the root-tubers of several sp. ; 

 the stems (whole or split) of many are used for basket making, &c. 

 Cyphel, Arcnaria Cherleria Hook. 



CypMa Berg. Campamilaceae (n). 25 Afr. [Cyphiaceae, Warming.] 

 Cyphocarpa Lopriore. Amarantaceae (2). 10 trop. and S. Afr. 

 Cyphocarpus Miers. Campanulaceae (n). i Chili. 

 Cypnochilus Schlechter. Orchidaceae (n. a. in.). 6 New Guinea. 

 Cyphochlaena Hackel. Gramineae (4). i Madag. 

 Cyphokentia Brongn. Palmae (iv. i). 10 New Caled. 

 Cypholepis Chiov. (Eragrostis p.p.). Gramin. (10). i Arabia. 

 Cypholophus Wedd. Urticaceae (3). 10 Malaya, Polynesia. 

 Cyphomandra Mart, ex Sendtn. Solanaceae (2). 30 S. Am. C. be- 



tacea Sendt. (tree tomato) cult. ed. fr. 



Cyphomeris Standley (Lindenia p.p.). Nyctagin. 2 Mexico. 

 Cyphophoenix H. Wendl. ex Benth. et Hook. f. Palmae (iv. i). 2 



New Cal. 

 Cyphosperma H. Wendl. (Cyphokentia]. Palmaceae (iv. i). 2 New 



Cal. 



Cyphostigma Benth. Zingiberaceae (i). i Ceylon. 

 Cypress Cupressus\ -pine (Austr.), Callitris; Sitka-, Chamaecyparis; 



swamp-, Taxodium. 



Cypripedium L. Orchidaceae (i. 2). 30 N. temp, and subtrop. (C. 

 Calceohis L. in Brit.). Lady's-slipper orchids. Terrestrial acran- 

 thous plants. Lat. sepals completely united. Labellum slipper-like 

 with inturned edge; at its base is the column, partly enclosed in it. 

 The large std. (see fam.) is visible outside the labellum; under it 

 are the two anthers, and lower down the flat stigma. Pollen 

 glutinous not united into pollinia. Insects (mostly bees) visiting 

 the ft get inside the labellum and cannot get out by the way they 

 entered, so have to pass out by the openings at the base, in doing 

 which they brush against the stigma and then the anthers. 

 Cypselea Turp. Aizoaceae (n). i W. Indies. 



Cypselocarpus F. Muell. Chenopodiaceae (inc. sed.). i W. Austr. 

 Cypselodontia DC. Compositae (4). i S. Afr. 

 Cyrilla Garden. Cyrillaceae. 3 warm Am., marsh plants with 



evergr. L, and fls. in racemes below them. 



Cyrillaceae (EP., BH.}. Dicots. ( Archichl. Sapindales ; Olacales BH.}. 

 3 gen., 6 sp. Am. Evergr. shrubs with alt., exstip. 1. and racemes 

 of $ , reg. flrs. K 5, imbr , persistent; C 5 or (5), imbr. ; A 5 + 5 or 

 5, with intr. anthers; G (5 2) multi-loc. with i (rarely 24) pend. 

 anatr. ov. in each loc.; raphe dorsal, micropyle facing upwards and 

 inwards. Embryo straight, in endosp. Genera: Cliftonia, Costaea, 

 Cyrilla. 



Cyrtandra Forst. Gesneriaceae (i) 200 Malaya, China, Polynesia. 

 Cyrtandraceae = Gesneriaceae. 



