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spicatis, 2cm. longis, 4mm. latis, 15-floris, compressis, bruneis; rhacbilla 

 exaiata; glumis 3 4 mm. longis, proventu oblique patulis navicularibus 

 oblongo-ellipticis obtusis, mucrone subexcurrente; staminibus 3; nuce 

 cum 3 / 4 parte glumae aequilonga, lineari-oblonga, trigona, brunea; stylo 

 cum y 2 parte nucis vix aequilongo, ramis 3 longiusculis. 



Cyperus lacunosus Griseb. Pl. Cub. (1866) p. 237; Sauv. Cub. 

 n. 2580 p. 172. 



Hab. in Cuba occ: C. Wright n. 3360. 



34. Cyperns eseulentiis Linn. glaber, culmo saepe solitario, 

 2 6 dm. longo, basi erecto; stolonibus pertenuibus, apice bulbillos 

 effbrmantibus, postea tabescentibus neque in rhizomata lignescentibus; 

 foliis cum culmo subaequilongis, 2 7 mm. latis; umbella 4 15 cm. 

 in diam.; bracteis umbellam superantibns, cum foliis consimilibus; spi- 

 culis spicatis, 2 cm. longis 1 3 mm. latis, e viridi luteis aut aureis; 

 glumis ovatis vix acutis, per totam fere latitudinem longitudinaliter 

 striatis; staminibus 3; nuce cum y 3 parte glumae aequilonga, trigona, 

 obovoidea; stylo quam nux breviore, ramis 3 linearibus longis aut 

 breviusculis. 



Cyperus esculenhis Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. II p. 67; Kunth Enum. II 

 p. 61; Boeck/ in Linnaea XXXVI (186970) p. 287; Criseb.f Flor. 

 p. 565; Duss Fl. (1897) p. 540. 



Cyperus phymatodes MuhUrib. Descr. uber. (1817) p. 23; Kunth 

 Enum. II p. 62. 



Cyperus cubensis Steud. Cyp. (1855) p. 42. 



Hab. in Cuba ad Santa Clara: Combs n. 434; Martinique satis 

 frequens in regione inferiore: Duss n. 470. 



Distrib. in Europa meridionali, in AMca, Asia, Oceania, America, in. 

 calidioribus. 



Var. macrostacliya Boeck. spiculis elongatis, 2 4 cm. longis, 

 usque acl 40-floris, bruneis; glumis navicularibus, acute carinatis, rigide 

 imbricatis, per totam fere latitudinem longitudinaliter valide 9 11- 

 striatis. 



Cyperus esculentus Linn. var. d macrostachya Boeck. in Linnaea 

 XXXVI (186970) p. 291. 



Cyperus tutescens Torrey in Ann. Lyceum Neiv York III (1836) 

 p. 433; nec Torrey in Bot. U. S. et Mexic. Bound. p. 227. 



Hab. in St. Thomas: Eggers. 



Distrib. Florida, Texas, Mexico, Ins. Galapagos. 



35. Cyperus articulatus Linn. glaber, stolonibus longis, 3 4mm. 

 in diam., a squamis 15 mm. longis ovato-lanceolatis striatis atro-rubris 

 intectis; culmis usque ad 1 2 metr. longis, apice teretibus vel vix 



Urban, Symb. ant. I. 3 



