412 ILLUSTRATION OF THE BOTANY OF [ Cyperacee. 
differing somewhat from Scotch specimens, but agreeing with those from Arctic Ame- 
rica and the Altai mountains. This plant has been omitted by Nees von Esenbeck, 
but may have been referred, Dr. Boott supposes to C. infuscata. As the habitats are 
incorrectly given in the work of Dr. Wight, it may be stated here that C. trinervis, 
parva, and Victorialis, are from Manma, C. obscura, from Shalma, C. punctata, (Bentha- 
miana, Boott.) from Urukta, C. asperula, from Choor, C. nubigena, and psychnophila, from 
Kedarkanta, C. lachnosperma, cardiolepis, fusiformis, longicruris, notoleia, myosurus, 
indica, condensata, meiogyna, — — and Jaa RA: from Mussooree, - 
the neighbouring mountains. rook 
As has been said of the genera, so it may be observed icing the species of 
Cyperacea, that some are found only in the southern parts of India, whilst others are com- 
mon there. as well as in the most northern parts of the country, as Cyperus mucronatus, 
aristatus, Haspan, hexastachyus, tenuiflorus, Iria, and distans, Mariscus paniceus, cype- 
rinus, umbellatus, and dilutus, Kyllingia monocephala, Abildgaardia Rottbolleana, Fimbri- 
stylis pallescens, Trichelostylis tetragona, quinguangularis, and chetorhiza, Isolepis supina, 
and barbata, Malacochaete pectinata, Scirpus affinis, and Javanus, Eleocharis palustris, 
Limnochloa plantaginea, &c. Some of the Peninsular species of Carex I have only found 
in the Himalayas, with Cyperus sanguinolentus, niveus, aristatus, and tenuiflorus, Mariscus 
cyperinus, Kyllingia monocephala, and triceps, Lipocarpha satan ee — 
Trichelostylis junciformis, and Scirpus maritimus. 
Besides the above species which occur throughout India, others are common to India 
with other parts of the world, as Cyperus pectiniformis, and Iria, Mariscus cyperinus, 
Kyllingia monocephala, Fimbristylis bispicata, podocarpa, tomentosa, and diphylla, Isolepis 
squarrosa, and barbata, Rhynchospora chinensis, Haplostylis Meyenii, Trichelostylis miliacea, 
and complanata, which are also found in China, and some of them in the Indian tropical 
islands: the last found also at the Cape of Good Hope, and at Acre and Bahia; while 
others occur also in New Holland, as Cyperus herastachyus, venustus, and difformis, 
Fuirena pentagona, Tsolepis setacea, and stipina, Eleogenus capitatus, with some others. 
So the genus Papyrus, of which P. antiquorum is so celebrated, as hating been 
employed by the ancient Egyptians to make paper, is common to India and Egypt; as 
are also Cyperus mucronatus, and C. difformis, which extend even to the S. of Europe ; 
and in Bengal and the Peninsula we have Papyrus Pangorei, and corymbosus. Isolepis 
setacea, a European species, occurs also in the Himalayas, as well as Scirpus maritimus, 
which is also found in Africa and America; but several species are common to India 
and the New World, and of these a few are also found in Africa, as Cyperus poly- 
stachyus, compressus, Haspan, articulatus and distans, Fimbristylis ferruginea, Triche- 
lostylis complanata, — — Eleocharis uniglumis is found in Germany and 
in N. America. 3 
The Cyperacee, though so closely allied to the Grasses, differ from them much in 
utility, inasmuch as the order contains but few plants which are of.any importance, 
and of these the value depends, upon the presence of mucilage and fecula in the roots 
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