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spicatis, 2 cm. longis, 4mm. latis, 15-floris, compressis, brimeis; rhachilla 

 exalata; giiimis 3 4 mm. longis, proventu oblique patulis naviciaribus 

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

 cum 3/4 parte glumae aequilouga, lineari-oblonga, trigoua, brunea; style 

 cum Y2 parte nucis vix aequilougo, ramis 3 longiusculis. 



Cyperus lacunosus Griseh. Fl. Cuh. (1866) p. 237; Sauv. Cuh. 

 n. 2580 p. 172. 



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



34. Cyi)eriis esculeiitus Linn. giaber, culmo saepe solitario, 

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

 efFormantibus, postea tabescentibus neque in rhizomata lignescentibus; 

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

 in diam.; bracteis umbellam superantibus, 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 ^/o parte glumae aequilonga, trigona, 

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

 breviusculis. 



Cyperus esculetitus Linn. 8p. PL ed. II p. 67; Kunth Enum. II 

 p. 61; Boech! in Linnaea XXXVI (186970) p. 287; Griseh.! Flor, 

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



Cyperus phymatodes Mhlenh. Descr. ber. (1817) p. 23; Kimth 

 Emmi. II p. 62. 



^Cyperus cuhensis 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 uieridionali , in Africa, Asia, Oceania, America, in 

 calidioribus. 



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

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

 imbricatis, per totam fere latitudinem longitudinaliter valide 9 11- 

 striatis. 



Cyperus esculeiitus Linn. var. 6 macrostacliya Boeck. in Linnaea 

 XXXVI (186970) p. 291. 



Cyperus hescens Torrey in nfi. Lyceum New York III (1836) 

 p. 433; nee Torrey in Bot. U. 8. et Mexic. Bound. p. 227. 



Hab. in St. Thomas: Eggers. 



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



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

 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 



