CYPERAGEAE. 281 CYPERUS. 
_ ber; folia trinervia plana margine scabra; umbella composita multi- 
radiata, radiis apice subdigitato-ramosis; involuerum sub- 5-phyllum 
longissimum ; spiculae in ramis elongatis spicatim dispositae, paten- 
tes anguste lineares compressae 10—16-tlorae, squamis carinato- 
pavicularibus ovatis mucronatis obsolete 5-nerviis, dorso-ferrugineo- 
lineolatis, carinÂ viridi, lateribus hyalino-albidis vel lutescentibus, 
utrinque basi decurrente albidâ vel flavescente tardius solubili; sty- 
lus profunde trifidus exsertus; achaenium oblongum, antice planius- 
culum parum arcuatum, dorso convexo-angulatum, vix apiculatum, 
subtilissime puncticulatum, stramineo-fuscescens, mitidulum, squamâ 
} brevius. Cyperus venustus R. Brown Prodr. p. 217. Kunth l.c. 
p. 68. Decaisn. l. ce. p. 360. — (? Rheed. Hort. Malab. XII. tab. 42). 
Papyrus venustus Nees in Linnaeâ X. p. 138. — C. wanthocomus 
Link Enum. Hort. ber. 1. p. 316.— C. auricomus Sieb. herb. Aeg. 
et Seneg. — C. alopecuroides König in herb. Banks. 
Egypte. Senegambië. Kaap. Geheel Indië. Nieuw- 
Holland. — Timor. 
$ 12. Pennati Korra lc. p. 19. Umbella composita vel decompo= 
sita interdum capitato-contracta; radii apice subdigitato- vel brachiato- 
sid spiculae in spicas compositas congestae oblongo lanceolatae 
—16-florae, squamis remotiusculis Jl L-nerviis mucronatis; stamina 
3; achaenia squamis breviora. 
69. Cyperus pennatus Lam. Virescenti-glaucus; culmus trigonus 
glaber basi foliatus (bipedalis); folia latiuscule lincaria plana mar- 
Sine scabra culmum aequantia vel superantia; involucrum 5—6- 
Phyllum longissimum ; umbella composita 6 — 8-radiata; radii apice 
brachiato-ramosi, rami 5—7 glabri, undique spiculis oblongo-lan- 
ceolatis acutis compressiusculis 6—10-floris patentissimis obsiti 
Spicas referentes divaricatas; rhacheola flexuosa alternatim excava- 
to-alata; squamae ovato-ellipticae superne carinatae sub apice mu- 
eronulatae 9—11-nerviae subcoriaccae pallidae dorso ferrugineo- 
lineolatae; achaeniam obovatum triangulare apiculatum nigro-casta- 
“lm squamâ 2—3-plo brevius. Cyperus pennatus Lam. Illustr. 1. 
P. 144. Kunth l.c. p. 80. Steud. l.c. p. 43. — Cyp. racemosus 
Wight in Wall. Cat. n.3859 b.— Mariseus albescens Gaudich. in 
de ders Voy. Bot. p. 415. — Cyperus parviflorus Vahl Enum. II. 
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