CYPERACEAE. 295 GOURTOISIA. 
basi pauci-vaginati, caeterum inferne 2—ö-folii, trigoni sulcati lac- 
ves, folia anguste linearia acuta, superne marginibus et carinâ subtus 
remote serrulato-scabra, nitidula, involucri triphylli foliolum 1 cul- 
mum continuans foliis conforme l-fere 1 !-pollicare, alterum patens 
duplo brevius, tertium rudimentarium, in depauperatis fere mono- 
phyllum, capitulum globosum laxi- et subpauciflorum, spiculae uni- 
florae, squamae castaneae nitidae mucronatae, carinâ (in maturis) sub- 
integerrimâ vel rariter serrulatâ,7-nerviae, lateribus fuscae subhyalinae 
hie illie fusco-striulatae, inferior paullo brevior, stylus bifidus longe 
exsertus, achaenium obverse lenticulari-compressum mucronulatum 
pallidum subgriseum laeve. — Habitu K. Hohenackeri Hochst. (Ma- 
riscus kyllingioides Steud.). Spicularum colore etiam simillima sed 
achaenio diftert, 
Java, op den Diëng 6200’, op de grasvlakten van het hoogvlak, 
in Maart (sunen.). Roemboet takki sund. 
IV. COURTOISIA ners AB ESENB. Spiculae 1— 2-florae com- 
pressae. Squamae 3 vel 4, infima parva canaliculata vacua, reli- 
quae distichae carinato-naviculares, carinâ alatae, ex his una (in spi- 
culis unifloris inferior, in bifloris intermedia) vacua. Stamina 3. 
Stylus trifidus, basi pyramidato-inerassatus, cum ovario continuus. 
Achaenium (immaturum) elongatum triangulare, styli basi ros- 
tratum, 
1. Courtoisia eyperoides ners in Edinb. New Phil. Journ. 1834 
p- 262. Linnaeâ IX. p. 286. Kunth l.c. p. 127. — Kyllingia 
Roxb. FL. Ind. T. p. 187. — Mariscus Dietr. Spec. II. p. 348. — 
Culmus gracilis, triangularis, striatus, glaber, basi foliatus; folia elon- 
gata linearia plana, membranacea, margine scabra; umbella eompo- 
sita pluriradiata, capitulis subglobosis polystachyis ; involucrum sub- 
4-phyllum longissimum ; squamae ferrugincae apice mucronatae. In 
nostris radi 7, et totidem phylla involueri sed 5 majora. 
Voor-Indië, Java of Sumatra? (suneu.). 
V. SOROSTACHYS srrup. Spiculae pluriflorae in capitulum 
densum aggregatae. Squamae distiche imbricatae, inferiores et su- 
prema utplarimum vacuae, ovato-oblongae distichae obtusae, mediae her- 
maphroditae. Stamen 1. St ylus trifidus, Achaenium oblongum 
triquetrum, Ered 
