_CYPERACEAE. 306 send 
squamae carinato-convexae acutae fuscescentes; stylus bifidus (?), setae 
6 retrorse spinulosae, achaenium late obovatum biconvexum mucro- 
natum nigro-castaneum transverse rugosum nitidum. Scirpus timo- 
riensis Kunth l, c.p. 162. Steud, l.c. p. 85. Anne a duobus praec. 
diversus? Non vidi. 
Timor. 
$ 2. Spiculae umbellatae, umbella simplex vel composita. 
8. Scirpus subulatus vaur. Culmus teres tenuis apice trigonus, 
vaginatus aphyllus glaber; involucrum monophyllum culmo con; 
tinuum trigonum subulatum umbellam irregulariter compositam 
aequans; spiculae solitariae ovato-oblongae obtusae, squamis convexo- 
subcarinatis ovato-ellipticis emarginatis mucronatis fuscescentibus 
dorso ferrugineo-puncticulatis margine hyalino-albidis; stylus pro- 
funde bifidus; achaenium obovoideum lenticulari-compressum mur 
cronatum laeve fuscescens nitidum ; setae 4—5 antrorsum plumosae 
ferrugineae. Scirpus subulatus Vahl Enum. II. p. 268. Steud, Le. 
p. 86. — Sc. pectinatus Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 220. — Malacochaele 
pectinata Nees in Wight Contr. p. 110. 
Voor-Indië, — Nicobaren. 
9. Scirpus maritimus vins, Culmus erectus triqueter cavus laevis 
vel superne ad angulos scaber usque tripedalis, versus basin foliosus, 
folia late vaginata elongata lanceolato-linearía plana vel complicata 
margine scabra, involucri 3—4-phylli foliola inaequalia, 1—2 lon- 
gissima umbellam compositam longe superantia; radiì nune omnes 
inaequales nunc brevissimi, apiee umbelluliferi ; spiculae oblongse (vdl 
abbreviatae) sessiles vel pedicellatae, squamis ovatis emarginato-bifi 
dis vel obtusis superne subhirtellis, nervo carinali exserto ; stylus tri 
culatum nitidum fuscescens, setae retrorse spinulosae 2 —6 breves, 
interdum mullae. Seirpus maritimus Linn. Spec. p. 14. Engl. Bot. 
fab. 542. Kunth l.c. p. 167. — Var. B. aemulans (Steud. Le. 5 
p. 87 species, Zoll. Cat. p. 62); culmus undique laevis; folia bre 
viora et latiora plana vel complanata culmo multo breviora, vagina 
sub epidermide vesiculoso-tubereulatae, spieulae subglobosae squamis 
brunneis ovatis obtusis nervo exserto, — Anne Sc. maximus ROXB- 
inter hujus formas recensendus ? 
