|90 TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. ClJperUS. 



rior three larger, being as long as the culm or longer. Stigmas 

 two, re volute. Seed three-sided. 



9. C. squarrosus. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. ]. 274. 

 Culms erect, from four to six inches high, leaves as long 



as the culms. Head terminal, glomerate, round. Involucre 

 many-leaved. Scales with acute, recurved points. 



C. pygmoeus. Rottb. gram. 20. t. \k.f. 4. 



A native of Coromandel. 



10. C. cistatus. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. 1. 275. Rottb. 

 gram. 23. t. 6.f. 1. 



Culm from three to six inches high, with sharp angles. 

 Heads generally single, and sessile; scales with a long re- 

 curved point. Involucre three-leaved. 



Scirpus intricaiuSi Mant. 182. 



A native of moist pasture ground. It is in general from 

 three to six inches high, though sometimes I have met with 

 luxuriant specimens ten inches in height. 



Root fibrous. Culms erect, from three to six inches high, 

 three-sided, two-thirds naked, smooth ; sharp. Leaves sheath- 

 ing, erect, short, sheaths purple. #eae? generally simple, and 

 sessile, though sometimes, there is a second, which is pedun- 

 cled ; and in the larger plant above-mentioned there are two 

 or three sessile, and two or three peduncled, they are com- 

 posed of small, sessile, ragged, from six to eight-flowered 

 spikelets. Involucre three or four-leaved, broad, unequal, 

 the largest being about the length of the culm. Calyx; scales 

 tapering to a long, fine recurved point, which gives the 

 spikes the ragged appearance they have. Seed three-sided. 



11. C. pectinatus. R. 



Culms three-sided, leafy, from eight to twelve inches high, 

 straight. Umbel terminal, sessile. Involucre length of the 

 umbel. Spikes all sessile, linear, pectinate, scales mucro- 

 nate. Seeds three-sided. 



