I9|[ tRiANDRIA MOMOGYNIA. Cl/perus. 



chesnut colour. — Leaves sheathing, two or three embracing the base 

 of each culm and about the same length. Head teruiinal, ses- 

 sile, composed generally of one large capitulum in the centre, and 

 four or five in the circumference ; these are again composed of 

 small, incurved, from eight to twelve-flowered spikes. Involucre 

 many-leaved; the exterior three larger, being as lung as the culm or 

 longer. — Siignics two, re volute. K>eed three- sided. 



9- C sqziarrosus, Linn. Sp. PL ed. Willd. 1. 274. 



Cuiiiis erect, from four to six inches high, leaves as long as the 

 culms. I'lead terminal, glomerate, round. Involucre many-leaved. 

 Scales with acute, recurved points. 



C. pi/gmaus. Liotib. gram. 20. t. 14.y. 4. 



A native of Coromaadel. 



10. C. nristatus. Linn, Sp. PI. ed. Willd, 1. 275. Rottb. gram. 

 23. i. (i.f. 1. 



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

 generally single, and sessile ; scales with a long recurved point. In- 

 volucre three-leaved. 



Scirpus intricatus. 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 higli, three- 

 sided, two-thirds naked, smooth ; angles sharp. — Leaves sheathing, 

 erect, short, smooth ; sheaths purple. — Head generally simple, and 

 sessile, though sometimes, there is a second, which is peduncled ; 

 and in the larger plant above mentioned there are two or three ses- 

 sile, and two or three peduncled, they are composed of small, ses- 

 sile, 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 

 jiives the spikes the ragged appearance they ha.\^.r-Seed three-sid- 

 ed. 



