'^04 TRiANtsRiA MONOGYNiA." Cyperus, 



V.Qot fibrous. — Culm straioht, rigid, about a foot high, obtusely 



t'ree-augled, t'nree-fourtlis n^ked, stnoolh. — Leaves mostly radical, 

 siieatliiDg, many of them longer than the cuhn, erect, rigid, much 

 keeled, fem.oth. — Lmhel eiect, linear, thin, sometimes decompound, 

 though in general oalj' c juipound. (j/ubellcts, one or two sessile ; and 

 from three lo ci^ut with peauucies of unequal lengths ; the largest 

 peduncles are com\iound..'^Jnvol(icre froni three to Hve-leaved, very 

 unequal ; the largest nearly as long as the culm, the smallest not 

 more than au mcli long. — Spikes sessile, lanceolate in small plants, 

 in large ones lineur. — Stamens two. — Stijh two- cleft. — Seed com- 

 pressed, obcordate. 



29. C favidus. Linn. Sp. PL ed. Willd. 1.279. Retz. Obs. 5. 13. 

 Vahl. Enum. PL 2. 33A. 



Culms from six to eight inches high, generally shorter tlian the 

 leaves. Umbel decomjjound, long'. r than the involucre; umhellets 

 globular, spikelets crowded ; fiowers monandrous. Seeds obcordate, 

 three-sided. 



This is a small delicate species, a native of moist places on the 

 coast of Coromandel. 



Root fibrous, dark purple. — Culm erect, from six to eight inches 

 long, naked, three-sided, smooth. — Leaves sheathing, very short, em- 

 bracing the base of the culm. — Umbel compound, or decompound, 

 from one to two inches high, umhellets one or two sessile, and from 

 two to eight on peduncles of various lengths, the highest sometimes 

 bears a small partial umbellet. Involucre two-leaved, shorter than 

 the umbel. Spikes lanceolate, chesnut-coloured, Jlowers monan- 

 drous. Seeds white, short, three-sided, a lilde rongh. 



30. C. lia. Linn. Sp. Pi ed. Willd. 1. 286. P^akL Enum. 2. 360. 



Culms hum one to two feet high, angles sharp, umbels decom- 

 pound, shorter than the involucrts ; spikelets alternate ; Jlowers ra- 

 ther diSUiict, scales imbricated. Seeds obovate, angular. 



