380 ( Cyperus ) 



compofita involucro polypby^^o ^'2^"- 

 rato breviore, fy\^<-u\i^ cyi.ndricis. 



Cyperus ligula' is. Linn. SyiL Veg XIV. 

 p. 97. Ejnsd. Spec. Plant. p. 70. 

 Ronb. Gram. p 35. t 11. f. 2. 



Culmus trigonos, bafi foliofus, ftriatus , 

 glaber, ereftus, pedalis & ultra. 



Folia radicalia, tria feu quatuor, bafin 

 culmi vaginantia, convoluta, inregra, 

 ftriata, iuuricata, longitudine culmi. 



Umhella compofita , patens. 



Spica umbellse cylindricas & triangulare.^, 

 oblongaej obtufae, crasfitie digiti, 

 conjpofiras e ipiculis pluriniis lance- 

 olatis. iirib. icatis: intermediae brevi- 

 us peduTicoiatse pedunculis unguicu- 

 ribus vel pollicanbus; laterales ite- 

 rum umbeliat28 pedunculis palmaribus 

 & ulcra, umbelluiis breviter pedicei- 

 latis. 



Gluma naviculares^ acut^, glabrae, fer- 

 rugineae, carina margineque albidis. 



Involucrum univerfafe polj^^phyllum: foli- 

 ola circiter fex vel oclo, alternas 

 fesfilia , enfiformi-linearia, attenuata, 

 earinata, muricata, margine carina- 

 que ferrata> patentia vel reflexa; 



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