218 CYPERACE/E. Cyperus. 



phyllo umbellam superante foliisque planis scabris cul- 

 mo laeTi brevioribus. (J.) v. v. 

 40. C. lucidus, umbella 6 — 8-radiata semicomposita, spicis ob- 

 lungis densis, spiculis confertis divaricatis subulatis tere- 

 tibus subquadrifluris, squaniis alternis acutis nervosis niti- 

 dis, involucro b — 6-phyllo longissimo plano foliisque. 

 margine scabris. (J.) v. v. 



Obs. C. ligulari proximus. 



MARISCUS. Vahl. enuni. 2. p. 3;2. 



Sjricula 2 — 3-fiora, teretiuscula, squamis 2 (nunc 3) infimis 

 minoribus vacuis, floriferis nervosis. Setce nullae hypo- 

 gynse. Stylus filiformis, cum ovario inarticulatus, deci- 

 duus. Stigrtiata3. Nux trigona. 

 Oes. Kabitus Cyperi, a quo differt solummodb spiculis pau- 

 cifioris. 



1. M. lcevis, spiculis subulatis teretibus curvatis 2 — 3-floris, 



squamis alternis, umbella indivisa, spicis multifloris, in- 

 volucro triphyllo umbellam superante foliisque planis, cul- 

 mo lsevi. (J.) v. v. 



2. M. scaber, spiculis subulatis teretibus curvatis 2-floris, squa- 



mis alternis, involucro polyphyilo umbellam compositam 

 superante, culmo scabro. (T.) v. v. 



3. M. decompositus , spiculis strictis ovato-lanceolatis teretius- 



culis bifloris, squamis imbricatis, umbellis compositis de- 

 compositisque, spicis subcapitatis, involucris sub-5-phyllis 

 e]ongatis foliisque asperis. (T.) v. v. 



4. M. conicus, spiculis unifloris, sqnamis quinque imbricatis : 



tertia nervosa sterili ; intima juxta apicem constricta, um- 

 belia indivisa : capitulis conicis subtrilobis, involucro po- 

 lyphyllo foliisque asperis. (T:^ v.v. 



KYLLINGA. Rottb. 

 Kyllingia. Linn.Jil. suppl. 



Spicula plano-compressa, subuniflora, monosperma : squamis 

 2 exterioribus minoribus vacuis ; 2 reliquis' subsequalibus, 

 t carinatis, includentibus flosculum hermaphroditum nudum 

 ct quandoque masculum v. neutrum squamula minore in- 

 structum. 

 Hermaph. Setce nullae hypogynas. Stylus bifidus, deciduus. 

 Nux lenticularis. , 



Culmi 



