CYPERACEAE juss. (Cy])criis.) 9 



in planfa nepalcnsi latiorcs ct brcviorcs, 10- l^-florac; culmus 

 tri(^uctcr (ncc quatlrangularis, ut Nccs ab Escnbcck indicat.). 



10. C. DIAPIIANUS Schrad. riunt. rar. llorl. dloell. l. (u. 

 in Jierb. llornem.) SclmU. Mant. 2, 477. Culniis triangularlhus, 

 glabris, basi foliatis ; loliis culmo longioribus, niembranaceis, pla- 

 nis, niarginc scabris ; umbella depauperata, pauciradiata; i'adiis 

 3-5-stachyis ; involucro 3-pbylio, bjngissimo ; spicis ovato-oblon- 

 gis, comprcssis, l^-li-floris ; squamis ovatis, obtusis, muticis, 

 carinatis, dorso sub5-nerviis, hyalino-albidis , dorso {"erruginco- 

 lincolatis, carina viridi, glabris ; staminibus 2 ; siylo ])ifido; achc- 

 nio obovato-subrotundo, lateribus comprcsso, apicato, trans- 

 versc ruguloso, straminco-pallido, opaco, squama triplo brcviorc, 

 — Nepalia. O ? — Specinien a me visum macrum et incom- 

 pictum. 



17. C. STRAr.IINEUS Nees ah Esenh. in IflgJit. Bot. of In- 

 dia. 74. (IVall. Cat. n. 3320.) Culmo fililormi, compresso, gla- 

 bro; foliis culmum subacquantibus, anguslis, planis, supcrnc 

 margine spinuloso-scabris; spicis 5 vel 6, in apice culmi altcr- 

 iiatim et spicatim dispositis, linearibus vel oblongo -linearibus, 

 acutis, comprcssis, 20-40-floris, straminco-flavidis ; involucro 2- 

 3-phylIo, longissimo; squamis late ovatis, carinatis, acuto-sub- 

 mucronatis, dorso trinerviis ; staminibus 2; stylo bifido; achc- 

 iiio subrotundo-obovato, apicato-umbonato, lateribus compresso, 

 transvcrse ruguloso-scabriusculo, castaneo, nitidulo, squama fcre 

 triplo brcviore. — Sillet. 



18. C. LANCEOLATUS Poir. Encycl. 7. 245. Willd. Jierh. n. 

 1298. fol. 1. Nees ah Esenh. in Linnaea 9. 285. Culmo triangu- 

 lari, basi foliato, glabro ; foliis culnio brevioribus, angustis, cari- 

 uatis, giabriusculis ; spicis pluribus (circitcr 19), capitato-congc- 

 stis, scssilibus, lanceolatis, coniprcssis, sub20-{loris; involucro 

 subtriphyllo, lougissimo; squamis hite ovatis, carinatis, aculis, 

 s<ramineo- flavescentibus, dorso ferrugineo-punctulatis, carina 

 trinerviis ct viridulis; staminibus 2; stylo bifido; achcnio obo- 

 vato, lateribus comprcsso, apicato-mucronato, cpunciato, casta- 

 jieo, squania triplo brcviorc. — Madagascaria. — Antlicrae li- 

 nearcs, flavae, apicc acutiusculae et fcrrugineae. Affinis C. fas- 

 ciculari Poir. (fide ipso auct.) C. lanccolatus Sieh. Jierh. Mau- 

 rit. n. 32 :-'i Presl. in Rel. Ilaenlc. 1. 167. cst C. vulgaris n. 6. 



19. C. LamarckianuS ScJiult. Mant. 2. 108. Culmo trian- 

 gulari, glabro, basi foliato ; foliis culmum acquaniibus vel supe- 

 rantibus, angustis, carinatis, glabris, apice sca1)ris; umbclla pau- 

 ciradiata; radiis inaequalibus, apice polysiachvis et subramosis; 

 involucro triphyllo, longissimo; spicis subspicatim dispositis, 

 lanceolatis, obtusiusculis, compressis, subl7-floris; squamis arctc 

 imbricatis, ellipticis, apice rotundatis, muticis, carinatis, dorso 

 trincrviis ct ferrugineo-Iineolatis, lateribus hyalino -fusccscenli- 



bus ; staminibus 2 ; stylo profunde bifido ; achenio C. con- 



fcrtus Lam. III. 1.145. (v. in Jierh, VaJil. speciiit. aulJient.juvenile.) 



