12 CYPERACfiAE juss. (C^perus.) 



squaiiia tllmulio brcviorc. C ferrui;iiieus Poir. in Tierh. Mns. 

 Paiis. — Blanritins, Borbonia et ? Bladagascaria. — Forma ma- 

 crior pracccdcntis ? 



27. C. TuouARSII. Culmis triangularibus , glabi*is, basi 

 foHatis; foliis brcvioribus, carinato-planis, rigidulis, margine spi- 

 nuloso-scabris; umbclia pluriradiata, fasciculato-contracta; ra- 

 diis brevissimis, polystachyis ; involucro triphyllo, longissimo; 

 spicis spicato-fasciculatis, linearibus, acutis, comprcssis, 10-21- 

 lloris ; squamis latc ovato-cUipticis, obtusis, obsolcte mucrona- 

 tis, carinato-navicularibus, sub5-nerviis, carina viridi, latcribus 

 sanguineis, fructifcris pallcsccntibus: staminibus 3; stylo bifido; 

 aclicnio oblique clliplico, latcribus turgidc lcnticulari-compresso, 

 apicato, obsolete punctuLito, fusco-uigro, margaritacco-iiitidulo, 

 squania ^ brcviore. C. glaber Aub. tlu Fciit-Th. Jierb. C pen- 

 tadactylus WilUl Iterh. n. 1295. fol. 2 et 3. — Mauritius. — 

 Forma macrior C. fcrruginei Poir.? 



28. C. mcANS. Culmis argute triangularibus, glabris, basi 

 foliosis; foliis culmo dimidio brevioribus, rigidulis, planis, margine 

 spinuloso-scabris ; umbclla suboctoradiata; radiis valde inacqua- 

 libus, simplicibus vel ramulo uno altcrove instructis, polysta- 

 chyis; involucro 6-phyllo, uuibcllam superante; spicis spicato- 

 dispositis, patentissimis, lincari-Linceolatis, acutatis, compressis, 

 15- 17-floris ; squamis ovato-ellipticis, acuto-submucronatis, ca- 

 rinatis, suhquinqucnerviis, carina viridi, latcribus subsanguinco- 

 ferrugincis, margine jjallidis, nitidis; staminibus 3; stylo pro- 

 fnnde bifido ; achcnio oblique oblongo, lateribus compresso, api- 

 cato, punctulato, lactc fusco, squama dimidio breviorc. — Cap. 

 b. spci, ad oram oricntalcm legit ccl. Drcge. — C. fcrrugineo 

 Poir. ])roximus. 



29. C. PLENUS Jlerjne, herh. (IVall. Cat. n. 3332.) Culmis 

 triangularibus, glabris, basi foliatis ; foliis culmo brcvioribus, ri- 

 gidulis, carinato-planis, margine spinuloso-scabris ; umbella sub- 

 scptcmradiata; radiis inacqualibus , longioribus subpauiculato- 

 ramosis, polystachyis ; involuci*o pentaphyllo, umbcliam supe- 

 rante; spicis spicatim dispositis, patentibus, lincari-lanceolatis, 

 acutis, comprcssis, subll-floris; squamis ovato-cllipticis, apicc 

 rotundatis, inuticis, supcrioribus obsolete mucronatis, carinatis, 

 sub5-ncrviis, dorso ferrugineo -lineolatis, carina viridi, lateribus 

 castaneo-sanguincis , niarginibus pallidioribus, nitidis; stamini- 

 bus 2; s<ylo bifido; achcnio ... — India oricnialis. — An idem 

 ac scqucns ? 



30. C. STRiCTUS Roxh. Flor. Intl. 1. 203. Culmis subl2- 

 pollicaribus, rigidis, strictis, foliis brcvioribus; angulis aculis; 

 umbella decomposiia, stricta; floribus diandris; seminibus obo- 

 vaUs, compressis, non angulatis. lioxb. — India orientalis. — 

 I{adix fihrosa. (hilmus striatus, ob<use Iriangularis, glabcr. Fo- 

 lia plcrumquc radicalia, culino longiora, orcc<a, rigida, carinata, 

 glabra. UnihcUa composiia vcl dccomposila. Umbellulac 2 vcl 



