CYPERACEAE juss. (Cypcrus.) 13 



3, scssllcs. Involucrum 3-5-pliyllum, elongahim. Spicao scssi- 

 lcs, lanccolatac in spcciniinibus uiinorihus, lincarcs In majoribus. 

 Slamina 2. S(ylus bifidus. Fructus obcorilati. (Roxb,) 



/ 31. C. POLYSTACHYUS Rotth. Grum, 39. /. 11. /. 1. VaJil. 

 Emim. 2. 315 et herh. fol. 1. 2. Brown. Prod. 214. Mey. JJssey. 

 28. Bo.ih. Flor. InJ. 1. 197. Presl. in Bel. Ilaenfc. 1. 108. {Jlde 

 specim.^ JVees ah Esenh. in TVight. Bot. of Ind. 75. IVall. Cat, 

 «. 3340. h. Sieh. herh. MaurU. n. 10. WiUd. herb. n. 1321. fol. 

 1 — 5. Culnio triangulari. glabro, basifolioso; foliis culnio brcvio- 

 ril)us, carinato-planis, plcrumque margine scabris ; umbcUa pluri- 

 railiata, plerumtpie contx-acta; radiis apicc corymboso-ramosis, 

 polystacbyis, saepissinie abbreviatis; involucro 3-6-pbyllo, magis 

 minusve elongato ; spicis corymboso-fasciculatis, lanccolato-linea- 

 ribus, comprcssis, 20-22-floris ; squamis ovato-ellipticis, carina- 

 tis, breviter mucronatis, carina trinerviis et viricUbus, lateribus 

 stramineis vel pallitlc ferrugineis; staminibus 2; acbcnio obliquc 

 oblongo, lateribus compresso, apiculato, punctulato-scabriusculo, 

 castaneo, opaco, squama dimitlio breviorc. C. fascicularis Lam, 

 lU. 1. 14-4. t. 38./. 2. Poir. It. 2. 88. Besf. All. 1. 44. (fuU 

 herh. Vahl.) Pycrcus polystacbyus Beauv. Flor. 48. t. 86. /. 2. 

 Nees ah Esenh. in Linnaea 9. 283. 10. 130. C. brizaeus IViUd, 

 herh, n. 1320. Presl. in Bel. Ilaenk. 1. 168. excl, syn. (fde herh. 

 reg. BeroL), nec Vahl. C. tefrapbyllus Beauv. in IViUd. herh. 

 n. 1322 (ex Guinea). C. paniculatus Botlh. Gram. 40. Vahl, 

 Ennm. 2. 333. Ejusd. Ic. t. 12 et herh, (Sich. herh. Martic. n. 

 13.) (Ilook. et W. Arnott, in Beechey's Voy. 3.99?) C. sco])el- 

 latus Bich. in Act. Soc. hist. nat. Paris. 1. 106. Vahl. Eclog, 

 2. 7. (Jide Vahl. Enum. et herh.) Pycreus paniculatus Nees ah 

 Esenh. in Linnaea 9. 283. C. olitlus Vahl. Enum. 2. 333 et herh, 

 (foi^ma C. jmniculati spicis parum longiorihus, stihiO-floris ; spe- 

 cimen suppetens incompletum.) — Intlia orientalis, Nova Hol- 

 lantlia, Mauritius, Luzonia, Insulae Mariae-Annaej Insulae Santl- 

 ■\vicenscs, Cliina, Africa bor., meritl. et austr., Amcrica meritl. 

 et insulae, Mexico, Arabia, Italia. 2\> — Ratlii umbellae nonnulU 

 intcrtlum clongati (C. paniculatus Botih., Vahl.). Rbacbcola lle- 

 xuosa st|uamaefpie tlorso saepe ferrugineo-lincolatac ; articulis 

 rbachcolae basim versus hyalino- alatis. Stamina 2, intertlum 1, 

 rarissimc 1 vel 2 in catlem spica. Stylus bifitlus, ferrugineus, 

 cxsertus. Achenium castancum, plcrumtjue nitorc albitlo marga- 

 ritaceo praetlituni. Rottboellius stamina 3, stylum trifidum et 

 acbenium subtriquetrum dicit (errore?). C. polystachyus iSt7i/ec7i- 

 tend. in Linnaea 6. 24. (e Vera Cruz) est spccics longe tUversa, 

 C. lanceo similior. 



32. C. TjMBRATICOLA. Umbellae decompositae radiis co- 

 rymbosis plorisque abbrcviatis, confertis. involucro triphyllo lac- 

 vissiino brevioribus; spiculis glomerato-capitatis, lanceolato-ob- 

 longis, plurifloris, pallido-fuscoque variis ; valvulis ovatis, obtu- 

 sis, lacvibus; caryopsi compresso-lenticulari, lacvi; staminibus 3. 



