CYPERACEAE jlss. (Cypenis.) 17 



CTO suL<ri|)liyllo foliisqiie lincai'i-sulnilaiis. KaJil. — Guinea. Q — 

 Culnii 1 ';-pollicares vel tligitales, seiacei, ln(|uetri, hasi foliosi, 

 Folia altitudine ciilnii, carinata. Involucri foliolum ui)icuni um- 

 bella longius. Odireae compressae. Umbella subcomposita, sub- 

 4-ra(liata; radiis capillaribus, longioribus li-pollicaribus. Spi- 

 cac 4-8, paruni distantes, interduni gcminatae^ patentissimae, 

 36-florae, acutae. Squamae patentissimae^^lineari-oblongac, ob- 

 tusae, mucronc brcvi patulo terminatae, enerviae, dorso carlna- 

 tae, latere albidae vel fcrrugineae. Acbenia oblongo-subrotun- 

 da, compressa, uigra. (Vabl.) Species a me haud visa, ob fruc- 

 ium compressum buc relata. 



42. C. MuNDTli. Umbella simplicl, 3-4-radiata, cum iiiedla 

 sessili, involucrum 3-4-pliylIum subaequante; spiculis 3-5, iu 

 apicibus radiorum alternatim approxlmatis, oblongo -lanceolatis, 

 12-16-florIs; squamis ovatis, obtusis, lacvlbus, dense brunneo- 

 irroratls, marglne involutis; caryopsl obovata, laevi; radice re- 

 pente, crassa. Nees. Pycreus Mundtli IVees ah Esenh. in Lin- 

 oiaea 9. 283. 10. 131. — Cap. b. spei. Mundt legit. 2|. -^ 

 Culnil caespltosi, vlx scmipedales, sed radlx pedalis, sarmentosa. 

 (Nees.) 



B) Stylus bifldus. Aclienium rhaclieolae parallele compressum. 



U^ 1/43. C. ttruCRONATUS BoHh. Gram. 19. /. 8. /. 4. Bets. Ohs. 

 5. 10. # aAZ. Emim. 2. '^Q6elhcrh. Willd. Spec. 1. 273 et herh. n. 

 1287. Hnmh. et Knnth, Nov. Gen. 1.203. Boxh. Flor. Ind. 1. 190. 

 Nees ah Esenh. in Wighl. Bot. 72. Sieh. herh. Maurit. 2. n. 15. 

 Wall. Cat. n. 3311. Kcpens ; stolonifer; culmls tcretiusculis, 

 aplce trlgonis, basi monopbyllis ; folio erccto, brevi, plano ; spi- 

 cis 2-30, fasciculato-congestis, rarius solitariis, latc lincaribus, 

 interdum oblongis, compressiusculis, 15-30-florIs, nonnunquam 

 arcuatis ; Involucro subdipbyllo ; foliolo altcro erecto, culnium 

 continuante, spicas superante; squamis latc ovatis, concavis, ob- 

 tusls, superlorlbus acutiusculo-subniucronulatls, stramineo-albl- 

 dis, dorso obsolete, nervosls et ferrugineo- lineolatis, intcrdum 

 laterlbus castaneo- vel atro-sangulnels; staminlbus 3; stylo bl- 

 fido; achenlis squamae parallele compressis, plano-convexis, apl- 

 catls, Interdum acuto-mucronatls, oblongls, elllptlcis vel subro- 

 tundis, punctulatls, strainineo-fuscescentibus, squania -^ bre- 

 vioribus. 



a) squamls late ovatis, stranilneo-albidis, plerumquc dorso 

 ferruglneo-Hneolatis; achenils ellipticis vel subrotundo- 

 elliptlcis, aplcatis vel acuto-mucronatis. C. niucronatus 

 /3 albidus Vahl. l. c. C. mucronatus, Botth., Betz , Boxh. 

 l. c. C. lateralls Forsk. Descr. 13. Boxh. Flor. Ind. 1. 190. 

 Nees ah Esenh. inWtght.Bot.13. Pycreus mucronatus et 

 lateralls Nees ah Esenh. in Linnaca 9. 283. C. leuco- 

 stachys Willd. herh. n. 1288. Link. Jahrh. 3. 81. C. 



KUNTH. SynOPS. II. [ -^ ] 



