26 CYPERACEAE juss. (Cyperus.) 



. Cap. b. spci. — Pi*oxime acccdit ad C fencllum Vahl. 



(liotlu) 



65. C. mCRO]>rEGAS Nees ah Esenh. in Linnaea 10. 131. 

 Spiculis solltariis gemiuisve, involucro monopliyllo lougioribusj 

 sQuamis ovatis, obtusis, multinerviis, marginc mcmbrauaceo-au- 

 gusio; caryopsi trigouo-obovataj brevi, mutica, puuctato-aspcra, 

 ciuerea. JXecs. — Cap. b. spei. — Spiculae 4-5 lineas lon- 

 gae. Squamae virides, latere bruuneae, margine angusto palli- 

 cliorc cinctae, 11-nerves. Culmus spithamaeus, gracilis. (Nces.) 

 Ejusdem sectionis cum C. tenello, lide Nees. 



66. C. NUDIUSCULUS Nees ah Esenh. in Linnaea 10. 132. 

 Spiculis solitariis geminisve, iuvolucro monopbyllo lougioribus; 

 squamis ovatis, mucronulatis, dorso uervosis, viridibus, margine 

 late albo-membranaceis ; caryopsi ovali, mucronulataj puuctulato- 

 aspcra, lulcsccnte. Nees. — Cap. b. spei, locis udis. © — ■ 

 Culmi saepe rccurvi. Spiculae miuores quam in C. teuello, mi- 

 uus compressae, totae virescentes. Stamcn plerumque 1. Nees 

 ab Esenbeck post C. tenellum posuit. 



67. C. DICHRoaiENAEFOiiMlS. Culmo friquctro,superue scabro, 

 inferne foliato ; foliis culmo brevioribus, laliusculis, planis, mcm- 

 branaccis, margiue scabris ; spicis 4-6, fasciculato-congcstis, ob- 

 longis, compressis, subll-Iloris; involucro tctrajjhyllo, latius- 

 culo , spicas multotics superantc; squamis subrotundo-ovalis, 

 carinaio-navicularibus, acutis, multiuerviis , sframineo-pallidis, 

 fuscesccnti-puuctulatis, margine byalinis ; achenio clliptico-subro- 

 tundo, friquctro, apicato, punchilafo, sframineo-pallido, squama 

 dimidio brcviore. — Rio Janeiro. Gaudichaud legit. — Culmus 

 crecfus. Rhacheola flcxuosa, vix alata. Stamiua fria. Filamenta 

 pcrsisfcnfia, hyalino - fusccsceutia. Anfherae lineares , obtusae, 

 ferrugincae. Sfylus trifidus, fuscus. 



68. C. SI3IPLEX Ilumh. et Kiinlh. Nov. Gen. 1. 207. Presl. 

 iu Rel. IlaenJc. 1. 176. Willd. herh. n. 1301. Culmis triquctris, 

 glabris ; foliis planis , margine scabris , culmum superantibus ; 

 umbella simplici, 4-12-radiata; radiis compresso-friquelris, lou- 

 gissimls, laxis, apice 1-7-sfachyis ; involucro 5-8-phyIIo, elon- 

 gafo; spicis linearibus, compressis, 21-36-florIs; squamis carinafo- 

 uavicularibus, acuminafis, mulfluerviis, vlridibus ; achcnio obo- 

 vato, apicato, triaugulari, subtllisslme fuberculafo-scabrato, fus- 

 co, margarifaceo -nitentc, squama duplo triplove breviorc. C 

 radicosus lieichenh. in Weis^ell. herh. • — Mons Quiiuliu (Ilumb.), 

 Peruvia (Poeppig), Parama, Guiana bollandica ef gallica. 2j. — 

 S<pi;unae lafc ovafae, acuminafae, multinerviae, virides, puncfu- 

 lis lerrugineis dorso Taricgafae, glabrae, dcciduac. Spicac saepo 

 viviparae. 



60. C. GRACiLIS Brown. Prod. 213. Nees ah Esenh. in Lin- 

 naea i). 285. (Sieh. Jigrost. n. 23.) Culmo flliforiul, friangulari, 

 glabro; foliis ]danis, frinerviis, glaljriusculls , cuhuum subae- 

 quantibus; spicia 4-7, iu apicc (■uhni fasciculato-congesfis, ob- 



