30 CYPERACEAE juss (Cyperus) 



nnato-naviciilare.s, tlorso vjridos, lineolls punctiilisquo ferru£;ineis 

 varlegatae, lateribus liyalino-pallidae. vStamina 3. Antlicrac ob- 

 longae, acuUusculac, luteae, angulis ferrugineis. Filamenta pcr- 

 sistentia, fusca. Achenium lacviusculuni, squama -j brcvius. 



79. C. MACELLUS. Foliis anguste linearibus, planis, gla- 

 l)rls, culmo triangulari? brcvioribus ; umbella simplici, subqua- 

 driracliata, involucro monophyllo tlimidio breviore; spicis ter- 

 iiis-quinis, oblongis, ccmpressis, 13-15-floris; squamis carinatis, 

 recurvato-acuminatis, obsolete trinerviis, viridibus ; achcnio obo- 

 vato, triquctro, apicato, squama triplo brcviore. — Nova IIol- 

 landia. Gaudichaud legit. — Culmus glaber. Squamae subro- 

 tundo-ovaiaG, rccurvato-acuminatae, viridcs, punctis fcrrugineis 

 conspcrsac, lateribus hyalino- albidae. Stylus profunde trifidus, 

 fuscus. Achcnium immaturum stramineo-pallidum. 



80. C. DIFFUSUS Vahl. Enum. 2. 321 et JierL. Culmo 

 iriquetro ; foliis latis, planis, trincrviis, niargine scabris, culnio 

 altioribus; umbella supradecomposita, difliisa; involucro subhep- 

 ta])hyllo, umbcUam superantc; spicis solitariis-ternis, lateralibus 

 interdum pedicellatis, oblongis, comprcssis, sublO-floris; squa- 

 niis carinato-navicularibus, niucronatis, obsolcte 5-nerviis, dorso 

 nigro-viridibus; achenio clliptico, triquetro, apicato, squama pa- 

 runi brcviore. C. scirpoidcs Prcsl. In llel. Ilaenh. 1. 178. (for~ 

 ma macra, teste JVees. mss.) C. iridifolius Dletr. Spec. 2. 315. 



— India orientalis, Insulae Pliilippinae et Moluccanae. ■ — Um- 

 bella 10-12-radiata. Spicae solitariac vel ternae, hae omnes ses- 

 siles (in specimine a Meyeno lccto) vel ex iis duae laterales pe- 

 dicellatae, intermedia scssilis (in specimine Vahliano). Squamac 

 ovalae, apice rotundatae, mucronatae, dorso virides, punctis li- 

 iieolisquc ferrugineis varicgatae, lateriljus hyalinae. Filamcnta 3, 

 persistentia, hyalino-fuscescentia. Stylus 3-partitus. Achenium 

 immaiuruni straminco-pallidum. 



81. (/. LONGIFOLIUS Poir. Encycl. 7. 270. JVilld. herb. 

 n. 1332. (Sieh. herh. Maurit. n. 31. *) Decuisne, Descr. herh. 

 Timor. 31. Culmo triangulari, glabro; foliis latis, planis, tri- 

 jicrviis, marginc scabris ; umbella supradecomposita; involucro 

 5-6-phyllo, umbcllam superante; spicis solitariis- quinis, sessili- 

 bus, oblongis, rompressis, 8-9-floris; squamis carinato-navicula- 

 ribus, uuicronatis, sub7-nerviis, dorso viridibus ; achenio (inmia- 

 turo) elliptico, triangulari, stramineo, squama \ breviore. C. 

 altoriiifolius IVilld. herh. n. 1339. fol. 3 (specimen jiwenile)? 



— Madagascaria , Ijorbonia , Mauritius , Timor (Descaine). — • 

 Culmus basi foliatus. Folia longissima. Squamac ovatae, apice 

 rotundafac, nuicronaiao, dorso virides, margine hyalino-albidac. 

 Filanienta 3, ])ersistcntia. Stylus profundc trifidus, Pracccdcnti 

 jtroxiinus, vix di.slinc<us nisi sj^icis ])lcrumque ternis-quinis, 

 omnibus sessilibus. Spccimcn Sicbcrianum quasi mcdium tcnct 



*) No. 32, teste Scluilte.s. 



