40 CYP^RACEAE juss. (Cyperiis.) 



rnglncus. Squamac carina T)ashn vcrsus planac. Ilinc C. vc- 

 gcto, iiitlc C. crythraco ct C. gracili aninis ; an rccte liuc col- 

 locatus ? (lifrcrt squaniis 7-9-nerviis. 



109. C. VEGETUS fVilld. Spec. 1. 283. VoJd. Enum. 2. 326 

 et herh. 1'resl. hi Mel. Ilaenk. 3. 168. Nees ah Escnh. In Lin- 

 naea 9. 28-i. JVilld. herb. n. 1348. fol. 1. (nec? 2. 3.) Foliis 

 carinatis, margine scabris, cnlmuni trigonum glabrnm snpcran- 

 tibus ; umbella simplici, composita vcl »!ccomposita, 8-12-railiata; 

 capiiulis polysiachyis, magnis, subglobocis; involucro 6-7-phyllo, 

 longissimo; spicis lanceoiaio-linearibns, comprcssis, ^O-^O-floris ; 

 sqnamis carinato-navicularibus, acntatis, trinerviis, viridibus, tar- 

 tlins Intesceniibus et fusccscciitibus ; staminc 1 ; achenio obo- 

 vato, tri.angulari, mucronato, nigro-casiauco, squama tluplo tri- 

 plove breviore. C. compressus Jacq. Vindeh. 3. /. 12. C. era- 

 grosiis Lam. III. 1. 146. C. tleclinatus Moench. Melh. 317. 

 C. monanilrus Moth. Caial. 1. 3. — America calidior, Chili 

 (Poeppig.), Carolina. 2|. — Umbellac pariialcs 3- i-radiaiae. Stpia- 

 mae ovatae, glabrae, virides, lineolis punciisque fcrrugineis va- 

 ricgaiae, carina apiccm vcrsus intcrtlum spinuloso-tlenticulatae, 

 tlecitkiae, Anihera lincaris, lutca; appcndice acutata. Stylus 

 trifitlus. Achcnium punciulato-scabriuseulnm, nitcns. 



110. C. VIRENS Mich. Flor. 1. 29. Vahl. Enum. 2. 353. 

 Pnrsh. Flor. 1. 52. {MueMenb. Gram. 2i?) ElUoif. Bot. 1. 66. 

 Torrey, Flora of ihe Unil. Slales 1. 63. Foiiis carinatis, marginc 

 carinaque scabris, culmo iri(|ueiro scabro brevioribns; umbclla 

 composita, mnliiradiaia; involucro subpeniaphyllo, longissimo; 

 spicis capiiato-conglonieratis, ovatis, compressis, subl^-florisj 

 .squamis carinato-navicularibus, acutis, trincrviis, viridibus; sta- 

 mine 1; achenio oblongo, triangulari, mucronaio, luieo-fusco, 

 squama duplo brcviore. C. glomcratus JValt. Carol. 70. (Jide 

 Ell.) Vahl. herh. C. vegetus sponiancus Vahl. herh. fol. ult. 

 (Bosc. ded.) — America borcalis. 2|i — Sf|uamae oblongae, vi- 

 ridcs, lineolis fcrrugincis variegaiac, glabrae. apice ad carinam 

 inierdum spinuloso-denticulatae. Filamentum 1, pcrsisiens, hya- 

 lino-fusccsccns. Stylus profuiule trifidus. Achcnium obsoletis- 

 sime punctulatum. (Descr. jnxta specimcn Vahl.) Dilfcrt a C. 

 vcgcio, cui proximus, cuimo scabro, capitulis minoribus, spicis 

 brcvioribus, squamis angusiioribus, fructu oblongo. Elliott plan- 

 iani suam ccrie caudem esse cum Michauxiaiia affirmat, Vahlia- 

 nam et Purshianam vero diversam credii, in tpia opinione ei haud 

 adseniio, onilio euim speciininibus carenies, Vahlius Michauxii, 

 Purshius Vahlii verba rcddit. Vahlius C. giomcraium JVal/. 

 cuui C. vt^gcio conjungii. An hnc Kyllingia scirpina Rrichenh. 

 in JVeigelt. Siirin.? (('onf. C. LuZuIae.) C. virens JVilld. herh. 

 n. 1388. est longc alia j)lania. (vid. C. deniatum no. 95.) 



111. ('. PALEinus (Ilcvnc?) Nees ah Esenh. in JVii-hf. Boi. 

 of Ind. 79. (JVall. Caf. 71. 3359 d.) et iu Linnava 9. 2Si. Um- 

 bclla supratlccomposiia, tleprcssa; radiis alieruis brcvibus; spi- 



