42 CYPEUACEAE JUSS. (Cyperiis.) 



sim vcrsiis plana, glabrac, tlcciduac. Stainina liaud vldi. Arlie- 

 niiim subtilissime punctulato -scabriusculum. In bcrbario Vah- 

 liauo uonnisi frustulum (radius) uinbcHac bujus plautac suppe- 

 tit; spccimcn altcrum compictnm atl C surinamenscm pcrtinct. 

 An dcscriptio Vahliana (et inde quoquc nostra) cx utroque com- 

 jjacta ? 



115. C. CONSANGUINEUS. Cuhno triangulari, sulcato, glabro; 

 foliis cnhno brcvioribus, planis, rigidis, ghibris ; capitulis solita- 

 riis-quatcrnis, ex his 3 pcdnnculatis, globosis; involucro tri- 

 phylk), clongaio ; spicis confcrtis, ovatis, comprcssis, subl2-tlo- 

 ris ; squamis obovatis, carinato-navicnlaribus, acutis, trinerviis, 

 dorso viridihus, lateribus sanguinco-castancis ; staminc 1; stylo 

 tripartito; achcnio oblongo, triangnlari, nuicronato, fusco, squa- 

 ma |- brcviorc. — Brasilia. — Cuhnns scsquipcdalis. Squamae 

 carinato-navicnlares, carina basim vcrsus plana, ghibrac. Fila- 

 mcntum hyaiinum. Achcnium sublilissime punctulato-scabra- 

 tum, nitidulum. C. rcflcxo proximus, diftcrt culmo triangulari, 

 squamis obovatis, fructibus duplo trij)love brevioribus. 



116. C. FRATER?JUS. Culmo tcrcti, apice scmitcrcti, sulcato, 

 glabi'o; foliis culmo brcvioribus, carinatis^ rigidis, subtus sulca- 

 tis, margiiic scabris ; capitulis subglobosis, ternis vcl quaternis, 

 uno scssili, rcliquis pedunculaiis; involucro triphvllo, elonga<o; 

 spicis confcrtis, ovatis, cotnprcssis, 10-16-l!oris ; squamis oblon- 

 gis. carinato-navicularibus, acutatis, trinerviis, fusccscenti-s<ra- 

 mincis, carina viridibus; staminc unico; stylo trifido ; achenio 

 ohlongo , triangulari, mucronato, fusco, squama 1- brcviore. — 

 IJrasilia. — Culmus 2-2^ -pedalis. Rhachcola spicae llcxuosa, 

 scabrinscula, aptcra. Squamae carinato-navicularcs, carina ba- 

 sim versus plana, glabrac. Anthcra lincaris, acuta, crocco-fusca. 

 Stylus trifidus , fuscus. Achcnium subtilissime punctulato-sca- 

 bratum, nitcns. Dillcrt a C. reflcxo magnitudine fructuum, for- 

 ma et? colore squamarum. 



117. C. REFLEXUS Vahl. Emim. 2. 299 ei herh. Culmo seniitc- 

 rcti, apicc trigono, sulcato, glabro ; foliis culmo bi'cvioribus, ri- 

 gidulis, planis, subtus sulcatis, intcrdum marginc scabris; capi- 

 tulis nunc solitariis, nunc quatcrnis-octonis, uno scssili, rcli- 

 quis pcdunculatis, subglobosis; involucro subtri[)hyllo, clongato; 

 spicis arcle confcrtis^ ovato -oblongis vcl lincari-oblongis, com- 

 prcssis, 1 1-30-lloris ; squamis ovatis, naviculari-carinatis, acuta- 

 lis, trincrviis, carina viridif)us, laicribus sanguinco -castaneis ; 

 Ktainine 1; stylo trilido ; achcnio clliptico, triangulari, mucro- 

 nato, cinereo-fusco, squama fcre triplo breviore. C Sellowi 

 Link. Hort. 1. 307. (tesfe .specim.) — Montcvideo. — IJhachcola 

 spicac flcxuosa, glabra, aptcra. Squamae navicnlari -carinatae, 

 carina basini vcrs\is plana, glabrac, intcrdum apiccni vcrsus ad 

 caiinani spimiloso-dcnticulafac, iuniorcs latcribus pallide sangui- 

 ncac. rilanicninni p«'isis<oiis, hyalinum. Anthcra lincaris, mu- 

 cronulata (in spccimine Vahliano obtusa vel acutiuscula), flava. 



