58 CYPERACEAE juss. (Cyperus.) 



— India orientalis ct Cap. b. spei. (fiile Nces 5 Jacquinio patria 

 ignota.) 2|i — Viritli-glaucus. Culmus striatus. Scpiamae 7-9- 

 nerviac, ncrvis apiccm liaud atlingcntibus, niarginibus pallidae. 

 Rhacbcola byalino-alata ; alis haud sobibilibus. Filamcnta pcrsi- 

 stcntia, longissima, hyalino-albida. Stylus fuscus. Suppctit spe- 

 cimcn capensc, a cel. Dregio lectum^ mox dcscripio Vahliano si- 

 niillimum, nonnisi diversum inflorescentia magis diflusa spicisque 

 longiorihus atque palHdioribus. Nccs ab Esenbcck (m IVight. 

 Bot. 83.) C. tcnuiflorum Ro.xh. Flor. Ind. 1. 103. (excl. synon.) 

 ad C. procerum liolh. Caf. 3. 5. ducit. Link. (Ifort. 1. 314.) 

 C. tenuiflorum Rotth. maxime affincm dicit C. longo. 



155. C. RoESTELll. Culmo triquetro, glabro ; foliis elon- 

 gatis, planis, margine scabris ; nmbella composita, subsexradiata; 

 radiis inacqualibus , apice bracbiato-ramosis , llexuosis; ramis 

 altcrnis, !2-8-stachyis ; involucro triphyllo, longissimo ; spicis spi- 

 cato-fasciculatis, anguste lincaribus, comprcssis, 14-24 -floris ; 

 squamis ovatis, obtusis, obsoletc 7-ncrviis, carinato-naviculari- 

 bus, dorso viridibus, lateribus hyalino-pallidis, inferne sangui- 

 neis; ovario lanceolato, triangulari: rhacheolae alis apicc liberis, 

 serius solubilibus, sanguineo -castancis. C. tenuiflorus TVilld. 

 herb. n. 1379. fol. 1. (sp'ecimen cnltum? , a Roestelio cum JVilld. 

 communic.} — India oricntalis? — Culmus striatus, basi folia- 

 tus. Folia striato-5-nervia. Rhacheolae articuli cxcavato-alati. 

 Squamae obsolete 7-nerviae; nervis apiccm haud attingenti- 

 bus. Stamina 3. Filamcnta persistcntia, longissima, hyalino- 

 albida. Antherae lincarcs, flavac ; appcndice obtusa, fuscesccntc. 

 Ovarium lanceolatum, triangularc. Stylus trifidus, longissinnis, 

 pubcsccns. Diliert a C. tcnuifloro Vahl. pracsertim rhacheolae 

 alis solubilibus. Species inihi adhuc dubia. 



15G. C. AMOENUS. Culmo triangulari, sti'iato, glabro, basi 

 foliato ; foliis planis, rigidis, apicem vcrsus margine scabris, glau- 

 cescentibns, culmo brcvioribus ; iimbella subsimplici, subscptem- 

 radiata; radiis inaequalibus, simplicibus vcl apice brevitcr ramo- 

 sis; involucro subtriphyllo, longissimo; spicis 7-9, spicato-fasci- 

 culatis, clongatis, linearibus, comprcssis, 30-50-floris ; squamis 

 carinato-navicularibus, obtusis, 5-7-nerviis, dorso viridibus, late- 

 ribus sanguineis ; staminibus 3 ; achenio obovato-elliptico, trian- 

 gulari, apicato, fusco, nitido, squama dimidio breviore ; rhacheo- 

 lae alis solubilibus. — Cap. b. spei. (Drege legit.) — Culmus 

 ^j-pedalis. Rhachcola spicae flexuosa, auriciilato -alata; alis 

 solubilKms. Squamae ovatac, deciduae. Filamenta persistcntia, 

 hyalina. Antherae lineares, acutiusculae, croceae. Stylus trifi- 

 dus, fuscus. Achenium punctulatum, nitidum. C. tenuifloro 

 proxinie affinis; C. niicanti inter distylos quoque cognatus. 



157. C. UOTUNDIJS Lin7i. Syst. Vcg.dS. Fjnsd. Flor. Zeyl. 36. 

 (Rumph. b. t. 1. /. 1. 2.) Vahl. Enum. 2. 343 et herh. n. 42 et 

 12(). Rrowu. Prnd. 216. Roxh. Hor. Ind. 1.20 i. Presl. in Rel 

 Uaenk. 1. 175. (r. in lierh. reg. Berol.) Wall. Cat. n. 3322 e. 



