CYPERACEAE jlss. (Cyperiis.) 69 



mldio brcviorc. C. alopecurolilcs Koenig in herh. Banks. (Jlih 



Broivn.) C. aurlcomus Sieh. herh. Aegijpl. et Senegah Spreng. 



Syst. 1. 230. Link. Jlorl. 2. 320. C. xanthocomus JLink. Ilort. 



1. 316. (Jide specim.) C. fastiglatus liotlb.*) Gram. 32. t. 7. 

 f. 21 (nec Vahl.) Papyrus venustus Nees ah Esenh. in Linnaea 



10. 138. — Acgyptus, Senegambia, Caput bonac spel , India 

 orientalis, Nova Hollandla. (Timor, fide liccalsne.) 2|. — Squa- 

 niae in specimlnlbus sene^alcnslbus, capenslbus et novo-liol- 

 landicls ad latera hyallno-albidae, in speclmlnibus acgyptlacls et 

 cultls lutescentes. Splcac In planta culta (C. xauthocomo Link.) 

 multo robustlores, sublS-florae. 



180. C. FLABELLARIS Schrad.y JVees ah Esenh, in Linnaea 

 7. 519. 9. 285 et 10. 137. Spicls subcyllndricis, angustls, 

 slmpliclbus basive ramosis, umbcllatls ; umbollae communls ra- 

 dlis laterallbus elongatls; splculls llnearl-lanceolatis, paucifloris; 

 involucro communi polyphyllo, umbclla longiorc; proprlo oligo- 

 phyllo , spicls brcvlore; ochrearum communlum Ilgula follacea, 

 brevi, propriarum bldente. JVees. — Cap. b. spci. — C. fastl- 

 glato Botth. simllllmus et vix nlsi proportionc partium dlversus. 

 (Nees.) 



181. C. OBLIQULS Nees ah Esenh. in Wighf. Bot. of hid. 

 86. (Wall. Cat. n. 3334 c.) Culmo triquetro , glabro, inferne 

 follato; follis carlnato-conduplicatls , margine scabriusculls; um- 

 bella composlta, suboctoradlata; radils longioribus aplce corym- 

 boso-ramosls, diphyllis ; ramis hispldulis, polystathyis; Involucro 

 subpcntaphyllo, longissimo; spicis (impcrfectis) splcatlni disposi- 

 tls, basl bracteola caplllari sufTuHis , 5-7-floris, lincarl-oblongis, 

 compressis; squamls obovatls, carinato-navicularlbus, brevissime 

 mucronatis, sub7-nerviis , dorso ferrugineis , laterlbus hyalino- 

 pallidls; stylo trlfido. — Nepalia. — Stamlna tria. Antherae 

 lineares, obtusiusculae, flavae. Stylus fuscescens. Rhacheola 

 haud alata? An folia trinervia? Speclmen suppctens juvenile. 

 C. venusto slmilllmus, vlx dlstinguendus ; nec C. piloso Vahl. 

 afGnls , ut Ncesius putat. 



182. C. EGREGIUS. Culmo trlangulari, glabro, basi follato; 

 follis planls, subspongiosls, culmum subaequantibus, trlnerviis, 

 apicem vcrsus margine serrulato-scaberrimis ; umbella composita, 

 suboctoradiata ; radils inacquallbus , apiee fasclculato-ramosis ; 

 involucro trlphyllo , longlssimo ; splcis in ramls dense spicatis, 

 adpressls, lanceolato-lincarlbus, compresslusculls , subl2-floris; 

 squamis carinato-navicularibus , obovato-ellipticis , obtusls , bre- 

 viter mucronatls, fcrrugineis , dorso hneolatls et obsolcte ne:- 

 vosis , carina virldi , utraque basi deeurrcnte , tardius solubili, 



*) C. venusto valde simili.s videtur et forsan haud diversus. (Brown 

 1. c.) C. fastigiatus Willd. herb. n 1410. duas complectitur species in- 

 ter se et a C. fastigiato Rottb. vaide diveisas, fol. 1. iiempe offert spe- 

 cimen C longi Linn., fol. 2. specimen C coiyinbosi IVall. Cat. 



