CYPERACEAE juss. (Cypeius.) 71 



ef herh. Nees ah Esenh. In Wi^ld. Bof. 84. {Wall. Cuf. u. 33-28. 

 3343 a ef r.) Culnio triangnlari, ^lahro, basi foliato ; loliis 

 planis, niar^ine serrulato-scabris ; unihclla coinposita vel decom- 

 posita, inuhirailiata ; invoiu?vo 3-4-pliyllo, iongissinio; oclireis 

 bifldis; spicis crebris, spicatim disjjositis, lanceolato-linearibus, 

 compressis, 20-24-(rarissime 4b-.50-)floris ; squamis subroiundo- 

 ovatis, carinato-navicularibus, mucronaiis, obsolete 7-nerviis, ca- 

 staneis, carina superne viridibus; staminibus3; acbenio elliptico, 

 triangulari, apicato, fuscescenti-stramineo, squama duplo triplove 

 breviore. C. canaliculatus Refz. Obs. t». 20. {Jide Valil.) C. 

 festivus IVilld. herh. n. 1401. Link. Jahrh. 3. 88. C altus Nees 

 ab Esenh. in IVi^hf. JSof. of Ind. 84 el in Linnaea 9. 285. C. 

 alopecuroides Ro.vb. Flor. Lid. 1. 211, excl. synon. {Jide Nees.) 

 — India orientalis. — Variat magnitudine et numero spicarum 

 iu quolibet ramulo. 



185. C. VERTICILLATUS Roxh. Flor. Ind. 1. 209. Nees uh 

 Esenh. in Wight. Bof. of Ind. 87. Culmo folioso, trigono; um- 

 bella decomposita et supradecomposita; spiculia spicatis, con- 

 fcrtis, lineari-subulaiis, 8-9-floris, brevibractcolatis spicisque par- 

 tialibus inflmis patentissimis ; squamis ovatis, obtusiusculis cuni 

 raucrone, dorso 7-nervibus, lateribus luteis; involucellis lineari- 

 bus, umbellas subaequantibus ; involucri poljpbylli foliolis ple- 

 risque umbcllam superantibus foliisque lato-linearibus, margine 

 .serrulato-scabris. Nees. — Peninsula Indiae orientalis, Nepalia. 

 7\. — Affinis C. alopecuroidi (C. exaltato Refz.), iidc Roxb. 



186. C. DIVES Delile, Aegypf. 5. f. 4. /. 3. Sieb. herh. Aeg. 

 {e.vcl. syn.) Culmo triangulari , glabro ; foliis planis , margine 

 serrulato-scaberrimis: umbella dcconiposita, multiradiata, ampla; 

 radiis partialibus 4-9, undique spicis lanceolatis compressis 14- 

 18-floris patentibus dense obsitis spicasque referentibus elon- 

 gatas teretiusculas digitato-fasciculatas divaricatas ; involucro sub- 

 hexaphyllo, longissimo; squamis subrotundo-ovatis, carinato-navi- 

 cularibus, breviter mucronatis, obsolete ucrvosis, fcrruginco-fla- 

 vidis, carina viridibus; stvlo elongato, trifido. C. fastigiatus 

 Forsk. Descr. 14. (Jide Spreng. Sijsf. 1. 230.) — Aegyptus, 

 Cap. b. spei. 2[. — Involucri foliola plana, trinervia, margine 

 scaberrima; involucella 4-6-phylIa, brevia. Stamina 3. Filamenta 

 pci"sistcntia, hyalino-albida. Anthcrae lineares, flavae; appcndice 

 obtusa, hyalino-albida. Ovarium oblongum, trianguiare. Stylus 

 elougatus, trifidus, albidus vcl fuscus. Rhacheola vix alata. C. 

 cxaltato Vahl. proximus. 



187. C. RADIATUS Vahl. Ennm. 2. 369 ef herh. Cnlmo tri- 

 angulari , glabro , basi foliato ; foliis planis, margine carinaquc 

 scabris, culmum subaequantibus ; umbella composita, 6-7-radiata; 

 radiis partialibus 4-7, undique spicis oblongo-lanceolatis com- 

 pressis 12-24-floris densissimc obsitis, spicas cylindraccas refe- 

 rentibus; involucro 3-5-phyIlo, longissimo ; squamis subrotundo- 

 eilipticis, carinato-navicularibus, mucronatis, obsolete nervosis. 



