80 CYPERACEAE jlss. (Cyperiis.) 



castanco, piinciulato-scal)i'iusculo, gquama tHmicHo brenore, ni- 

 iidulo. • — Insulae Caribaeae, Brasilia. Mcxico. (Cap. b. spei?, 

 Guinea?) 2\. — Umbellae radii apice subdigitato-ramosi; ramis 

 3-7, undique spicis densissime obsitis, spicas rcferentibus compo- 

 sitas sessiles vcl subpcdunculatas. Spicae 3-4-ilorae (6-florac, 

 fide Vabl.) cum florc tcrminali tabescente. Involucri foliola ri- 

 gida, niargine carinaque serrulato-scaberrima, glaucescentia. Squa- 

 mae duae infcriorcs cujuslibet spicae miiiores, vacuae. Fila- 

 menta 3, pcr.sistcniia, byalino-albida. Stylus trifidus, fuscus, 

 longe exsertus. Rbacbeola late alata; alis byalino-albidis. 

 / 208. C. PENNATUS Lam. lll. 1. 144. Poir. Encycl. 7. 240. 



J'ahl. Enum. 2. 305. Decaisne, Descr. herh. Timor. 31. Vires- 

 centi-glaucus; culmo trigono, glabro, basi foliato; foliis culmuni 

 acquantibus vel superantibus, rigidis, planis, inargine scabris; 

 iimbella composita, 6-8-radiata; radiis apicc bracbiato-ramosis; 

 ramis (5-7) glabris, undique spicis oblongo-Ianccolatis compres- 

 siusculis 6-10-floris patcntissiniis obsitis spicasquc refcreiitibus 

 divaricatas ; involucro 5-6-pbyIIo, longissinio; rbacbcola flexuosa, 

 alicrnatim excavaio-alaia; squamis ovato-ellipticis, navicularibus, 

 supcrne carinaiis, sub apice brcvissimc mucronaiis, 9-11-ncrviis, 

 subcoriaceis , pallidis, dorso fcrruginco-lincolaiis ; acbenio obo- 

 vato, triangulari, apicato, nigro-casianco, squama duplo triplove 

 breviore. C. cancsccns Vahl. Ennin. 2. 355 {excl. syti. Rheed.) 

 et herl. JVees ah Esenh. in JVighf. Bot. of Ind. 84. C. (Pycreus) 

 owahucnsis Nees ah Esenh. in Meyen. herh. C. raccmosus 

 JVight. in JVall. Cat. n. 3359 h. JVight. Cyp. n. 39. (fde JVees.) 

 C. pallidus JVilld. herh. n. 1364. C. bolciflorus Presl. in Rel. 

 Jlaenk. 1. 173. (fide syiion. JVilld.) Dietr. Spec. 2. 307. Ma- 

 riscus albcsccns Gaudich. in Freyc. It. hot. 415. (specimen ju- 

 venile.) C. parvillorus J''ahl. Enum. 2. 352 et herh. (speci- 

 men juvenile.) (Nees ah Esenh. in JVight. Bot. 87 ??) — In- 

 dia orienialis, Java, Timor, Luzonia, China, Insulac Mariae- 

 Annae, Owabu Sandwiccnsium, Tabiti. 7\> — Rhachcola flcxuosa, 

 ad intcrnodia altcrnalim cxcavato-alaia ; alis rotundaiis, albidis, 

 persisientibus. Siamina 3. Filamenia persistentia, byaliuo-fus- 

 cescentia. Stylus profundc trifidus, fusccsccns. Achcnium sub- 

 tilissimc punctulatnm, opacum. Vahl ad C. cancsceniem suum 

 trahit Wara PuIIa Rheed. 12. 77. t. 42. a Roxburghio ad C. 

 alopecuroidcm laudatum. Necs ab Esenbcck (in IVight. Bot. 87.) 

 C. umbcllatum Boxh. (nec Burm. et J'ahl.) cum C. parvilloro 

 Vahl. conjungit; W. Arnott ad utrumque JVullich. Cat. n.3360 c 

 ducit. 



209. C. PILOSUS Vahl. Enum. 2. 354 et herh. Culmo tri- 

 quctro, basi foliaio, glabro; foliis altiiudinc culmi, carinato-pla- 

 nis, supcrne cxtrorsum, niarginc carinaque scabris; umbclla com- 

 posita, 6-10-radiata; radiis propriis 3-6, piloso-hispidulis, undi- 

 quc spicis oblongis comj)rcssis 10-l2-floris palcniissiinis obsiiis 

 spicasquo rcfcrcniibus fasciculato-digitatas, divcrgcnlcs ; involu- 



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