CYPEKACEAE juss. (Cypenis.) 83 



/. 97. f. 1. (pessima.) Rhizomntc porpciulicnlari, longissimo 

 squamato; culmo trigono, glabro; foliis culmum suporanlibus, 

 rigidis, margine scabris, siccis convolutis; umbella multiradiata, 

 capitato-congesta; radiis polystacbiis, abbrcviatis ; involucro sub- 

 10-pbyllo, longissin>o ; spicis capitato-aggregatis, lincari-lanceo- 

 latis, comprossiusculis, 12-16-tloris ; squamis valde approxima- 

 lis, ovato-oblongis, acuto-mucronatis, convcxo-navicularibus, mul- 

 tinerviis, fuscescenti-stramineis; stylo trifido, longissimo; rba- 

 cheolae articulis abbreviatis, excavatis, apteris. — Senegal (Le- 

 lievre), Oware et Benin (Beauv.). 2|. — Hbizoma vaginarum rcli- 

 quiis mombranaceis fissis fuscis obteclum, ad nodos fibras emit- 

 tens. Culmus inferne foliosus ibique vaginis foliorum involutis 

 incrassatus. Folia glauco-viridia. Squauiae subcoriaceae. Rba- 

 cbeola flexuosa, articulata; articulis brevibus, pro receptione ova- 

 rii parum excavatis, baud alatis. Filamonta 3, persistentia, lon- 

 gissima, byalino-albida. Antborae lineares, acutiusculae, ferru- 

 gineo-flavae. Ovarium ellipticum, complanato-triangulare. Siy~ 

 lus fuscescens. An planta descripta vere eadem ac Vabliana, 

 quac in ejus berbario baud exstat. 



\/ 216. C. AIJRICLLATtS Necs ab Esenb. et Meyen in Linnaea 

 9. 285. (v. s.) Culmo triangulari, glabro ; foliis planis, rigi- 

 dulis, supra, margine carinaque scabris; umbella ampla, decoro- 

 posita, difTusa umbellulisque multiradiatis ; radiis partialibus bra- 

 cbiato-ramosis ; ramis polystacbyis ; involucro 6-7-pbyIlo, um- 

 bollam superante; involucoUis sub6-phyllis, umbcllula broviori- 

 bus; spicis spicato-dispositis, patentissimis^ linearibus, teretius- 

 culis, 8-12-floris; squamis ovato-ellipticis, acuto-submucronatis, 

 subcoriaceis, concavis, 7-nerviis, fuscescenti - testaceis ; achenio 

 oblongo, apicato, squamae parallole compressiusculo , externe 

 convcxo-subobtusangulo, interne planiusculo, straminco-flavido, 

 squama dimidio breviore; rbacbeola articulata. — Insulae Sand- 

 wicenses, Timor. — Rbacbeola articulata; articulis abbreviatis, 

 crassiusculis, interne excavato-abatis, lineolis subtilissimis ferru- 

 gineis conspersis; alis rotundatis, subcoriaceis, achenium am- 

 plectentibus. Squamae interdum inferne sanguineo - marginatae. 

 Filamenta 3, persistentia, longissima, hyalino-fuscescentia. An- 

 therae lineares, obtusiusculae, flavae. Stylus trifidus, longissi- 

 mus, fuscescens. Achenium squamae parallele compressum, le- 

 viter arcuatum, externe convexo-subobtusangulura, interne pla- 

 uiusculum, punctulatum, articulum vix superans. 



217. C. L03IENTACEUS Nees ah Esenh. et Meyen in Linnaea 

 9. 285. (v. s.) Culmo triquetro, glabro ; foliis culmo breviori- 

 bus, planis, supra, margine carinaque scabris; umbclla compo- 

 sita, multiradiata; radiis polystachyis, longioribus apice bracbi- 

 ato-trifidis; involucro sub7-pbyllo, longissimo; spicis spicato- 

 approximatis, patentissimis, linearibus, teretiusculis, 12-14-floris; 

 squamis remotis, ellipticis, sub apice rotundato brevissime mu- 

 cronatis, convexis, sub9-nerviis, lutescentibus, dorso inter uer- 



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