84' CYPERACEAE juss. (Cypcrus.) 



vos virides fcrrugincis; achenio obovaio, apicalo, squamae pa- 

 rallele compresso, leviler curvaio, externe convexiusculo - ob- 

 tusani^ulo. interne planiusculo, punctulato-scabriusculo, pallide 

 lusco, squama dimidio breviore ; rbaclieola articulata. — Peru- 

 via, Lima, Babia. — Culmus striatus, basi foliatus. Rba- 

 clieola articulata ; articulis crassiusculis, excavato-alatis ; alis far- 

 dius subcoriaceis, acbenium amplectentibus, apice liberis. Fila- 

 menta 3, pcrsistentia, byalino-albida. Stylus trifidus, fuscus, cx- 

 sertus. Aclienium articulum vix superans. Vix a C. auricu- 

 lato Ncefi. distinctus. Nees ab Esenbeck (in mss.) luic ducit (■. 

 foracem Link. Hort. 1. 319. 



18) Mariscoides. — Spicae augustae, compressae vel teretius- 

 culae, saepe flexuosae, pauci-, rarius umititlorae (3-13-flo- 

 rae). Squamae magis minusve remotae, navicularcs, ob- 

 tusae, acutae vel sub apice submucronatae, multi-(7-13-, 

 rarius 5-)nerviae. Stamina 3. Styius plerumque pro- 

 funde trifidus, longe exsertus. Acbenium saepe curva- 

 tum, squama plerumque duplo triplove brevius. — Um- 

 bella simplex, composita vel decomposita, interdum capi- 

 iato-contracta, rarius depauperata vel ad spicas nonnul- 

 las redacta; radiis plerumque apice digitato-ramosis. Spi- 

 cae capitato- vel spicato-congestae, patentissimae vel re- 

 flexae. Rbacheola flexuosa, alata, matura articulata 

 (semper ?). 



218. C. HAVANENSIS JVmd. hcrh. n. 1284. Culmo filifor- 

 mi, triangulari, glabro, apbyllo?; spicis 5-7, iu apice cuhni ap- 

 proximatis, tereti -subulatis, -i-S-floris, flexuosis; involucro di- 

 pbyllo ; foliolo longiore rccto, carinato, cuhiium continuante, spi- 

 cas subaequante; squamis remotis, obtusis, subcoriaceis, con- 

 vexo-navicuiaribus, dorso nervosis, fuscescentibus; achenio ob- 

 longo, triangulari, apicato, squama ^ breviore. Mariscus hava- 

 nensis Ifumb. ei Kunlh. Nov. Gen. 1. 212. > — Insula Cubae. 2ji 

 — Rhacheola flexuosa, alata ; ahs hyalino-albidis, achenium am- 

 plectentibus. Stylus trifidus. Sequenti proxima. 



219. C. FILIFORMIS Swarfz. Flor. 1. 120. Vahl. Ennm. 2. 

 314 et herh. (spccimen Stvarlz.) IVilld. herh. n. 1292. Culmis 

 caespitosis, filiformibus, triangularibus, giabris, basi foliatis; fo- 

 liis culmo brevioribus, angustissiinis, carinato-conduplicatis, gla- 

 bris; spicis circiter quinque, in apice culmi approximatis, te- 

 reti-subulatis, 7-9-floris , flexuocis; invohicro diphyllo, spicas 

 duplo-quintuplove superante; squamis remotis, ellipticis, acu- 

 tiusculis, subcoriaceis, carinato-navicularibus, flabellato-multiner- 

 viis, stramineis, apice fuscescentibus, carina viridi ; achenio (iin- 

 maturo) oblongo, triangulari, externe arcuato, subtilissime im- 

 prcsso-punctulato, squama \ breviore. C ornithopus Pers. Syn. 

 1. 61. Epiphystis opbiuroides Trin. Fiind. 98? — Jamaica, St. 

 Doniingo, Cuba (Poeppig.). 2\. — Folia margine carinaque gia- 



