CYPERACEAE juss. (Cypcnis.) 89 



ercctus. Involucrmn unibellani iriplo suporans ; foliolis subae- 

 qualibus. Squaniac duac inferiores cujuslibet spicae ininores, 

 vacuae; cx his uitima spicarum inferioruui saepe acutato-subu- 

 lata. Rhachcola alata; alis hyalino-albiilis. Staniina 3. Anthe- 

 rae oblougo-liueares, acutiusculac, flavidae. Stylus trifidus, fus- 

 ccscens, longe exsertus. 



230. C. LUCIDUS (Broivn. Prod. 218?) Nees ah Esenh. in Linn. 9. 

 285. Sieh. Agrusf. n. 110 iii herh. reg. Berol. Culmi triangulari, glabro, 

 basi folioso ; foliis cuhno longioribus, niembranaceis, planis, triner- 

 viis, marginc nervisque scabris; umbella composita, subl2-ra- 

 diata; radiis apice digitato-ramosis, subtriphyliis; involucro sub- 

 10-phyllo, longissimo; spicis dense spicato-dispositis, patentissi- 

 mis, subsoptemlloris, lineari-teretiusculis, subflexuosis ; squamis 

 remotiusculis, ovatis, obtusis, convexo-navicularibus, obsolete 

 5-7-nerviis, dorso fuscescentibus, carina viridi, lateribus hyalino- 

 albidis; achenio (immaluro) oblongo, triangulari, intcrne parum 

 curvato, squama \ vel ^ breviore. — Nova Hollandia. — Fo- 

 lia margine, supra in nervis lateralibus subtusque in nervo me- 

 dio scabra. Rhacheola flexuosa, alata; alis hyalino-albidis. Squa- 

 luae duae inferiores cujuslibet spicae parvae, vacuae : ex his in- 

 fima acuminato-subulata. Stamina 3. Filamenta persistcntia, lou- 

 gissima, hyalino-albida. Antherac oblongo-Iineares, obtusae, fla- 

 vidae. Stylus profunde trifidus, longissimus, fuscescens. 



231. C. EiiRENBERGlI. Culmo triangulari, glabro ; foliis culmo 

 longioribus, membranaceis, planis, triuerviis, niargine nervisque 

 scabris ; umbella composita, suboctoradiata ; radiis valde inac- 

 qualibus, longioribus apice digitato-ramosis, subtriphyllis; invo- 

 lucro 7-phyIlo, longissimo; spicis arcte spicatis, patentissimo- 

 reflcxis, lineari-subulafis, tcretiusculis, subflexuosis, subsexflo- 

 ris ; squamis remofis, ovatis, acutiusculis, convexo-navicularibus, 

 dorso quinquenerviis et viridibus, lateribus hyalino-rufescenti- 

 bus; achenio (inimaturo) obovato-oblongo, friangulari, intcrne 

 leviter curvato, punctulato, stramineo-fuscescente, squama dimi- 

 dio brcviore. C. strigosus SchlecJdend. in Ehrenh. heih. Ins. St. 

 Thomae. (nec Z>inn.) — Insulae St. Thomae (Ebjenb.) et Cubae 

 (Poeppig.). — Eolia margine, supra in nervis lateralibus subtus- 

 que in nervo medio scabra. Rhacheola flexuosa , articulata?; 

 articulis excavato-alalis, achenio paulo brcvioribus ; alis hyalino- 

 albidis, achenium amplectentibus. Squamae duae inferiores cu- 

 juslibct spicae parvae, vacuae; ex his ultima acuminato-subu- 

 lala. Stamina 3. Filamenta persistentia , longissima, hyalino- 

 albida. Stylus trifidus, longissimus, hyalino-fuscescens. Spicae 

 in speciminibus cubensibus paulo minores. 



232. C. FERAX Richard in Act. Soc. hisi. nat. Paris. 1. 

 10(5. Vahl. Enum. 2. 357. (lapsu calami ferox.') Culmo trian- 

 gulari, glabro, basi foliato ; foliis planis, membranaceis, margine 

 scabris, culmum subaequantibus ; umbella composita, niuUii'a- 

 diata, diffusa; radiis apice brachiato-ramosis ; ramis undique spi- 



