CYPERACEAE juss. (Cypeius.) 99 



culino triqnciro, l.icvi. Don. C. pnlcher Don. ProJ. 38. — Nc- 

 palia. 2| — Culnuis spitliamacnsj foliis longior. Spicnlac G, ap- 

 j^roximaiae, pinnalini digestac, scniipollicarcs, flavesccntes. (Don.) 

 2()1. C. TUISLLCUS Don. Prod. 39. Uuibella 5-ratliata, in- 

 volucro plurinunn brcviorc ; spiculis ovali-oblongis, obtusis, con- 

 ferti.s ; gluuiis oblongis, obtusis, adpressis, margine repando-cris- 

 pulatis; foliis lincaribus, margine scabris, culmo trisulco brevio- 

 ribus. Don. — Ncpalia. 



262. C. DoNiANUS Diefr. Spec. 2. 290. Panicula tcrmi- 

 nali, coarctata, bractcis foliaceis duplo breviorc; spicnlis lincari- 

 subulatis, alternis, sessilibus; glumis cllipticis, acuminatis rha- 

 chique pilosis; foHis late lincaribns^ cnspidatis, margine scabris, 

 culmo triquetro duplo longioribus. Do7i. C. paniculatus Don. 

 Prod. 39. — Ncpalia. 2(i — Kadix repens, lignosa. Cnlmus 

 2-3-pcdaIis, inferne dccumbcns, radicans. (Don.) Schultes {Mant. 

 3. 545) ad C. pilosum ducit. 



263. C. CARICIIVUS Don. Prod. 39. Raceihis lateralibus, 

 simplicibus; spiculis linearibus, tennifloris, remotc altcrnis; brac- 

 tcis lincari-sctaceis rhachique scabris , spiculas superantibns; 

 glumis ellipticis, mucronatis, scabris, arilla (?) vix longioribus; 

 foliis late lincaribus, cnlmo triquetro longioribus. Don. — Nepa- 

 lia. 2\. — Culmus 1-lj-pedaIis. Facic C. spathacci. (Don.) 



264. C. WiGHTll Nees ah Esenh. in nighh Bot. of Ind. 78. 

 Spiculis globoso-capitatis, oblongo-lanccolatis, compressis, 10- 

 30-floris; squamis arcte imbricatis, ovatis, in acumen mcdiocre 

 subulatum recurvum attenuatis , subtilitcr nervoso-striatis, pal- 

 lide brunneis, margine albo-membranaceo, cnervi; stylo trifido; 

 caryopsi obovata, trigona, laeviuscula, cinerea; involucri 2-3- 

 phylli foliolo altcro capitulo subduplo longiore; foliis anguste 

 linearibus, complicato-canaliculatis, culmo flaccido triquctro bre- 

 vioribus; radicc fibrosa. Nees. C. pcctiniformis IVigJd. Cat. n. 

 1817. — India oricntalis. — Solus huic affinis est C. Tcnerif- 

 fae Poir. Inter spccies indicas hujus gcneris comparandi sunt 

 cum illo C. capitatus Retz. et C. nitcns Retz. C. pectinatus 

 Roxh. difl"ert culmo stricto et spiculis linearibus: an ad hunc 

 iiostrum referendus? (Necs.) 



265. C. PERTENUIS Roxh. Flor. Ind. 1. 202. Nees ah Esenh. 

 in fViglit. Bot. of Ind. 83. Culmo 3-4-pedaIi, inferne subtei'eti, 

 superne trigono; foliis paucis, radicalibus, cnhno brcvioribns; 

 umbella composita decompositaque quam pro plantae altitudine 

 minoi'e; involncro nmbellam snbaequantc; spiculis lanceolatis, 

 multifloris; stylo trifido; caryopsi trigona. Nees. — Prope Cal- 

 cuttam. 



266. C. RoXBURGHII Nees ah Esenh. in WigTit. Bot. of Ind. 

 84. Nees ah Esenh. in Linnaea 9. 285. UmbcIIa decomposita 

 supi*adecompositaquc, contracta; radiis univcrsalibus clongatis, 

 compresso-trigonis, fasciculato-umbellatis e spicis pliiribus fasti- 

 giatis cylindricis subsessilibus; spiculis imbricatis, linearibus, 



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