JOO CYPERACEAE juss. (Cyperiis.) 



torctiusculis, obracleolaii.s, 12-16-floris ; squamis arcle iniLrica- 

 tis, amplcciontibus, subrotundo-ovatis, obtusis cum mucronulo, 

 latere mcmbranaccis, albidis, dorso griseo-rufcscentibus; stylo 

 trifido ; stigmatibus elongatis ; caryopsi oblonga, trigona, utrin- 

 que acuta, laevi; involucri ploiophylli foliolis binis exterioribus 

 maxiniis foliisque radicalibus latis, carina margineque serrulato- 

 scabris ; involucellis angustis, umbellula brevioribus ; culmo tri- 

 quetro, angulis superne spinuloso- scabris, latoribus concavis. 

 Nees. C. elaius Roxb. Flor. Ind. 1. 207. (excl. syn.) C. maxi- 

 mus RoxL Icon. ined. {fide IV. Arnoll.) — Coromandelia, Ben- 

 galia. 



267. C. ROYLEI W.ArnoU m Wight. Boi. 85. (IVall. Cai. 

 n. 3345.) Umbella composita, pluriradiata: radiis compressis, 

 sirictis, apice umbcllatis e spicis 5-6 subaequalibus erectis ie- 

 retibus a basi densissime imbricatis ; spiculis lanceolatis, com- 

 pressis, ebractoatis, 4-14-floris; squamis ovatis, obtusis, mucro- 

 iiatis, flavis, dorso trinorvibus, norvo carinali viridi; stylo tri- 

 fido; caryopsi ovali^ triquctra, laovi, pallida; involucellis dipbyl- 

 lis, umbcllula brcvioribus; involucro subhoxapbyllo; foliolis A 

 umbella longioribus, linoaribus, latiusculis foliisque margine ru- 

 bris (scabris?); culmo trigono, laevi. Nees. C. digitaius Nees 

 ab Esenb. in Wighl. Bof. 85. (e.rcl. syn. Boxb.) — Sillet. (In- 

 dia orientalis.) — W. Arnott C. digitatum Bo.vb. ciim C. race- 

 moso Betz. conjungit. 



268. C. RACEMOSUS Retz. Obs. G. 20. Vahl Enum. 2. 355. 

 Nees ab Esenb. in Wighf. Bof. 85. (Wall. Cat. it. 3341.; Um- 

 bella decomposiia, iastigiata, multiradiata ; radiis semiteretibus, 

 strictis, universalibus partialibusque apicc umbcliatis e spicis 

 pluribus scssilibus linoaribus strictis; spiculis imbricaiis, lineari- 

 lanceolatis, compressis, subebracteolatis , 5-10-floris; squamis 

 ovatis, mucronatis, dorso fulvis rufove fuscis, nervo carinali vi- 

 ridi, laiere flavis ; stylo irifido; caryopsi ovali, alba, latere inie- 

 riorc concavo; involucro decaphyllo, erecto ; foliolis e basi la- 

 tiorc attcnuatis, margine scabris, 3-4 umbella iongioribus ; in- 

 volucellis foliaceis, umbollulam superantibus aoquantibusvc ; fo- 

 liis radicalibus lato-Iinoaribus, culmo triquetro firmo altoque lon- 

 gioribus. Nees. C. digitatus Boxb. Flor. Ind. 1. 209. (fide W. 

 Arnotl.) Nees ab Esenh. in Linnaea 9. 285. C. glomeraius Boxh. 

 Ic. ined. t. 729. {fde W. Arnotl.) — Peninsula Indiae orienta- 

 lis, Penang. — Sprcngel (Syst. 1. 229.) ad C. proccrum ducii. 



269. C. FIMBRIATXJS Nees ab Esenb. in Wight Bot. of Ind. 

 86 et in Linnaea 9. 285. Umbella docomposita, involucro 3-4- 

 phyllo brcviorc; spicis sossilibus, subfasciculatis; rhachi hirsu- 

 la; spiculis patulis, lancoolatis squamisque fuscis^ obtusis; culmi 

 triqueiri angnlls, foliis (?) involucrisque ciliatis. Nees. — Nepa- 

 lia. — Ciliis culmnm ot invnlucra ornantibus distinctissimus 

 omnium, C. piloso Vahl. solo acccdens, cujus sola rhachis hir- 

 suta. (Nees.) 



