CYPERACEAE jlss. (Cypeiiis.) 101 



270. C. Neesii. Culmo folioso, praealto, trigono; unibclla 

 (dcconiposila?) supradccomposilaque nniltiradiata; spicis partia- 

 libus pluribus, scssilibus, terctibus, inferionbus brevioribus, pa- 

 tcntissimis ; rbachi crassa, sulcata ; spiculis coufcrtissimis, pa- 

 icntissimis, lincaribus, compressis, brcvibracteolatis, 12-tloris; 

 squamis ovatis, obtusis cuni mucrone , latere lutescentibus, 

 dorso purpurascentibus, carina vircnte; rliachillae auriculis apice 

 liberis; demum solubilibus; involucri polyphylii foliolis alternis, 

 planis, latis, trincrviis foliisquc margine serrulato-scabris, non- 

 jMiIlis umbella multo longioribus. Nees. C. elatus Linn. Amoen. 

 Acad. 4. 301. (Jide Nees.) Ejusd. Spec. 67. Nees ah Esenh. in 

 Linnaea 9. 285. Papyrus elatus Nees ah Esenh. in IVight. Bol. 

 88. — Ceylona. — Species distincta spicis partialibus inferis 

 ad basim centralis quasi verticillatis^ dense congestis^ patentis- 

 simis, qua nota ad C verticillatum nimis appropinquatur. (Nees.) 

 C fastigiato vel C. cmincnti aflinis? Conf. cum C. distante. 



271. C. ALBIDUS Reiz. Ohs. 6. 21. Vahl. Enum. 2. 352. 

 Spicis corymbosis; spiculis latis; scminibus apice capitulatis; 

 involucro polypbyllo^ longissimo. Vahl. C. Retzii Poir. Encycl. 

 7. 255. — China. — • Culmus tripedalis, triqueter. Folia ad 

 basim culmi, bipedalia. Umbella composita, 8-radiata; radiis 2- 

 3-polIicaribus. Involucrum 8-pbyIIum , sesquipedale. Ochrea 

 Jissa. Spiculae latiusculac, subsemipollicares, albidae, 16-20- 

 florac. Valvulac apice divergentcs. Fruclus altcro apice acu- 

 minc elongatus, altero capitulo truncato terminatus, stigmati 

 peltato simili. (Relz.) Nec hujus gencris, nec hujus familiae? 



2) Species luzonicnses. 



272. C. SPICATUS Presl. in Rel. Ilaenl: 1. 173. Culmo tri- 

 quetro ; foliis culmum excedentibus, margine spinuloso-scabris ; 

 involucro 5-phyllo; phyllis duobus longissimis ; involucellis iri- 

 pliyllis; umbella multiradiata, supradecomposita; radiis inaequa- 

 libus; spiculis ovatis, 6-floris, in spicas cylindraceas dense di- 

 gestis ; gluniis obovato-subrotundis, cmarginatis, mucronato-ari- 

 statis, uiiincrviis ; fructu elliptico^ triquetro. Presl, ■ — Luzonia, 

 Mexico. Z{i 



273. C. PIIILIPPENSIS Presl. in Rel. Iluenk. 1. 171. Culmo 

 triquctro ; foliis culmo longioribus, margine scabris; involucro 

 5-pbyIIo, umbellam multiradiatamulccompositam longc cxcedcnte; 

 radiis subacqualibus; spicnlis lincaribus, 6-floris, in spicas cy- 

 lindraceas laxe digestis ; glumis ovato-oblongis, acutis, vininer- 

 viis; fructu obovato-elliptico, triquclro^ minutissime punctulato. 

 Presl. — Luzonia. 2\., 



274. C. LUZONENSIS Presl. in Rel. Ilaenh. 1. 174. Culmo 

 triquetro; foliis culmum aequantibus, margine scabris; involu- 

 cro 5-phyIlo; phyllis duobus umbella multiradiata duplo longio- 

 ribus; spiculis lanccolatis, 8-12-floris, iu spicas horizontaliter 

 laxe dispositis; glumis ovatis, mucronatis, 5-ncrviis, carina sca- 



