CYPERACEAE juss. (rsolepis.) 195 



jAnnaea 7. 500. 9. 291. (r. in herl. reg. Bcrol.) 10. 154. Cul- 

 inis cacspitosis, {iliforinibus, inforne monoplivllis ; foliis cuhuo 

 mai^is minusve breviorihiis, lineari-filiformibus, glabris ; spicis 

 compluribus, capilato- conglomeratis , ovatis, acutisj involucro 

 subdipbyllo ; foliolo altero capitulum duplo triplove supcrante; 

 squamis carinato-navicularibus, late ovatis, obtusis, obsolctissi- 

 me mucronulatis vel muticis, soperne ad latcra atro-sanguineis, 

 carina viriilula; stylo profunde trifido ; achenio elliptico, obova- 

 to-elliptico vcl subrotundo, triangulari vel trigono, obsolctissi- 

 iiic umbonato, subtilissimc tuberculato-punctulato, sacpius trans- 

 vcrse undulato-ruguloso, fusco, fusco-luteo vol llavido. Scirj)us 

 Bergianus Spreng. Stjsf, 1. 212. (^Spreng. in Zeyh. Flnr. Cap. n. 

 367, Jlde herb. Jmcae.) Stend. in Bof.^Zell. 1829. 1-19. (Ec/cl. 

 herb. Cap. n. 879 u.) I. plebeja Schrad. Anal. Cap. Cyp. 18. t. 

 1. y. 1. (JEckl. herh. Cap. n. 879 a et 880.) Nees ah Escnh. in 

 JJnnaea 9. 291. 10. 153. Scirpus setaceus var. Steud. in Bot. 

 Zeit. 1329. 145. (Ec/d. herh. Cap. n. 880.) Scirpus minimus Sieh. 

 herh. Cap. n. 98. Scirpus setaccus Tlnmh.Prod. 1. Ej. Flor. Cap. 1. 

 361. ed. Schidt. 95. e.vcl. syn. (Jide Schrad., qni ad J.plehejam ducit.) 

 I. cbrysocarpa Nees uh Esenh. in JAnnaea 7. 499. (EcAl. Cap. 

 71. 878 et 87, ex parte.) 9. 291. (Jide specim.) 10. 152. — Cap. 

 b. spei. — Culmi 1-5-poIIicares. Stamina 3. Setae nuUae. 



25. I. PALLIUA JVees uh Esenh. in Linnaea 8. 81. t. 3. 

 fg. 2 c. (EcA-l. herh. n. 878, ex parte.) 9. 291. 10. 153. Cul- 



mis fasciculatis, setaccis, sulcatis; folio lineari, angustissimo, 

 canaliculato, vagina longiore; spiculis subtcrnis, ovatis, apice 

 compressiusculis, involucro monopbyllo setaceo brevioribus ; 

 squamis ovatis, apicc oblique truncatis mcmbraiiaccisquc, mu- 

 cronulatis, latere nervoso-striatis, carinatis, triandris ; caryopsi 

 obovata, trigona, pallide lutea, lacvi; radice filiformi, rcpente. 

 JVees. — Cap. b. spei. — Fornia praecedeiitis? 



26. I. SPHAEROCARPA Nees ah Esenh. in JAnnaea 10. 153. 

 Culinis fasciculatis folioque dimidium culinum aequante canali- 

 culato-filiformibus; spiculis 3-6, oblongis, involucri diphylli se- 

 tacei folio altero rccurvoque brcvioribus; squamis trifariis, 

 ovatis, obtusis, carinatis, latcre apiceni versus striatis, triandris; 

 caryopsi ovali, trigona, lateribus planis, granulato-aspcris, fuscis. 

 Nees. — Cap. b. spei. — Gracilior est Isolcpide chrysocarpa 

 spiculisque gaudct angustioribus. Squamae lutcac, nitcntcs, la- 

 tcre apicem versus macula fusco-purpurea. Folia vaginis multo 

 longiora, subteretia, supra sulco angusto insculpta. (Nees.) 



27. I. SESSLERioiDES. Culmis caespitosis, filiformilius, 

 teretiusculis?, basi foliatis foliisque glabris, filiformibus ; spicis 

 crebris, capitato-conglomeratis, ovatis, acutis, multifloris; invo- 

 lucro diphyllo; foliolo altero longissiino; squamis carinato-navi- 

 cul«aribus, late ovatis, obtusis, muticis, flabellato-ncrvosis, sti*a- 

 minco-pallidis^ superne ad latcra inter nervos atro-sanguineis ; 

 staminibus 3 ; stylo trifido ; achenio obovato-elliptico, subapi- 



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