CYPERACEAE Juss. (Fimbristylis.) 241 



57. F. TORTA. Involucro 2-3-i)liyllo, e basi incmbranacoa 

 Hnearj, obtuso, umbclla dcconiposiia biradinia laxiuscnla multo 

 brovioi"e; culmo sulcalo-ani^ulato, comprcssiusculo foliisque li- 

 nearibus rccurvis, ex apice rotundato mucronatis, concoloribus, 

 rigidulis, contortis ; spiculis tcrnis, scssilibus aut brevipedicella- 

 iis, oblongis; squamis obtusis, glabris , rufo-fuscis, undique 

 albo -marginatis, triandris ; carvopsi obovata, trigona, alba, tu- 

 berculata; rbizomate crasso, repcntc, fibroso, fibris flagcllari- 

 bus. Nees. Trichclostylis torta Nees ab Esenh. ixi fVlght. Bot. 

 of Ind. 105 ei in JAnnaea 9. 290. — India orientalis — Ob 

 babitum Tricbclostyli junciformi, ob radiccm et spiculas Tricbe- 

 lostyli chactorrhizae affinis. (Nces.) ISees ab Escnbcck (in Lin- 

 iiaca 9. 290) huc ducit Scirpum dichotomum Rottb. 



58. F. WiGHTIAXA Nees ab Esenb. in IVight. Bot. of Ind. 

 99 et in Linnaea 9. 290. Umbella decomposita, rotundata, 

 densa; umbellulis plurifloris, compactis; involucro diphyllo, um- 

 bclla multo breviorc ; spiculis eliipticis, obtusis, glabris (par- 

 vis); squamis arcte imbricatis, late ovatis, obtusissiniis, testa- 

 ceis, apicc membranaceo-caudidis, dorso subtilissime trincrviis, 

 diandris; stylo imbcrbi; caryopsi obovata, plano-convexa, fusca, 

 iuberculis parvis aspcra; foliis linearibus, obtusiusculis, rigidis, 

 canaliculatis, glabris, margine scabris, culmo l-l|-pedali basi 

 sulcato-angulato apice comprcsso brevioribus. Nees. Scirpus 

 sirictus Ro.xb. Flor. Ind. 1. 229?*) Isolepis stricta Dietr. Syst. 

 2. 123? 



(?) umbclla fere capitata. 



— Peninsula Indiae orientalis. — F. (Trichelosfyli) obtusifoliae 

 ct F. Torresianae affinis. (Nees.) 



Species Browncanae, a me haud visae. 

 1) Spica unica, qnandoque 2 v. 3. 



59. F. PAUCIFLORA Broivn. Prod. 225. Spica erecfa, su- 

 bulata, nuda, pauciflora; stylobifido; nucibus scabriusculis ; flo- 

 ribus monandris; culmo setaceo, basi vaginato. Brown. — Nova 

 Hollandia iropica. 



60. F. ANDROGYNA. Brown. Prod. 226. Spica erecta, co- 

 nico-subulaia, nuda; squamis infcrioribus hermaphroditis, trian- 

 dris ; superioribus minoribus, femineis: nucibus scabriusculis ; 

 culmo setaceo, basi vaginato. Broivn. — Nova Hoilandia iropica. 



61. F. ACICULARIS Broivn. Prod. 226. Spica erecta, nuda, 

 lanceolata, subcompressa; squamis acutiusculis, oblongis, punc- 

 iatis, monandris; stylo basi dilatata, nuda; stigmatibus 2; nuci- 

 bus iransvcrsim rugosis ; culmo capillari, basi vaginaf o. Brown. 



— Nova Hollandia tropica. 



*) Ad var. a verosimiliter pertinet Scirpus strictus Roxb., habitu 

 characteribusque satis congruens, fide W. Arnott. (in Wight. 1. c.) 



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