CYPERACEAE juss. (Carex.) 509 



icrminalcs, solitariac, longe pcdiinciilaiao, polysiacliyac, spicae- 

 formcs. Spicae scssilcs. Squamac niasculae ovalo-oblongae , 

 mucronato -subaristatae, hyalino-fusccsccntcs, glabrae; fcmineae 

 ovato-subrotundac, apice rotunilatac, aristulatac, ncrvosac, gla- 

 brae, byalino-fusccsccntes. Stamina 3. Utriculi obovato-oblongi, 

 attcnuato-rostrati, lcvitcr rurvati, costati, olivacco-fusci, glabri, 

 squamam duplo superantcs; rostro supcrne marginc scabro, ore 

 bidenticulato. Aclicnium immaturum obovato- oblongum, trian- 

 gularc, rudimcnto styli basi crassiusculo tcrminatum. 



364. C. INDICA Lvin. Mant. 574. Willd. Spec. 4. 246 et 

 herb. n. 17171. IValdenh. in Acf. Jlolm. 1803. 149. Nees ah 

 Esenb. in IVighf. Bot. 123. {IVall. Cat. n. 3400 a [ex parie] h 

 \c.v parie.Y) Spicis subdecompositis, subpinnatis ; axillaribus in- 

 fcrioribus cxscrtc pcdunculatis ; rliacbi angulata, scabcrrima ; spi- 

 culis altcrnis, subdisticbis, tcrctibus, acutis, basi fcmincis; stig- 

 matibus 3; fructu trigono-ovato, rostrato, ncrvoso, striato, sca- 

 bro; squamis subacqualibus, imbricatis, ovatis, mucronatis, fe- 

 mincis paulo longius mucronatis, scabris; foliis latiuscule linea- 

 ribus, margine scabris ; floi-alibus spicas suas suj)crantibus. Nces. 

 C. Pcrsonii SchAuhr. (fide auct.) — Insulae Eorboniae ct Mau- 

 ritii, Ncpaiia, Peninsula Indiae oricntalis. — Paniculae axilla- 

 rcs ct tcrminalcs, simpliccs, longe pcduncuiatae, solitariae, vcl 

 potius spicae complurcs, in apicc pedunculorum per paniculam 

 simpliccm dispositac, scssiles, cjlindraccac , androgynae, apice 

 masculae. Squamac ncrvosae (in spcciminibus indicis Walli- 

 chianis unincrviae, lincolis punctulisquc fcrrugineis obsitac), 

 longc mucronatae, glabrac; masculae ovato-oblongac, pallidc fer- 

 rugincac; fcmincac brcviorcs, ovatac, pallidc fcrrugineae, carina 

 viridulac, margine hyalino-albidae. Utriculi oblongi, longe ro- 

 straii, rostro bicuspidato, triangulares , mcmbranacei, nervosi, 

 olivacci, glabri, supcrne ad margincm scabriusculi, squamam su- 

 perantcs. Acbcniuni oblongum, triangulare, brcviter stipitatum, 

 basi styli tcrminatum, impresso-punclulatum, fuscum. Stigma- 

 ta 3. (Dcscript. sccundum spccimcn mauritianum, simillimum 

 borbonico in hcrb. Willd. asservato.) Specimina Wallichiana 

 robustiora, juvcnilia. Similis C. meiogynae, sed facilis distinclu 

 e spiculis basi non laxe squamosis proptereaque non attenuato- 

 sessilibus, tum squamis conformibus, ovatis_, ncrvo in mucroncm 

 producto, quandoque autem submuticis, fcmineis micanti-scabris, 

 dorso viridibus, margine pallide lutesccntibus. (Nees.) 



36;"). C. CONDENSATA JVees ah Esenh. in IVight. Bot. 123. 

 (JVall. Cat. n. 3400 h, ex parte.) Spicis dccompositis, densis, 

 ovatis, axillaribus, infcrioribus cxscrte pcdunculatis ; rhachi an- 

 gulata, sulphureo-hispidissima ; spiculis alternatim approximalis, 

 lanccolatis, teretibus, acutis, basi fcmineis; stigmatibus 3 ; fructu 

 ovato-lanceolato, rostralo, basi trigoiio; squamis aequalibus, im- 

 bricatis, ovatis, mucronatis, mcmbranaccls, griscis ; femincis lon- 

 gius mucronatis ; foliis latiuscule liuearibus, margine culmoque 



