Cyperus. | CXLIII. CYPERACER. 257 
Stems stout, 2 3- — b get se: numerous 
in the heads . 60. C. Nove Hollandie. 
Spikelets M na a rich bro 
Spikelets o e Suits or heads, usually 8- to 
- "d . € Gunnii. 
Spikelets distinctly spicate, mostly 5- to B-flowered , : 2. C. lucidus. 
Meet ie lengthened ned spikes blat g the rays of a com 
rarely Hips 
Spikelets P at. Glumes loosely imbricate. Nut more 
ength of thi 
ii Rra e A 10- in E. Bih, therhachis 
nged 
Spikelets lots of a ric a xich brown, 3 to 8- ‘flowered, the rhachis 
wing 
Spikelets ee Ghats closely imbricate: Nut less 
than half the length of the glume (Eixaltati). 
Spikelets thik, E to 2 lines broad, E T 4. 
Spikelets very ‘a “under 1 line broad, usually rich 
39, C. eleusinoides. 
52. €. lucidus. 
58.: C. pennatus. 
rown, o 20-flower . 64. C. exaltatus. 
ne nar. IN terete, 10- to 20- flowered, Nut 
half th he length of the g 
enira Es pried = ger 3 m. i ioi or more. 
. 65. C. hematodes. 
Glumes prominently 7- or isis . 
Spikelets -— spica — > os y in. Glumes 
urely . . 56. C. auricomus. 
í se oy retine coii 8 narrow, tereteor -nearly so, often flexuo se, sometime 
ái , the rhachis Shior ed by hyaline wings embracing the nuts. Fais press 
ant, ee closely appressed to the i Pert Style 3-cleft Nuts triquetrous, 
Spikelets rather rigid, with 6 or more flowers, in elon- 
ina large compound umbel . . . . 57. C. feras. 
c 
Spikelets filiform, 3- or helete d, i] loose spikes in a 
Spi ge com Lunbdl T . 59. C. trichostachys, 
pikelets mostly 2- or 3-flowered, in ovoid id globular spikes 
Spike], ;, eee umbel oft few 5a ys. 
Pikelets 1- or te Ace Fa ond s uem spikes 
ya und umbel of many rays. Stems scabrous 61. C. szaber. 
9. be EX VE liaec —Spikelets small, H coer ge , terete or scarcely flattened, 1- or 
i eral t the decet enclosed rhachis bordered by en w “ae Flowering pena im- 
han one, Style 3-cleft. Nut tri 
Spikelet ae with 2 perfect flowers, in sal ET 
hoa in a compound umbel of man; i 
ets with 1 or rarely 2 perfect i ag m, ii cylin- 
Spikelets Spikesin a compo 
T num an with 1 ae Pie in dense 'cylindri- 
Spikes either sessile or pedunculate in à a eB 
Spike] 64. C, umbellatus. 
3 n umaliy with 1 1 perfect i flower in dense ovoid or 
“lobed heads in a Aera ' 
. 60, C. leiocaulus. 
62, C. decompositus. 
63. C. Armstrongit, 
. 65, C. conicus. 
The follo 
wing speci ic nini Australian by Kunth and 
Pieter athobiby of of : aie of Sieber's oar ec which however all 
parviflorus, Nees in. Sieb. Cyperus luzule, Rottb. 
Pat _Miorocephatus, Nees su Seb e103 ieb. n. 103 (6.5 plein us, Spreng. Syst. Cur. 
we s ds ROM, 
