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Corolla. Glutna bivahis, vahulis oblongis carinath comprejjis. 

 Semen. Vnicum orbiculatum compreffum. 



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CYPERUS 



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Maximus ajfurgens, culmo rotund. 



panicula fparfa 







Cyp 



quandoque monjirofa -, fpicillis comprejjis diftiche imbri 



Maximus panicula foL 



Slo. Cat. 35. 6c H. t. 74. f» 1. 



The largeft foliaceous Cyperus. 



This plant grows in all the low lands 



the Caymanas : and rifes commonly 



the height of five feet, or better : It feeds but feldom, but in, the room of thefe it 

 bears a large foliated top that is divided and fubdivided into two or three feriesof um- 

 bella?, each growing gradually fmaller as they rife towards the fummit, where every 

 little radius ends in a few leaves. It feems to be the papyrus of Stapel, in his notes 



I'heophraJl, 



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CYPERUS 4. Major umbellatus, paniculis /axis, fpicillis teretibus, cul- 

 mo triquetro, 



Cyperus. Panicula maxima fparfa, &c. Slo. Cat. 35, & H. t. 75. 



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The larger Sedge with a triangular Stalk and loofe Panicle. 



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CYPERUS 5 .*■ 'Major, culmo fubtriquetro, panicula ampla fparfa, foh 



volucri longiffimis 



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This plant is very like the foregoing, of which it may be only 



They 



both very common in the lower lands, and feldom rife above two feet and a half 



from the 



tho' the leaves are often more than that in length 



CYPERUS 6. Major fubtriquetrus , paniculis oblongis Jlriflioribus 





Cyp 



Maximus, panicula minus jparfa, &c, Slo. Cat. 35, &H. t. 9 





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The large Cyperus with a more compact Panicle 





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CYPERUS 



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Hu milt 'or, fqliis involucri albo longitudinaliter fafc 



Gramen Cyperioides /pica compafla alba, Ofc. Slo. Cat. 36, &H. t. 78 







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The variegated Grafly Cyperus 



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CWEKVS 8. Culmo erefio tereti fubftriato, foliis teretibus canaliculars, 



The Rufli Cyp 



This plant is very common between Kingjlon and Hunts-bay -, the (talk is very 

 flender, and feldom rifes above two feet and a half : it grows in large tufts, and the 

 leaves, tho' very flender, are nearly of the fame length with the ftalk. 



9. EreSlus cylindraceus fub teres umbellatus, fpicillis com- 

 prejjis dijliche' imbricatis £? radiatis. 



CYPERUS 



An, Cyperus Umbellatus, &c. Pk. t. 191, f. 4, vel 415, f. 4. 





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The larger eredl field Cyperus with a flender Stem 



CYPERUS 10. Ere Bus teres, Jpicillis fir i Bis ovatis, exterioribus pedi 



latis confer tim nafcentibus, 

 Gfamen Junceumaquaticumgeniculatum, &c. Slo. Cat. 37, & H 



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75 



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