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bot. p. 20 tab. 3 (1785). — C. schoenoides (Jkisbb. Spicil. H. riim. & bitb. II p. 

 421 (1844). — Exs. : Kual. 1*1. tuu. u. 147. — Tun.: Dune.s à (labès, 0—5 m. 



O. olivetorum. — Nova spec. — Pereiini.s. Rhizoma crassum, ahbreviatuin, 

 sublifiiiosum, vaginis folioruin emortuorum, partim in fibras solutoruin obtectuni, 

 cvibnos ot surculos foliatos erectos cœspitem formantes emittens. Radiées tenues, 

 l)ilis brevissiniis sparse vestita;, nec lanato-tomentosae. Culmi S — 10 cm. aiti, foiia 



Fig. 2. Cyperus olivetomm Murb. 



vix vel non superantes, graciles sed firmuli, teretiusculi, basi foliati. Folia linearia 

 vel lineari-setacea, 5 — 10 cm. longa, 1 — 3 mm. lata, rigidula, margine scabriuscula, 

 juniora canaliculato-complicata, suberecta, csetera plana, supra concava, plus minus 

 pateutia, omnia ut culmi glaucescentia. Spiculîe ad apicem radiorum umbellœ 

 breviter 3 — 4-ra(liat3e vel capituliformis cougestœ, oblongœ, compressiusculœ, 8 — 15- 

 florEe; racbiila angulata, nec alata. Involucri phylla 3 — 4, lineari-setacea, valde 

 injequilonga, majus umbella plerumque multoties longius, culmum continuans. 

 Glumœ sat arcte imbricatae, late ovatœ, nmltiuerviœ, dorso virides. cseterum fusço 



