CYPERUS. 
CHÆTOCYPERUS. 
1. Chetocyperus Limnocharis, Nab. E. iu Wight Contr. 
1-96. Cyperus setaceus Retz. 
Herba minima cespitosa 3-4 unciatis, culmi simplices, basi 
folio membranaceis vaginanto, limbo parvo adpresso vestit. 
obtuse 4 gonis, interdum demum apice radicantes, vel potius 
proliferi. Spicule terminalis junior disticha, 3-5 flora, squa- 
mis membranaceis, l-nervis, (nervo viridi-carinulato) pur- 
pureo-sanguineis, marginibus albidis infima vacua. Setz 
6, cellulosz, retrorsum hispidz, З exteriores, angulis ovaria op- 
positis breviores, posticd intermedid longitudine, Stamina 3, 
1-2 interdum abortiva, (hoc casu stamen vel stamina lateralio) . 
Ovarium obovatum angulis rotundatis 3, cui stamina op- 
po sita. е 
Stylus З partitus profunde, basi 3 gone сопіса, ovarii api- 
cem tegante tantum persistente angulis ovarii angulis oppositis. 
Caryopsis immature rugulosa cum angulata, basi styli con- 
tinua. к | 
Partium situs et alternatio, Pl. CXXXIX. Fig. 154. 
а. Squama. 
b,b,b. Sete З, exieriores. 
c,c,c. Stamina his opposita. 
е,е,е. Setz З, interiores. Trianguli, anguli ovarii. 
JJJ. Stigmata. 
Confer Prod. Brunonis illustrissimis, sub Eleochari, p. 80 
4. 
Prope, Jumalpore : September 18th, 1835. 
In Cyperus rotundus of Roxb. Hezastachyus Койо]. 
There are properly speaking no lateral scales, neither is their 
existence mentioned by Mr. Brown in his Prodromus. The 
fact is that the inner membranaceous margins of each scale, or 
bract, is prolonged downwards below its insertion until it 
reaches the insertion of the ovarium of the flower, on the op- 
