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Species c u iii e e 1 1 ii I i s a c li a e n i i e p i il e r in a 1 i l> ii s s u )>- 

 a e q u e I a t e r a t i s : 



('YPEKUS PUMHA'S */.. 



Iliiiiiili.f ; uiiihi'lla simplex, K])iriil(ir ui rhurlit fircri spicutiiii (lisiiosilac, 

 suMineares, valde coiiipressae ; rhachilla oxalata; /////y;/»»' acute coiiiin-cssae, 

 iiisiiidatiie; stamina 1—2; (irli(ii;nium pnrviiiii, ohovatuiii. 



e. puniilus Liini. Amiicii. Arad. i p. S02 (sec. Liiiii. Sp. |il. Kd. Il p. (i!)) 

 (('larke in llerb. i^iim. proprio idei'titateni statiiit); L'hivkc in ./. />.N. XXI 

 p. 4;{ (piantae a ('larke anno 188:5 ileterniinatae!, 1886 citatae!) 



(". Tiitens (Retz) l'alil Kn.iAAl p. :W1 ; Kuiilh F.n. pl.W p. :i : Hovrk. 

 in /.. XXXV p. 483; .!//</. Fl. Ind. Bat. III p. 255 ! 



Pycreus nitens Neex in Xorn Aria XVI K>U2>/d.2 p. 53; Clark)' in Fl. 

 Ut: Ind. VI p. 591. 



ICONES : Gaertn. Friicl. et Seni. Tab. 2 fij,'. 2 ! 



Prob. aiinuus; rhizuina brevissiiuuiii; (7(/;;^/ caespitosi, tenuis- 

 sinii, tri(i[uetri, liuiuile« (niaxiiiie I'/^ d.M. alti), stricti vel pro- 

 cnmbeiitos; folitt radicalia, laiiiinata 1 — 3, partiin cuhuuni 

 aequaiitia vel eo breviora, partiiii (subinde nuUa) euin superaii- 

 tia; laniina aiigusta (2';i! ni.M.), Haccida vel in.iii. rigida, in 

 jiartc superiore scabra. Unihdlii simplex; ntdü usque 6, lon- 

 g■iol•e^s pleruinque 2 — 4 maxiiiie 3'/-' t^-M. liabeutes, apice spicati ; 

 ochreae usque 5 in.M. longae, oblique triincatae; folia involu- 

 vrulia 4 — 5, unuin pleruiuque iiiiniimuii, 2 — 3 unibellani siipe- 

 rautia usque 1'/^ d.M. longa; spinic densae vel laxiusculae, 

 riiai-hi brevi (± 3 in.iVI.), siiiiplices vel ui.iu. paniculatiui coni- 

 positae, pauci- usque 30 spiculatac^; spjcuhic sublinearcs, saepe 

 f) (maxime 7) : 2 (inter fiiies extremos) m.M., 14 — 24 florae, valde 

 compressae, quocumque divei'gentets, pallide fuscac nonnumquam 

 spadiceae; rhachilla conipressa, fusca, exalata, internodiis u.1. 

 ','2 m.M. longis. Gluinae acute conipressae, oblongae, "/si^/s m.M., 

 obtusae, cuspidatae cuspi subrecurvatii '/.i m.M. longa ('/« glumae 

 partem habente), diiiiidifi pai'te imbricatae; glumae infimae 2 

 minores, vacuae; staiiiina plerumque 1 rare 2, anthex'is parvis; 

 sli/lii.'i bitidus, cum ramis glumam s-ub-aequans; achaeniuni obtuse 

 bihiteraliter conipressum, ovale — obovatum, •*;:. : 'ja m.M., ae(|ue 

 longum atque diniidiuui glumae, apiculatum, castaneo bruuueuni, 



