Ci/perus. CYPERACEiE 369 



breviore obovata obtuse trigona 3;. Schmnus miicrmatus L. Sp. 63. 

 . — Fl. Grsec. tab. 44. — Rchb. Germ. tig. 680. — Mariscus mucro- 

 natus Presl. — Cyperus jEgyptiacus Glox. Obs. 20, tab. 8. — Gali- 

 leamucronata Parlat. Fl. Ital. — Scirpus Kalli Forsk. Descr. i5. 



Hab. in arenosis maritimis Graecia et Gycladum (Orph. Fl. Gr. exs. 209, 

 etc), Thracia) (Griseb!), Anatolise (K^h), Ciliciae. (Ball), Syriae (Gailll), Pa- 

 lestinae (Boissl), Egypti inferioris (Forsk, EhrlSchw! etc). 



Spiculae ssepe obscurius tamen interdum (in specirainibus spiculis paucio- 

 ribus et minus congestis donatis) manifeste distichae observantur. 



Ar. tJogr. Regio Mediterranea Europse et Africae borealis, ihsulae Gana- 

 rienses. 



14. C. conglomeratus (Rollb. Descr. p.21) cespilosus glauces- 

 cens, rhizotnale abbreviato stolonifero fibras ssepe toraentosas edente, 

 culrais ssepius elatis leretiusculis duris rigidis basi foliosis, foliis 

 rigidis teretiusculis inferne canaliculatis culmos sequantibus aut bre- 

 vioribus, spiculis in capitulum unicura globosum vel in umbellam 

 breviter 3-4-radiatam ad radiorum apicem congeslis oblongis vel 

 oblongo-linearibus compresso-turgidis raultifloris, involucri phyllis i- 

 S rigidis insequalibus longiore culmum continuante spiculas supe- 

 rante, giurais arcte imbricatis stramineis ovalis vel ovato-oblongis 

 subcarinatis obtusiusculis vei raucronulatis raultinerviis rachide noa 

 alata, stigmatibus ternis, staminibus ternis, nucula triquetra fusca 

 facie plana dorso convexa obtusangula "^ . Rottb. Ic, tab. 15, fig. 7 

 (spiculae nimis diminutse). — G. proteinolepis Steud. Glum. II, 15. 

 — C. Aucherii Jaub. et Sp. III. Or. II, tab. 101. —C. pungens Bock. 

 Linn. 35, p. 527. — C. macrorrhizus Nees. 



Hab. in arenosis maritimis et desertorum, Egyptus inferior (Auch. 2794 !), 

 ad Ismailia et Rosettam (Schweif! Ball!) ad mare Rubrum (Fig!), Palestina 

 austraiis ad Gaza (Bove !j, Persia australis et regnum Mascate Arabiae 

 (Auch. 54831), Persia media ad Kaschan (Buhse!). Variat culmis pumilis, 

 Arabia petrea ad Tor (Bov6l), insulae Karek et Korgo sintls Persici (Auch. 

 No20, al). 



/3 ejffusus. — Spiculae minores ssepius pauciores et minus con- 

 gestae, folia interdum tenuiora. Vix varietas. — C. effasus Rottb. 

 Descr. 22, tab. 12, fig. 8. — C. curvulus et C. arcuatus Bock. 

 Linn. 35, p. 341. — C- fakatus Bock. I. cit. p. 546. 



Hab. ad littora .^gyptiaca maris Rubriprope Kosseir(Schweinfl). 



y arenarius Gosson Expl. Alg. p. 245. — Laxius cespitosus, rhizo- 

 mate gracili elongato, caules humiles tenuiores, spiculae brevitcr 

 ovatae in capitulum globosura minus dense congestse. — C. arenarius 

 Retz Obs. 4, p. 9. — C Persicus Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, XIII, p. 39. 



Hab. in arenosis maritimis Persise australis ad Abuchir (Haussk 1), insula- 

 rum Karrak et Korgo (Ky. 5 et 21 !), Belutschiae (StockS 1). 



Species.valde variabilis cujus formae altera in alteram manifeste transeunt. 



Ar. Geogr. Nubia et Abyssinia, Senegalia, Arabia tropica, Madagascaria» 

 Iudia. 



