376 CYPERACE^ Cyi^erui . 



30. G. badius (Desf. Atl. 1, 45, tab. 7. fig. 2) rhizomate 

 repente, culmis erectis Iriquetris basi foliatis, foliis angustius lineari- 

 bus culmos subsequautibus, umbelise subdecompositfe radiis subqui- 

 nis abbreviatis centrali subnullo longioribus apice subbrachiato-rama- 

 losis ramulis brevissimis angulo recto sfepius patentibus, involucri 

 phyilis anthelam longe superantibus, spiculis ad ramulos breviler 

 corymboso-spicatis patentibus linearibus acutis, glumis ovatis obtu- 

 sis dorso subvirenti 3-5-nerviis fuscis obsolete alho-marginatis, 

 rachide alata, stigmatibus tribus, nucula obovatd triquetra gluma 

 duplo breviore %. Rchb. Germ. fig. 671. — C. longus var. badim 

 J. Gay in Camb. Bal. - C. tenuiflorus Presl. et prob. Roltb. — C. 

 intermedius Guss. — C myriostachys Ten. — C. elongatus Sieb. exs, 

 Egypt. — C. Sc/rimperianus Steud. Syn. p. 34. 



Hab. in paludosis, ad aquas, Zacynthus (Marg !), Corcyra f Ball !), Greta 

 (Heldr! Raul !),Pelopoimesns (Spr! Heldr !), Attica (Heldr !), Thracia (Pichler!), 

 Anatolia ad Smyrnam (Pest!), Egyptus media (Asch!) et superior (Siebf 

 Boiss ! Kralik !). 



A botanicis nonnullis pro varietate C. longi habitus, facies tamen pecu- 

 liaris. 



Ar. Geogr. Regio Mediterranea totius Europse et AfricaB borealis, Nubia,. 

 Abysslnia, insulae Canarienses. 



31. G. pallescens (Desf. Fl. Atl. I, p. 45, tab. 9) rhizomate 

 brevi vix stoionifero fibras numerosas tongas edente, culmis erec- 

 tis triquelris parte inferiore foliosis, foliis culmo hrevioribus^ 

 umbella inaequaliter pluriradiata simplici vel composila radiis tenui- 

 bus apice spicas breves fasciculiformes solitarias vel ternas gerenti- 

 bus, involucri phyllis anthela brevioribus vel eam superantibus, spi- 

 culis linearibus acutis multifloris, glumis oblongis obtusiusculis vel 

 mucronulatis procter carinam virentem nervulosam omnino albido- 

 hyaiinis, rachide alata, stigmatibus tribus, nucula triquetra gluma 

 dimidio breviore %. C. ochreoicles Steud. (}lum. p. 84. — C. Lamar- 

 ckianns Hochst. et Steud in Ky. Pl. Nub. N° 222 non Schult. Mant. 

 — C. longus var. poJlidus Bock. Linn. 36, p. 280. 



Hab. in paludosis ad canalem Alexandriai Egypti (Letourn. 152 D, prope 

 Cahirarn (Schweinf. 2017 !) ad Tell Kebir in Ouadi Gora (Schweinf f). 



Specifice a C. longo prseter spiculas pallidas radicis indole distinctus, rhi~ 

 zoma non crassum et longe repens sed brevissimum globosum fibras longas- 

 et rarissirae stolonem emittens. Hsec mihi planta a Fontanesio descripta et 

 delineata videtur quamvis specimina Atlantica non viderim. 



Ar. Geogr. Nubia. 



32. G. rotundus (L. Syst. p. 98) perennis, caudice brevi, cau- 

 diculis elongatis filiformibus hinc inde in tubera ovato-obionga incras- 

 satis, culmo gracili triquetro basi crebre foliato, foliis linearibus 

 acuminatis cuimo saepius brevioribus, umbellfe radiis 3-9 brevibus 

 inae(iualibus simplicibus rarius apice brachiato-ramosis, involucri 

 phyJlis majoribus umbellam cequantibus vel superantibus, spiculis- 



