Cyperus. cyperace^ 377 



elongatis linearlbus multifloris ad apicem radiorum breviler spicalo- 

 fasciculalis, glumis ovalo-oblongis obtusis vel acutiusculis carina 

 virenlibus et subtrinerviis lateribus subenerviis membranaceis rubel- 

 lis margine albidis, racbide alala, stigmalibus tribus, nucula obovato- 

 oblonga Iriquetra gluma dimidio breviore — C. hexastachys Rottb. 

 Descr. 28, tab. 14. fig. 2 — 6. olivaris Targ. — Rchb. Germ. fig. 

 671. — C. radicosus F\. Gr. i, 32, tab. 45. 



Hab. in pascuis, arenosis, cultis totius ditionis a GrfficiA. ! Macedonia et 

 Thraciu, Anatolia niaritima !, Gataonia (Hausslc !), Syria littorali fBl! Gailli), 

 -^]gypto et ejus Oasibus! ad Iberiam Caucasicam (Hoh!), Babyloniam (Noe!j, 

 Persiam l)oreaIem (Auch!) et australem (Haussk !), Belutchiam (Stocks !). 



j3 mncrostachyus. — SpicutcB elongalje interdum 1 V2-2-pollicares. 



— C. tetrastachys Desf. Atl. tab. 8. — C. comosus Fl. Gr. I., p. 31, 

 lab. 44. 



Hab. in Peloponneso (Sibth.), Attica (Heldr !), Syria littorali (Bl !), Egypto 

 (Boiss!), Mesopotamia (Noe!). Forma nec varietas. 



Ar. Geogr. Regio Mediterranea totius Europne et Africffi boreali=!, Africa tro- 

 pica tota, P. B. Spei, India tropica, Arabia tropica, Nova Hollaudia, America 

 septentrionalis et tropica. 



33. C. esculentus (L. Sp. 67) perennis, collo vix incrassato, 

 caudiculis elongatis liliformibus hinc inde in tubera subglobosa 

 incrassatis, culmo erecto triquetro basi crebre foliato, foliis late 

 linearibus culmum sajpius sequantibus, nmbelloe decompositae radiis 

 numerosis insequalibus longioribus apice scepius brachialim ramu- 

 losis, involucri phyllis lale linearibus acuminatis spicas longe supe- 

 ranlibus, spiculis palenlibus in spicas breves fasciculiformes dispo- 

 silis oblongis vel linearibus compressis, glumis laxiuscule imbricalis 

 late ovato-oblongis oblusis prreter carinam anguste viridem stra- 

 mineo-Iuleis undique longitudinaliler niultinerviis et sulculosis, 

 rachide alata, stigmatibus tribus, nucuhi oblonga trigona gluma dimi- 

 dio breviore %. Host Gram. tab. 75. — C. melanorrhizus Del. 111. 

 Mg. (nomen tantum). — Moggridge Contrib. Ment. tab. 27. — C.aureus 

 Ten. Fl. Nap. tab. tOl. - C. Tenorei Presl — Rchb. Germ. fig. 670. 



— C. Damiettensis Dietr. Spec. 2, 269. 



Hab. in arenosis et cultis regionis inferioris proesertim maritimse, Griecia 

 in Peloponneso prope Androuvitza(Herb. Fauche !), Creta (Sieb.), Syria lit- 

 toralis ad Sidonem (Gaill !), Egyptus prope Cahiram (Husson ! Schweinf f) et 

 in Egypto raediA, (Aschers !), prov. Transcaucasica Talysch (Hohen I). 



Ar. Geogr. Gallia ausfralis, Corsica, Italia, Sicilia, Africa borealis, Abys- 

 sinia, Madera, insul» Gapitis viridis, India orientalis. 



34. C. bulbosus (Vahl Enum. 2, p. 342) caudice bulbiformi 

 parvo ovato tunicis nigris fuscis apice laciniatis vestito basi fibras 

 tenuissimas edente, culmis 1-2 erectis pumilis compresso-triangula- 

 ribus inferne crebre foliatis, foliis supra basin vaginantem erecto- 

 palulis angustis canaliculatis longe selaceo-attenuatis culmum gequanli- 



