378 CYPERAGEiE Cyperus. 



biis vel superantibus, spica terminaii vel simplici vel bracliiato-ramosa 

 corymbosa, bracteis 1-3 ad basin sprcularum inferiorum iineari-seta- 

 ceis spicam longe superantibus, spiculis angulo recto patentibus in 

 spicas breves dispositis linearibus acutis compressis IS-i^iO-floris, 

 glumis arcte imbricatis oblongo lanceolatis in mucronem subpatulum 

 ^beuntibus mullinerviis praeter dorsum anguste viride sanguineo-fus- 

 cis, rachide alata, stigmatibus tribus, nucula ellipsoideo-lriquetra 

 gluma triplo breviore 2;, 



Hab. inEgypto (Ehrenb. ex Bock., Belutschia (Stocksl). 



Planta semipsdalis, anthela corynbosa fere pollicaris, spiculse 5-6 lineas 

 longse. A cl. Kunth cum C. rotundo confusus a quo radicis indole, inflores- 

 'centia, glumis, longe diflert. 



Ar. Geogr. Abyssinia, Senegalia, insulae Gapitis viridis, Arabia tropica, India 

 ■Oirientalis. 



Tr. II. SGIRPE.E. 



Flores hermaphroditi. Spiculse solitarise vel consociataessepius plu- 

 riflorse. Glumae undique imbricatae rarissime subdistichae inflmee 

 paucse plerumque vacuse. 



SCIRPUS (L. Gen. 67. — Isolepis R. Br., Holoschcenus, Eleogiton 

 Link — Malacochcete Nees — Blysmus Panz. — 

 Boiothyron Nees. 



Spiculae saepius multiflorae solitariae vel plures varie dispositae 

 Giumae subaequales undique imbricatfe inflmae 1-2 sfBpe steriles. 

 Stylus teres glaber cum ovario non articulatus nec basi incrassatus 

 deciduus. Selse hypogynae subsenae vel nullae. — Herbae vaginis ple- 

 rumque folialis. 



Segt. I. B^OTHRYON. — Spicula terminalis solitaria. 



1. S. Alpinus (Schl. in Gaud. Fl. Helv. I, p. 108) cespitosus, 

 radice stolonifcra, culmis tenuibus humilibus teretibus striatis inferne 

 vaginalis vagina suprema in folium filiforme obtusissimum abeunte, 

 «picula terminali solitaria globosa parva subtriflora, glumis fuscis 

 albo-marginatis obtusis inferiore spicula breviore eam basi semiam- 

 plexante, sligmalibus tribus, nucula Isevi triquelra setis destituta 

 %. Rchb. Ic. Germ. fig. 709. — Isotepis oligantha G. A. Mey. Gyp. 

 J^ov. N° 3, tab. t. — Isot. pimila Kar. et Kir. 



Hab. ad rivulos regionis alpinae superioris Persiae, Persia austro-occiden- 

 italis in alpe Kuh Daena (Ky. 395 !), borealis in monte Elbrus prope Derbend 

 <;Ky. 149!), prov. Khorassan inter Nischapur et Meschhed (Bge !). 



