21« CYPERACE^E. Cyperus. 



phyllo umbfftam snperante foliisque pHmis scabris cul- 

 mo laevi brevioribits. (J ) v. u. 



40. C. lucidus, umbella 6 — 8-radiatJ semicomposita, spicis ob- 

 longis densis, spiculis confertis divaricatis subulatis tere- 

 tibns subquadrifloris, qrraarHis alternts acutis nervosis niti- 

 dis, invorucro 6 — 6-phyllo longissimo plano fohisque 

 margine scabris. (J.) v. v. 



Obs. C. ligulari proximus. 



MARISCUS. Vahl. enum. 1. p. 372. 



Spicula 2— 3-flora, teretiuscula, squamis 2 (nunc 3) infimis 

 minoribus vacuis, floriferis nervosis. Setce nulJae hypo- 



fynae. Stylus filiformis, cura ovario inarticulatus, deci- 

 uus. Stigmata 3. JVux trigona. 



Obs. Habitus Cyperi, a quo differt solummodo spiculis pau- 

 cifloris. 



1. M. lcevis, spiculis subnlatis teretibus curvatis 2 — p-floris, 



squamis alternis, umbella indrvisa, spicis multifloris, in- 

 volucro triphyllo umbellam RuperMite foliisque planis, cul- 

 mo laevi. (J.) v. v. 



2. M. scaber, spiculis subulatis teretibus curvatis 2-floris, squa- 



mis alternis, involucro polyphvllo umbellam compositam 

 superante, culmo scabro. (1 .) v. v. 



3. M. decompositux , spiculis strictis ovato-lanceolatis teretius- 



culis bifloris, squamis imbricatis, umbellis compositis de- 

 composrtisque, spicis subcapitatis, involucris sub-3-phyllis 

 elongatis foliisque a6peris. (T.) v. v. 



4. M. conicus, spiculis unifloris, squarnis quinque imbricatis : 



tertia nervosa sterili ; intima juxta apiceni cuustricta, um- 

 belja indiviga : capitulis conicis subtrilobis, involucro po- 

 lyphyilo foliisque asperis. (T.) v.v. 



KYLUNGA. Rotth. 

 Kyllingia. Linn.Jil. suppl. 



Spicula plano-eompressa, subnniflora, monosperma: squamis 

 2 exterioribus minoribus vacuis 5 2 reliquis subaequalibus, 

 carinatis, includentibus flosculum hermaphroditum nudum. 

 et quandoque masculum v. neutrum squamula minore in- 

 Btructum. 

 Hermaph. Setce nullae bypogynae. Stylws bindus, deciduus. 

 Nux lenticularis. 



Culmi 



