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Distr. geogr. P!ania Ikcc per tcmperala totius ferè terra; babitabilis obvia csl; var. 

 autem nostra albida in calidioribus orbis plagis tantùm occurrit: in Indià se; in ins. Gor- 

 goneis sive Prom. Viridis (Vogcl), in /Egypto, in Sicilià, in Hispanià! (Boissier), clinrn in 

 Mexico (Hartweg exsicc, n. 240 !}. 



2. CYPERUS ALOPECUROIDES. Rottb. 



G. caule elato, obtuse 3-quet ro, glabro ; foliis basi carinatis, supernè planiusculis ; învulucro 

 sub 5-phylIo, longissimo; umbellâ decompositâ, radiis inxqualibus clongatis, intermediis 

 sessilibus; spicis ovatis, demùm oblongis, obtusiusculis, densis, cylindraccis, mox sub- 

 oomplanatis ; spiculis l.inceolalis, compressiusculis, acutis, srepe 28-floris; squaniis ovato- 

 oblongis, concavo-carinalis, doiso fuscis , latcribus flavidis, mucronalis, rarô imbi icalis: 

 stylo 2-fido, rariùs 3-fido; ovario sub-3-angulari; achœnio squamse parallèle compresso, 

 lenticulari, dorso convexo, srepe subangulato. 



Cyperus alopecuroides. Rottb., Descr. et i'c, pag. 38, lab. 8, fig. 2. — Dclil. ! FI. ceg. ill. , pag. 2. — 

 Kunth, Enum., vol. 2, pag. 19. — IVebb, Spic. Gorgon. ine.d. 



Hab. Occurrit b:cc planta in uliginosis iiisularum Teneriffie et Palmsc: specimina legimus 

 in paludibus propè Lagunam, sua à valle fiel Bitfadero non longé ab allitudinibus la 

 Cambre misit Bourgeieus aliaque à Ganaiià Despréaux. 



Distrib. geogr. Specics est Af ricana qua; /Egyplum, Fortunatas Gorgoneasrjue insulas 

 pro certo et forsan Indiam (Roxbargh, FI. ind. , 1, p. 211) et terrain auslralem 

 (R. Browa , Prodr. , p. 217) incolit. 



Ocs. C.atopecuroidi lam valdé similis est C.dhcs Del., ni vix nisi slylo 5-fido achaenio exintle 3-quelro squamisqiic 

 arcliùs imbricatis distinguendus. Ipse auctor ambos Fontanesio ex locis .£gypli diversis sub nomine ctivitis misil. 

 Qnîerendum forsan adbuc aii Iusus slylorum aborlus, variant enim nec semper conformes. Planta? abyssinicae Scbini- 

 peii sub hoc nomine ab Associatione ilinerariâ Esslingcnsi dalœ ad C. immdatum Uoxb. poliùs accedunl. 



Sect. II. ETÏ'MOCYPERUS. Stylus 3-fidus. Achaenium 3-angulare. 



3. CYPERUS RUBICUNDUS. Vahl. 



C. csespitosus, annuus, pusillus; radicibus junioribus pubescenti-scabris; caule erecto, 

 basi folioso 5 foliis flaccidis, filiformibus : junioribus carinatis, mox planiusculis , pallidè 

 virescentibus , subscabrellis, inarginibus versus apicem denticulatis, acutissimis, ereclis, 

 strictis, culmo sublongioribus, basi in vaginas ovalo-oblongas scariosas albidas lineis ver- 

 ticalibus srepè anastomosantibus percursas tenuissimas ampliatisj culmo tenui, 3-quetro, 

 inox planiusculo; involucro3 pbyllo, foliis conformi, folioliscapitulum excedenlibus, acutis ; 

 spicis circiter 10, lanceolatis, planissimis; squamis 20-40, ovato-lanceolalis, saturaté rubris, 

 m. — (3' sect.) Z16 



