CYPERACEAE. Cyperus. (217) 73 



nallam enim exemplar possidebdt Linnaens, cum Species 

 plantarum prima vice edidit ; postea sub hoc nomine spe- 

 ciem, a Zeylanica valde diversam, cliaracteri ah illo dato 

 tarnen melius convenientem , in Herhario suo reposuit.) 



55. C. ornatus, umbella 4 — 6-radiata, semicomposita , spicis 

 ß — i2-floris^ spiculis lanceolato-linearlhns, squamis arete 

 imhricatis obtusis enervihus : margine scarloso discolori, 

 involucris triphyllis elongatis foliisque planis margine 

 scabris culmo laevi breTioribus. (1.) t^. t^. 



54. C. compositus, umbella 5 — 7-radiata, spicis compositis po- 

 lystachyis, spicuiis congestis linearihus 6— 8-fl.oris, squa- 

 mis obtusis nervosis arete imhricatis, involucro triphyllo 

 longissimo scabro, culmo laevi. (I.) v. v^ 



55. C. alopecuroides y umbella multiradiata composita, spicu- 



iis spicato-congestis lanceolatis, squamis arctissime im- 

 hricatis margine inflexis, involucro 5 — 6-phyllo eiongato, 

 involucellis subsetaceis umhellu^as aequantibus , culmo 

 laevi longitudine foliorum. (T.) v. v. 



Cyperus alopecuroides. Rottb. gram. 58. t. S.f. 2. 



56. C. venustus, umbeilis multiradiatis compositis, spicis elon- 



gatis, subdistichls , spicuiis distinctis lineari- lanceolatis, 

 squamis ohtusiasculis mucronulatis , involucro suh-4- 

 pbyllo elongato, involucellis subsetaceis umhellula hre- 

 vioribus, culmo striato laevi. (I. T.) v, v. 



Obs. Cyperus fastigiatus Rottb. gram. 52. t. 7./. 2. huic valde 

 simiiis videtur et forsan haud diversus. Cyperas venustus, 

 ex India orientali a Koenigio nomine Cyperi alopecuroi- 

 dis Rottb, missus , in Herb. Banks, exstat. 



57. C. ventricosus ^ umbella multiradiatji , spicis compositis 



decompositisque, spicuiis confertis divaricatis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis teretiusculis, squamis nervosis acutis arete im- 

 hricatis, involucro 4 — 5-phyllo longissimo foliisque scabris 

 culmo laevi longioribus. (H.) v. v. ^ 



Ira. Rheed. mal, 11 p. io5. t. 5.5.. 



58. C. subulatus, umbella multiradiata indivisa, spicuiis corym- 

 hoso-confertis patulis suhalatis, squamis alternis acutis 

 dorso striatis, involucro tetrapbylio umbellam superante 

 foliisque planis culmo laevi hrevioiibus. (I.) v, v. 



59. C acutus , umbella 5 — 4-^^^^^!^ i"<^^"^'sa , spicis ramosis, 

 spicuiis confertis divaricatis subulai'is teretibus sub-4-flo- 

 ris, squamis alternis obtusiusculis neryosis^ iavolucro tri- 



