Fimbristylis Vhl. — Cyperus L. "^J 



satus et articulatim genninis unibone insertus ibique excava- 



tus, sensim versus apicem attenuatus, teres, albidus, apice 



3-fidus, stigmatosus ; laciniae primo erectae conniventes, dein 



patentes et patentissimae exsertae et subreflexae, styli partem 



indivisam subaequantes, postremo eo pauUo longiores, plumo- 



sae e pilis subverticiilatis patentibus, hyalinis, cylindricis 



apice vix attenuatis acutiusculis, e cellulis abbreviatis ti — 8, 



ad articulationcs haud constrictis constantibus ; dein marces- 



centes et pcrsistcntcs , postremo cum stylo articuhitim deci- 



duae: fruchis bractea sexies et ultra brevior minutus inde- 



hiscens monospermus trigonus, obverse pyramidaHs, apice 



truncatus, medio umbonatus, lucidulus, stramineus, minutissime 



verruculosus ; epicarpium durum hyahnum crustaceum verru- 



cosum ; verruculae in hneas transversus, sulds longitudinahbus 



percursas dispositae ; senien minutum fructum implens , sed 



Hberum obovatum; testa flavescens membranacea; albuinen 



fiirinosum e granulis minutissimis, hyahnis, subgiobosis, valde 



inaequahbus, tincturae Jodii opc hlacinis; emhryo brevis ba- 



sahs in albmnine inclusus. — Mensibus Martio ad Majum 



flores fructusque gerit. — 1846. 



32. CYPERUS VULGARIS Sieb. 



Char. (itn. cf. Knth. En. II. 2. Msn. Gen. 410. Endl. Gen. 1003.« 

 Char. Spec. cf. Knth. 1. c. 4.6, folia haud cxsiccata vix obsolctc trigona, 

 sicca tantnm triangularia evadunt, apice solummodo scabriuscula ; 

 folia floralia extcrna 3 majora, sed 2 — 3 sequentia paritcr sat con- 

 spicua ; bracteae nervo sub apice excurrente mucronulatae, fructus 

 oblongus cernuus ; — an sufficienter a C. /lavescente L. Knth. 1, c. 

 5. 7 diversa? — C. flavidus Rxb. Ind. I. 201 29. differt foliis lon- 

 gioribus, floralibus umbella brevioril)us, umbellulis globulosis, spiculis 

 lanceolatis, floribus monandris, seminibus obcordatis 3-gonis albidis ; 

 C. capillaris Kocn. Rxb. Ind. I. 198. Ib et Nces in Wght. Cntrb. 

 76. 12 a Kunthio jure huc ductus; Neesius difl"erentem dicit hunc 

 a C. flavescenle caule haud evidenter trigouo, basin versus compresso. 



Descrpt. Herbae perennes caespitosae, in paludosis 

 prope Weltevreden vulgares, strictae glaberrimae ; radices fibro- 

 sae, copiosae, horizontahter cxpansae, albidae, dein rufae, 

 flexuosae, fibrinis tcnuissimis copiosis tectae, 2 — 4 poU. lon- 

 gae; caulis strictus basi vaginis 5 — 6 extimis aphyUis, cae- 



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