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The Cyperaceoe, though so nearly allied to Panicacese, differ from them 

 much in utility, inasmuch as the order contains but few plants, which 

 are of any importance, and of these the value depends upon the presence 

 of mucilage and fecula in the roots of a few species, accompanied in others 

 with a little bitterness, and some aromatic principle. {Royle.) 

 A. CYPEREiE, Nees. 

 {Wight's contrib. p. 69.) 

 Cyperus, L. {Nees in Wight's contrib. I. c. — End/, gen. pi. 1, p. 119.) 

 l.pygmaus, Vahl. {Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 174 ; — Rottb. gram. t. 14,/. 4, 

 5} — Wight's contrib. p. 72. — C. dxSwsus, Roxb. Jl. ind. \,p. 188; 

 ed. Carey, {, p. 193; not Vahl. — C. Mulen-pulu, Schult. mant. 2, p. 

 99. — C. squarrosus, Roxb. fl. ind. ], p. 190; ed. Carey, I, p. 194; — 

 J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 231 ; not Rotth.—Rheed. 12, t. 54.) ^t^J^"^ 

 Jalmootee. © Peninsula of India. Ava. Bengal, (Serampore,) &c. Fl. 

 and fr. R. S. 

 2.pumilus, L. {Amoen. i, p. 302, excl. syn. Pluk. ; — Rbm. and Sch. 2. 

 p. 188 ; excl. all the syn. except that of L. — Wight's contrib. p. 74 ; 



— Roxb. fl. ind. \, p. 196, and ed. Carey, I, p. 200? excl. syn C. 



membranaceus, Vahl. ; — Rom. and Sch. I. c.) © Peninsula of India. 

 Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. and fr. S. S. 

 2, pulvinatus, Nees and Mey. ( Wight's contrib. p. 74. — C. punctatus, 

 Roxb.fl. ind. 1. p. 193 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. id!.— Pluk. t. 191, /. 3 ; 

 not t. 192, f. 3.) © Peninsula of India. Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. 

 and fr. R. S. 



4. sanguinolentus, Vahl. {Rum. and 5cA. 2, jd. 208 ; — Wight, contrib. 



p. 75. — C. pumilus, Gclrtn.fr. ], p. 9, t. 2,/. 2, excl. syn C. cruen- 



tus, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 196 ; ed. Carey, l,p. 200; excl. syn. Rottb. 

 and WiM.—Retz. obs. 5, p. 13 ;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 231.— C. 

 pumilus, Rottb. gram. p. 29, t. 9, f. 4, excl. syn. L. — C. ater, Vahl. ; 

 — Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 190. — C. Eragrostis, Vahl. Rom. and Sch. 2, 

 p. 190.) © Nepal. Nathpur. Bengal, (Serampore.) The Concan. Fl. 

 and fr. R. S. 



5. inundatus, Roxb. {fl. ind. 1, p. 201 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 205 ; — Wight, 

 contrib. p. 76. — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 231, excl. syn. Rheed. — C. 

 procerus, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 203; ed. Carey, 1, p. 206, not Roth. 

 — C. Bacha, Bueh.) ^^ Patee. %. Peninsula of India. Bengal. Fl. 

 R. S. ; fr. C. S. Found in great abundance on the low banks of the 

 Hooghly and rivulets near Calcutta, (Serampore,) &c. Where the 

 tide rises high over it, it thrives most luxuriantly, and helps much 

 to bind, and protect the banks from the rapidity of the water. 

 {Roxb.) 



6. compressus, L. {Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 182 ; — Wight, contrib. p. 76; — 

 Rottb. gram. p. 27, t. 9,/. 3; — Roxb.fl. ind. I, p. 194; ed. Caret/. I. 

 p. 198. excl. syn. Pluk. — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 231. — C. conglomera- 

 tu6, Willd. en. suppl. p. 5 ; not sp, pi. — Sloane jam. \, t. 76,/. I. — 



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