722 CYPKRACE*. 



Pluk. t. 417,/. 2.) ^Ft Chooncha. © W. Indies. Peninsula of India. 

 Bengal, (Serampore,) &c. Fl. and fr. R. S. 



7, niveus, Retz. {Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 169 ; — Wight, contrib. jt>. 78 ; — 

 Roxb. fl. hid. I, p. 191 ; ed. Carey, \, p. 195.) © Bengal, (Seram- 

 pore.) Midnapore. Monghir. Kemaon. Fl. R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



8. aristatvs, Rottb. (Gram. p. 23, I. 6,f. 1 i—Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 221 ; 

 — Wight, contrib. p. 78 ; — Roxb. ji. ind. I, p. 190 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 

 194. — Schult. mant. 2, p. 128.) © Peninsula of India. Bengal, (Se- 

 rampore.) Fl, and fr. R. S. 



d.angustifolius, Buch. {Wight, contrib. p. 79.) © Bengal, (Serampore.) 



Fl. and fr. R. S. 

 10. castaneus, Willd. {Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 177 ; — Wight, contrib. p. 79 ; 

 — Roxb. Ji. ind. ind. \, p. 195 ; ed. Carey, \,p. 199.) © Peninsula of 

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

 U. articulatus, L. {Wight, contrib. p. 80.) 



a. (C. articulatus, Vahl. — H. and Kth. nov. gen. and sp. p. 184.) 

 % W. Indies. Peru. Guinea. Mauritius. Peninsula of India. Kamaon. 

 /3. niloticus, (C. niloticus, Forsk. ; — Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 164. — C. 

 nudus, Roxb. /I. ind. 1, p. 187 ; ed. Carey, I, p. 191. — C. gymnos. 

 Rom. and Sch. mant. 2, p. 97.) % Peninsula of India. Bengal, (Se- 

 rampore.) Fl. and fr. R. S. 



12. seminudus, Roxb. {fl. ind. 1, p. 187 ; ed. Carey, ], p. 191 ; — Wight, 

 contrib. p. 80— C. Konigii, Vahl. en. 2, p. 302.) <:^t«l W«tt Gol- 

 methee. %. Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. and fr. R. S. 



13, hexastachyus, Rottb. {Wight, contrib. p. 81.) 



a. communis, Nees. (C. hexastachyus, Spreng. ; — Rottb. gram. p. 

 28, t. 14, /. 2.— C. rotundus, L. ;—Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 197 ; ed. 

 Carey, 1, j9. 201 ,—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 231 ,—R. Br. pr. p. 

 2\6;—Rumph. 6, t. \,f. 1, and t. \,f. 2.) \^ Mootho. % Arabia. 

 Ceylon. Peninsula of India. Bengal, (Serampore.) Kemaon. Java. 

 China. Manilla. New Holland. Fl. and fr. R. S. Roots tuberous, 

 sold in the bazars, and used by perfumers on account of their fra- 

 grance. Cattle eat the grass. Hogs are remarkably fond of the 

 root. In medicine it is used as a tonic and stimulant, and has been 

 employed in the treatment of cholera. {Hardw.) 



/3. pendulus, Nees. {Wight, contrib. p. 82. — C. tuberosus, Roxb. fl. 

 ind. 1, p. 199; ed. Carey, 1, p. 203, excl. syn.) %. Bengal, (Se- 

 rampore,) &c. Fl. and fr. R. S. 

 \4.pertenuis, Roxb. (fl. ind. 1, p. 198; ed. Caret/, 1, p. 202; — Wight. 



contrib. p. 83.) "Tt^? \^ Nagur-moothee. %. Bengal, (Serampore.) 



Fl. and fr. R. S. Roots tuberous, aromatic, employed for perfuming 



the hair. 

 15. exaltatus, Retz. (Wight, contrib. p. 34. — C. fastigiatus, Rottb. gram. 



p. 32, t. 7,/. 2; — Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 220. — C. alopecuroides. Roxb. 



fl. ind. I , p. 208 ; ed. Carey, 1 , ;?. 2 1 1 , excl. syn. ; not Rottb. ; — /. Orah. 



