724 CYPERACEiE. 



on the floors of rooms in and about Calcutta, are made of the culm 

 of this plant. When green, they are split into three or four pieces, 

 which on drying contract so much as to bring the margins in contact, 

 or to overlop each other. In this state they are wove. (Roxb.) 



2.tegetiformis, Am, (Wight, contrib. p. 89, annot. — Cyperus tegeti- 

 formis, Roxb. H. B. p. 6. — C. nudus, Roxb. fl. ind. I, p. 209, not 

 p. 187 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 212, not p. 191 ; excl. the Bengallee name,) 

 ^t><p 1^4(1 Kuchkuchiya. % Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. and fr. R. S. 



3. dehiscens, Nees. {Wight, contrib. p. 89. — Cyperus corymbosus, Hb. 

 Heyne, partly, not Rottb. — C. Pangorei, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 202; ed. 

 Carey, 1, p. 206, excl. syn.) ^t^Tt^t *ft^1" Chumatee-patee. %. Penin- 

 sula of India. Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. R. S. ; fr. C. S. Very 

 common on the banks of the Hooghly, where it helps much to bind 

 and protect the banks. 

 Maeiscus, Vahl. {Wight, contrib. p. 69; — Endl. gen. pi. I, p. 119, under 

 Cyperus.) 



1. cyperinus, Vahl. {Wight, contrib. p. 90 ; — Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 298. — 

 M. Sieberianus, Nees. in Sieb. herb, maurit. 2, n. 3. partly. — Kyllinga 

 cyperina, Retz. — K. umbellata, Roxb.fl. ind. \,p. 182 ; ed. Carey, 1, 



p. 186, excl. syn. L., Rottb., and Vahl.— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi p. 232 



Rheed. 12, t. 63.) ^^ (MV^ Buro-gothoohee. %. Peninsula of India. 

 Bengal, (Serampore.) Mauritius. China. Ascension. Fl. and fr. R. S. 



2. dilutus, Nees. {Wight, contrib. p. 90. — Cyperus dilutus, Vahl.; — 

 Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 214. — C. compactus, Retz.; — Rom. and Sch. 2, 

 p. 165. — C. congestus, Poir. — C. spinulosus, iJoa^J. fl.ind. \,p. 203; 

 ed. Carey, 1, p. 207.) % Both Peninsulas of India. Bengal, (Seram- 

 pore.) Fl. and fr. R. S. 



Kyllinga, L. {Wight, contrib. p. 69; — Endl. gen. pi. I, p. 119, under 

 Cyperus.) 



1. monocephala, L. ( Wight, contrib. p. 91 ; — Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 236 ; — 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 180 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 185 ; — Rottb. gram. p. 13, 

 t. 4, /. 4 ; — 3. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 232. — Thryocepholon nemorale, 

 Forst.^Rheed. 12, t. 53 ;—Rumph. 6, t. 8,/. 2.) C^ d^^ Shwet- 

 gothoobee. % Both Peninsulas of India. Bengal, (Serampore.) Nepal. 

 Moluccas. China. New Holland. Roots fragrant and aromatic. Fl. 

 and fr. R. S. 



2. triceps, L. {Wight, contrib. p. 91 ; — Rottb. gram. p. 14. t. 6; — Rom. 

 and Sch. 2, p. 238, with most syn. — Roxb. fi. ind. 1, p. 181 ; ed. 

 Carey, 1, p. 186;—/. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 2'i2;~Rheed, 12, t. 52.) 

 % Both Peninsulas of India. Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. and fr. R. S. 



CouuToisiA, Nees. {Wight, contrib. p. 69. — Endl. gen. pi. \,p. 119, un- 

 der Cyperus.) 

 1. cyperoides, Nees. {Wight, contrib. p. 92. — Kyllinga cyperoides, Roxb. 

 fl. ind. 1, p. 182; ed. Carey, 1, p. 187 -.—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 

 232.) © } Peninsula of India. Has been introduced in H. C. G. } 



