CYPÉRACÉES. 355 
GENERA 
I. CYPEREÆ. 
1. Cyperus T. — Flores hermaphroditi in spiculis œ, v. rarius 
1, 2; inferioribus paucis v. terminali masculis. Bracteæ alternæ disti- 
chæ, sæpius concavæ v. naviculares, basi sæpe margine decurrentes. 
Slamina 3, v. rarius À, 2, hypogyna, quorum anticum 1; cæteris 
sublateralibus ; filamentis liberis; antheris linearibus basifixis, api- 
culatis, ad margines rimosis. Germen liberum, 1-loculare ; stylo cum 
eo continuo, basi haud v. vix incrassato, deciduo, breviter v. plus 
minus alte in ramos 2, 3 stigmatoso-papillosos diviso, rarissimeve 
Inegro v. subintegro. Ovulum subbasilare 1, erectum anatropum; 
Mcropyle antrorsum infera. Fructus sessilis v. nunc in stipitem 
brevem solidum cum eo continuum contractus, aut 3-queter, aut 
tomplanato-2-convexus, siccus durusve, indehiscens, levis v.ruguloso- 
sranulatus. Embryo in albuminis copiosi basi parvus reclusque. — 
Herbæ perennes v. rarius annuæ ; rhizomate repente squamigero, v. 
caule basi cæspitoso; ramis aeriis sub inflorescentia simplicibus. 
Folia aut basilaria pauca, aut in ramis aeriis alterna pauca, nunc ad 
“iéinam haud fissam reducta ; limbo lineari rectinervi, nunc costalo. 
Spiculæ compressæ v. raro subteretes in ramis racemi terminalis 
… ï plus minus compositi, corymbiformis v. capituliformis, ; 
rhachi nune angusla, nunc ante florem in alas utrinque dilatata 
Melumque plus minus involvente; inflorescentia nune involucrata. 
(Orbis uiriusque reg. trop. et temp.) — Vid. p. 335. 
2 Dulichium PERS. ! — Flores (fere Cyperi) in spiculis , her- 
Le 65. — K., in Mém. Mus., 11,153;  Linnæa, XXXVI, 414. —B. H., Gen., HI, 1046, 
n. 5 
Sreyn go." — ENDL., Gen., n. 1002. — .—"pax, Pflansenfam., 107. — Pleuran- 
We pl. glum., 11, 2. — BŒCKEL., in  {hus Ricn. (ex ENDL.). 
