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GRR US GIR A S'S, 
GRAMEN 
Gey PY ER OT Danas. 
HE leaves are long and narrow, and the ftalks triangular. 
‘This obvious diftinétion feparates them from all other plants, better than the ftruéture of 
their flowers, which is uncertain in the feveral kinds; this mark is invariable. 
Linnzus places them among the ¢riandria. 
1. Thofe with matiy full pikes, and a chaffy one at 
the top. 
1. Narrow-leaved Cyperus Grafs, 
Gramen cyperoides majus anguftifolium. 
The root creeps under the furface, and has 
many fibres. 
The leaves are long, narrow, and of a fine 
green. 
The ftalk is two feet high, of a paler green, 
and exaétly three fquare. 
The {pikes are few, and ftand toward the top ; 
and the uppermoft, which is light and chaffy, is 
thicker than the others: this is yellowifh, the 
others are black. ; 
It is common by waters, and flowers in May. 
C. Bauhine calls it Gramen cyperoides majus an- 
guftifolium 
We have a vaft number of other fpecies. 
2. Great Vernal Cyperus Grafs, Gramen cyperoides 
cum paniculis nigris. The leaves broad, and 
dark. 
3. Pink-leaved Cyperus Grafs, with large feeds, 
Gramen cyperoides foliis caryophylleis granis tu- 
midis varioribus. 
4. Pink-leaved Cyperus Grafs, with ere&t feflile 
fpikes, Gramen cypercides foliis caryophylleis 
fpicis feffilibus eretits. 
5. Pink-leaved Cyperus Grafs, with pendulous 
heads, Gramen cyperoides foliis caryophylleis 
fpicis pendulis. 
6. Narrower-leaved Cyperus Grafs, Gramen cype- 
roides caryophylleum angufiifiinis foliis fpicis 
erectis. 
7. Hairy Cyperus Grafs, Gramen cypereides poly- 
ftachion lanuginofum. \n boggy places. 
3. Yellowifh Cyperus Grafs with fhort fpikes, 
Gramen cyperoides pobtachion flavicans fpicis 
brevibus. 
g. Great, round fpiked Cyperus Grafs, Gramen 
eyperoides majus picis teretibus erectis. 
10. Slender-eared Wood Cyperus Grafs, Gramen 
cyperoides fylvarum tenuius [picatum. 
. Slender-eared, broad-leaved Cyperus Grafs, 
Gramen cyperoides latifolium Jpicis multis ftri- 
ofis. 
12. Cyperus Grafs, with a fhort pendulous 
fpike, Gramen cyperoides pica pendula bre- 
viore. By waters. 
13. Many-fpiked Cyperus Grafs, with long pen- 
dulous heads, Gramen cyperoides fpica pen- 
dula longiore. 
14. Thick, yellow-fpiked Cyperus Grafs, Gra- 
men cyperoides precox Jpicis turgidis teretibus 
flavefcentibus. 
15. Cyperus Grafs, with a few roundihh fpikes, 
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Gramen cyperoides [picis tribus fibrotundis vix 
aculeatis. 
: Cyperus Grafs, with fhort, diftant fpikes, 
Gramen cyperoides [picis brevibus diftantibus, 
. The leaft Vernal CyperusGrafs, Gramen cypes 
roides vernum minimum, The heads brownith. 
. Marth-Hedgehog Grafs, Gramen paluftre 
echinatum. A fmall. plant, with fhort, 
prickly fpikes. 
19. Soft-leaved Cyperus Grafs, Graimen cyperoides 
Jpicis brevibus congeftis folio molli. 
20. Slender-leaved Cyperus Grafs, Gramen cype= 
roides tenuifolium. A frnall kind, with a 
few thick fpikes. 
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2. Thofe with feveral fpikes at rhe top of the fRalk, 
but no chaffy one. 
. Marth Cyperus Grafs, with loofe fpikes; 
Gramen cyperoides paluftre elatius fpica lon- 
giore laxa. 
22. Cyperus Grafs, with a head compofed of foft 
fpikes, Gramen cyperoides [pica e /picis pluri- 
bus mollibus compofita. 
23. Marth Cyperus Grafs, with a divided head? 
Gramen cyperoides ex monte Ballace {pica di- 
vulfa. - 
24. Cyperus Grafs, with a foft, compound head, 
Gramen cyperoides [pica e pluribus {picibus lon- 
gioribus compofita. 
25. Sea Cyperus Grafs, with a compound fpikes 
Gramen maritimum cypercides Jpica compofita. 
26, Elegant Cyperus Grafs, with a rough com+ 
pounded head, Gramen cypercides /pica com. 
pofita afperiore. 
27. Elegant Cyperus Grafs, with a foft head, 
Gramen cyperoides elegans {pica compofita molles 
28. Greater-{piked Cyperus Grafs, Gramen cy- 
peroides palufire majus {pica compofita. 
ag. The lefler- fpiked Cyperus Grafs, Gramen 
eyperoides fpicatum minus, The ftalk droops, 
go. The leffer}fpiked Cyperus Grafs, with an in- 
terrupted {pike, Gramen cyperoides [pica di- 
vulfa minus. 
31. Narrow-leaved, fhort-fpiked Cyperus Grafs, 
Gramen cyperoides anguftifolium fpicis brevibus 
in folicrum alis. 
32. The leaft prickly-headed, fpiked Cyperus 
Grafs, Gramen cypercides Jpicatum minimum 
Jpica divulfa aculeata, 
33. Flea-Grafs, Gramen oyperoides minimuin femi 
nibus deorfumreflexis puliciformibus. 
. Flat-fpiked Cyperus Grals, Gramen cyperoides 
Spica fimplici compreffa difticha. 
35. Small Cyperus Grafs, with a crowfoot-head, 
Gramen cyperoides minimum ranuncul: ccpitule 
rotundo. 
36. Long crowfoot-headed Cyperus Grafs, Gra- 
men cyperoides minus ranunculi capitulo longiore. 
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