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Ig. Cyperus flavidus, Eetz, 



F. B. I. vi. 600 ; B. P. 114^ ; F. B. P. il. 862. 



Small annual tufted glabrous sedge, iip to 6 

 inches high. Roots deep red. Leaves variable. 

 Stem trigonous. Umbel compound, widely spread- 

 ing, branches ternninating in star-like heads. 

 Bracts 2-3, usually very long. Spikelets long, 

 yellow to dark brown. Nut j^ length of glume, 

 white. 



1.6. Cyperus compressus, Linn, 



F. B. I. vi. 605 ; B. P. 1 143 ; F. B. P. ii. 866. 



Annual tufted glabrous sedge, up to 16 inches. 

 Stem trigonous. Leaves variable. Umbel simple. 

 Branches terminated by 3-10 spikelets, almost 

 contracted into a head. Spikelets broad, much 

 compressed, golden yellow. Bracts generally 4, 

 leaf-like and very Ipng. Glumes with a distinct 

 mucro. Nut 5^ glume, black, obovoid. 



17. CyPJSRUS ARISTATUS, i?d7 Y3. 



t'. B. L vi. 606; B. P. 1 143 ; F. B. P. ii. S66, 

 A small annual tufted glabrous sedge, up to 6 inches. 

 Stem trigonous. Leaves variable, usually shorter 

 than stem. Umbel simple or contracted into an 

 oblong head. Bracts 3, long, leaf-like. Spikelets 

 densely spicate, oblong, reddish brown. Glumes 

 with a long recurved bristle. Nut oblong ^ 

 glume, same colour as glume. 



18. Cyperus Iria, Linn. 



F: B. L vi. 606 ; B. P. 1 143 ; F. B. P. ii. 867. 



A tufted annual glabrous sedge, up to 26 inches. 

 Leaves variable, sometimes nearly as long as stem. 

 Stem triquetrous. Umbel compound. Bracts 

 usually 4. Spikelets loosely spicate, yellow or 

 yellow brown. Glumes obtuse. Nut as long as 

 glume, black. 



ic, Cyperus eleusinoides, Kunfh. 



F. B. L vi. 608 ; F. B. P. ii. S6S. 



Medium-sized perennial glabrous sedge, up to 3 

 feet. Rhizome woody, nodulose. Stem triquet- 

 rous. Leaves usually shorter than stem. 

 Umbel compound. Bracts 3-4, leaf-like, up to 

 X foot. Spikelets spicate, pale. Nut yellowish- 

 brovyn, § glurpe, ellipsoid. 



