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lis minimis prominulis subseriatis exasperata, nigro-fusca, nitidula, 

 squama sua duplo brevior. 



Adnot. Cl. Kunth C. Owahaensem N. ab E. citat, in Herb. 

 Mey eniano sic appellatum. Haec autem, ut fieri solet in perlustran- 

 dis herbariis, non tanquam nomen adiiciebantur, sed solummodo 

 ad distinguendam speciem, futuro examini reservatam. 



§ 4. Mariscoidei. N. ab E. in Linn. p. 285. (Sect. VII.) 



//. Cyperus radians N. et M. (in Linn. I. c.J umbella simplici, 

 radiis longissimis gracilibus, spiculis ovato-lanceolatis 6— 8-floris in 

 capitula globosa bracteolis interstincta congestis, squamis ovatis mu- 

 cronato-acutatis nervosis purpureo-punctatis diandris, caryopsi ovato- 

 triquetra punctulis seriatis elevatis exasperata, involucro umbellam 

 subaequante et involucellis 4 — 6-phyllis, culmo trigono humili foliis 

 breviore. 



Cyperus radicans Kunth. En. II. p. 95. n. 246. 



Ad promontorium Syng-Moon imperii Chinensis, Iulio mense 

 1831. © 



Species singularis, cognitarum nulli proxima, nisi, quod ad spi- 

 culas attinet, Cypero mariscoidi Nutt., sive kyllingaeoidi Pursh. et 

 Vahl., et quodammodo C. bidenti ac Holoschoeno. 



Radix annua, fibrosa, fusca, fibris flexuosis, culmorum foliorum- 

 que caespitem gignens. Folia basin culmorum vaginantia, 4 — 6, 

 4 — 5 lineas longa, 2 lineas ad basin lata, hinc apicem versus maxime 

 attenuata, recurva, complicato-carinata, laevissima, obscure viridia, 

 disticha. Vaginae striatae, rufescentes, margine membranaceo-albae, 

 breves. Culmus % — 1% pollices longus, pennae columbinae crassitie, 

 strictus, trigonus, striatus, basi bulbosus. Involucri folia 5 — 8, 5 — 2 

 pollices longa, foliorum forma et directione, margine scabra, basi 

 fusca. Ochreae laxae, fuscae, oblique truncatae, bidentatae. Inflo- 



