The BRITISH HERBAL. 503 
GENUS XXI. 
CYPRUS GRASS. 
R A M E N CTPEROIDES. 
'"pHE leaves are long and narrow, and the ftalks triangular. 
This obvious diftiiittion fcparates them from all other plants, better than the flruclure of 
their flowers, which is uncertain in the feveral kinds ; this mark is invariable. 
Linn'xLis places them among the triandria. 
1 . Thofi t^jith many full /pikes, and a chaffy one at 
ihe top. 
I. Narrow-leaved Cyperus Grafs. 
Gramsn cyperoidcs juajus angujlifoliuiii. 
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 exiftly three Iquare. 
The Ipikes are few, and ftand toward the top ; 
and [he uppermoft, which is light and chaffy, is 
thicker than the others : this is yellowifli, the 
others are black. 
It is common by waters, and flowers in May. 
C. Bauhine calls it Grnmen cyperoides tmjus art' 
gujiifalium. 
We have a vafl number of other fpecies. 
2. Great Vernal Cyperus Grafs, Gramm cyjeroides 
cum -panicuUs nigris . The leaves broad, and 
dark^ 
3. Pink-leaved Cyperus Grafs, with large feeds, 
Gramen cyperoides foils caryophyllcis granis tu- 
midis rarioribus. 
4. Pink-leaved Cyperus Grafs, with ered fcfiile 
fpikes, Granien cyperoides foUis caryophylkis 
fpicis fejfilibus ereStis. 
5. Pink-leaved Cyperus Grafs, with pendulous 
heads m.n cyperoides folils caryophyileis 
fpias penduls. 
6. Narrower-leaved Cyperus Grafs, GrnmcM cype- 
roides caryophyllcum angujtijfimis foliis fpicis 
eteUis. 
7. Hairy Cyperus Grafs, Gramen- cyperoides poly- 
ftachion laniiginofitm. In boggy places. 
8. Yellowifh Cyperus Grafs with Ihort fpikes, 
Grar/ieji cyperoides polyflachion flavicans fpicis 
brcvibus. 
fj. Great, round fpiked Cyperus Grafs, Gramen 
cyperoides majus fpicis teretibus ertEiis. 
10. Slender-eared Wood Cyperus Grafs, Gramen 
cypcroidts fylvarum tenuius fpicatum, 
11. Slender-eared, broad-leaved Cyperus Grafs, 
Gramen cyperoides latijolium fpicis muliis Jlri- 
go/ts. 
12. CyperLr> Grafs, with a fliort pendulous 
ipike, Gramen cyperoides fpica pcnduLi bre- 
Viore. By waters. 
13. Many-fpiked Cyperus Grafs, with long pen- 
dulous heads, Gramen cyperoides fpica pen- 
du'a longiore. 
14. Thick, yellow-fpiked Cyperus Grafs, Gra- 
men cyperoides precox fpicis turgidis teretibus 
JiavcfccnlibHS. 
15. Cyperus Grafs, with a few roiindifh fpikes, 
Gramen cyperoides fpicis tribus fuhrotmdis vh 
aculeatis. 
16. Cyperus Grafs, with Ihort, diftant fpikes, 
Gramen cyperoides fpicis brcvibus diffantibus. 
1 7. The leaft Vernal CypcrusGrafs, Gramen cype. 
roides vernum minimim. The heads brownilh* 
iS. Marfh-Hedgehog Grafs, Gramen pahifire 
echinatum. A fmaU plant, with fhort, 
prickly fpikes. 
ig. Soft-leaved CypefUs Grafs, (Gramen cyperoides 
fpicis brevibus congcflis folio ?ncl/i. 
20. Slender-leaved Cyperus Grafs, Gramen cyps^ 
roides tenuifolium. A fmall kind, with a 
few thick fpikes. 
2. ^hofe with feveral fpikes at the top of the flalk^ 
but no chaffy one. 
21. Marfli Cyperus Grafs, with loofe fpikesj 
Gramen cyperoides fahiflre elatius fpica lon- 
givre I ax a. 
22. Cyperus Grafs, with a head compofed of fofc 
fpikes, Gramen cyperoides fpica e fpicis pari- 
bus mollib'us compcfita, 
23. Marfh Cyperus Grafs, with a divided head^ 
Gramen cyperoides ex mcntt Ballace fpica di- 
■vulfa. 
24. Cyperus Grafs, with a fofr, compound head, 
Gramen cyperoides fpica e plurihus fpicibus lon- 
gioribus compo/ia. 
25. Sea Cyperus Grafs, with a compound fpike, 
Gramen maritimum cyperoides fpica compcfita. 
■26. Elegant Cyperus Grafs, with a rough com- 
pounded head, Gramen cyperoides fpica com- 
pnftta afperiore. 
27. Elegant Cyperus Grafs, with a foft head, 
Gramen cyperoides elegans fpica compofita molle^ 
28. Greater-fpiked Cyperus Grafs, Gramen cy- 
peroides paltifire majus fpica com!^r)Ji;a. 
29. The Icfier- fpiked Cyperus Grafs, Gramen 
cyperoides fpica turn mimes. The ftalk droops. 
30. The lefTer^fpiked Cyperus Grafs, with an in- 
terrupted Ipike, Gramen cyperoides fpica di- 
viilfa minus. 
31. Narrow-leaved, fliort-fpiked Cyperus Grafs, 
Gramen cyperoides angnfiifolium fpicis brevibus 
in foliorttm alls. 
32. The leaft prickly-headed, f]ji!;ed Cyperus 
Grafs, Gramen cyperoides fpicatum minimum 
fpica divnlfa acu!.:.:tii. 
33. Flea-Grafs, Gramen cyperoides minimum fejni. 
nibus deorfiim refiexis puliciformibus. 
34. Flat-fpiked Cyperus Grafs, Grawra rj^fraVf/ 
fpica fmplici ccmprcjja diflicha. 
35. Small Cyperus Grafs, with a crowfoot-head, 
Gramen cyperoides ininimum ranu^uuli capitula 
rotunda. 
36. Long crowfoot-headed Cyperus Grafs, Gra- 
men cyperoides minus ranu^icu'i capitulo longiore- 
GENUS 
