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scabra, vaginis longis trigonis striatis, herbaceis, ore bine brevi spatio membranaceo. Corymbi e foliorum 
duorum superiorum axillis, folio multo breviores, fasciculato-bifidi, bracteolis setaceis scariosis interstincti. 
Pedunmlus gracilis, compresses, scaber. Spiculm in ramulis geminatse, subglomeratim approximatae, 7-8 in 
quovis fascicule corymbuli bifidi, oblongae, 4-5-flor2e. Squamm latae, ovatse, acutsc, uninerves, nervo excur- 
rente mucronatae, brunnese, margine pallidiores ; infimse duse steriles, minores, obtusiusculse cum mucrone. 
Stamina tria. Stylus bifidus. Caryopsis seminis Vicim fere magnitudine, obovata, lenticulari-compressa, 
marginibus acutis, utrinque interrupte undato-scrobiculata, fusca, styli basi conica compressa obtusiuscula, 
utrinque obiter bisulca, grisea, discreta. Setce 8-9, caryopsin cum rostello sequantes, retrorsum hispid®. 
10. HAPLOSTYLIS.* N.abE.lc. 
1. H. Meyenii. N, ab E. in Ed. N. Phil. Journ. (1834.) ti. 34. p. 265; et in Wight's 
Contrib. p. 115. (cum char.) 
Hab. Insula Lappas ; Millett, In vicinia urbis Macao, et in insulis adjacentibus ; G. H. Vachell, n. 65. 
Ad Promontorium Syng-moon ; Meyen. 
Planta csespitosa. Radicis fibrae densse, pallid®, compress®, spongios®. Culmorum bases incrassat®, 
vaginis exaridis elongatis pallidis laxe vestit®. Culmi li-2 pedes alti, crassitie penn® Columbin®, tereti- 
usculi, altero latere paullo magis depresso, altero in®qualiter costulato, striati, in sicco nonnihil torti, non 
scabri, basi sola foliosi. Vagince ratione lamin® breves, striat®, compress®, l®ves, altero latere membrana- 
ce® lacero-dehiscentes, in laminam continu®. Folia culmo aliquanto breviora, lin. lata linearia, acumi- 
nata, carinata et basin versus complicata, glabra, l®via, margine scabra, flaccida, glauca. Capitulum ter- 
minale, magnitudine nucis mosebat®, subglobosum, densum. Involucrum 4-6-phyllum, foliolis a basi 
lineam lata planiuscula ciliata, in acumen carinatum continue attenuatis, totis herbaceis et rigidis patulis, in- 
ferne ciliatis apicem versus serrulato-scabris, quorum majus vix bipollicare, reliqua ad l-:|pollices decrescunt 
minoraque capituli ambitum intrant. Spiculm per fascicules 3-4-stachyos sessiles distribut®, confert®, omnino 
sessiles, primum pallide virescentes, demum ferrugine®, glabr®, lanceolat®, corapresso-ancipites, acuminat®, 
incurv®, primum arete imbricat®, sub fructu apice dehiscentes. Squamm omnino distich®, ovat®, chartace®, 
uninerves, carinat®, septen® ; quatuor inferiores steriles, breves, magnitudine tamen crescente, acut® ; quinta 
pr®cedente majore 1^1, sub fructu 2 lin. longa, longius acutata; sexta ejusdem form® sed paullo longior et 
angustior magisque acuminata, teneriorque convoluta, amplectens margine baseos pistillum apieeque stylum 
arete retinens, per se quidem sessilis, sed sinu recondens squamam septimam minorem teneriorem, oblongam, 
acutam, convolutam, stamina continentem. Pistillum unum in axilla squam® quint®. Stylus longissimus, 
squamam sextam excedens, filiformis, glaber, simplicissimus, apice semel bisve contortus acutiusculus, basi 
strictura insertus vertici ovarii spongioloso capituliformi ; ovarium oblongum, trigonum, perigynio sexseto 
cinctum. Caryopsis obovata, seminis papaveris magnitudine, utrinque convexa, subtilissime punctulato- 
exasperata, margine angusto calloso pallidiore a vertice in basin angustatam continue cincto, apice orbiculo 
convexo carinato riiguloso coronata, basi perianthii setulis 4-6 triplo brevioribus retrorsum hispidis furido 
conjunctis stipitata, primum lutea, dein fusca. Perigynii extorioxis laciuul® alb®, filiformes, caryopsi multo 
breviores, denique obsolet®. Flos masc. stamina tria, squama septima circumdata; filamenta linearia, 
brunnea, squamam sub anthesi mquantia ; aniherae lineares, apiculat®, bilocellat®, lute®, basi veluti in 
stipitem sterilem filiformem attenuat® ejusque opera filamento strictura argute intercedente imposit®, ita 
ut prime attractu defluant. , 
Ad sectionem hujus generis secundam, Pterorrhynchium, N. ab E., caryopsi concavo-convexa rostro 
* Generis affinis Morisia, N. ab E. 1. c., et in Ed. N. Philos. Journ. (1834) n. 34._ p. 265, nomen mutandum, 
monente in literis amiciss. Arnottii, propter dua alia jarajam similiter appellata, at mihi, cum scriberem de Cyperaceis 
Wightianis, baud cognita : substituatur Sphceroschanus, Herb. Arn. 
