|g 8 
furinamen- 
sist 
thermalis. 
Icfvht 
lanctut. 
*albu5. 
gracilis. 
fetaceus. 
pusilhs. 
capillarU, 
artkulatus. 
minimus. 
TRIAND. MONOG. ti 2 . Cypcrus, l 
Culm leafy, 3-fided: peduncles corymbed ; the lower oO^' 
alternate, dillant, upper ones clullereL 
Guiana. Rottb. gram. 68. t. zi.f, i. 
Culm 3-fided, leafy: heads lateral, compound, nearly 
file : leaves enfitorm, carinate. 
The Cape. Rottb. gram 6 }. n. 83. ‘Ibmb. frodr, ty. u 
Culms large, rigid : koftes ftiff, carinate ; heads alternate, 1 
the fummit of the culm: glume 4- leaved. ' 
Culm 3-fided, leafy: heads lateral : glumes mucron**®' 
fpikes ovate. 
The Cape. 7 hunl. prodr, ij. Willd,/p. pi. z6j. 
Culm 3-fided, leafy : fpikes panicled, lateral : glumes 
fpikelets lanceolate. 
The Cape, ^hunb, prodr, 17. Willd. fp pl.z6-j. 
Culm 3-fided, leafy; flowers fafcicled : leaves fetaceouS' 
2. Flower." brown. Schaenusfufeus. Sp. PI, 1664. 
Bogs. Flor. Dan, t. 320. Moris, hiji. ^.j. 8. /. <).f. 39. 
Culm 3-fided, leafy, very long, filiform; fpikes lateJ"^'' 
peduncled. 
Jamaica, Snxtartz. prodr . 19. Willd, fp, pi. 
Culm 3-fided, nearly naked: leaves fctaccous : fpike!*^*^ 
aggregate : florets 2-male. 
Jamaica. Surinam. Rottb. gram. 62. t. zi.f. i. 
Culm 3-fided, naked, filiform: fpikelets terminal, 
what fafcicled, feflil^ furniftied with a lealct eq'J^ 
ling the fpike. 
Jamaica. Swartz. icon. fa/c. \,t.6 . 
Naked 3-fided culm and leaves capillary: fpikelets 
cled, refledted, involucred; the involucel 2- leaved. 
Hifpaniola. Swartz, prodr, zo. Willd. fp, pi. 26a, 
,1 I 
1 1 2. CYPERUS. Glumes chaffy, imbricate ii* 
rows; coral o: J^ed i, naked. 
A. Culm round. 
Culm round, naked, jointed. 
Jamaica. Shane Jam. i.t.Ss.f, 1, 
Root tuberous, red, odorous : fpikes panicled, terminal. ' 
Culm capillary: fpike fingle and double; involucre ' 
leaved. 
Jamaica. Shane yam, !, t.’jc^.f, 3. Rottb, gram, t, 15. 
