fi>ateus. 
TRIAND. MONOG. 112. Cypcrus. ^09 
Culms fetaceous, ftriate-anglecl, naked: fpikc terminal, 
moftly 4-flovvered, naked. 
Calcutta. Retx. ohf. 5. p. 10. 
Culms flender, in butiches: halves o : glumes purplifli. 
Culm compreffed, naked ; fpikes of the head glomerate, 
feflile: involucre moftly i -leaved. 
Eaft India. Pluk almag, 178. /. 300,/’. 7 - 
XeflTifi filiform ; lolitary, ftriate: feffile. 
P>-onfer, Culm round, naked: head globular, proliferous. 
The Cape. Scirpus prohjer. Rotth. gram. t. ly*/* 2. 
Culm round, nearly woody: umbel rare : fpikes conglo- 
merate : involucre Tubulate, 3-leaved. 
Arabia. Rettb. gram. 2i. t, m. f. 'i- 
^'‘^''ginatus. Culm round, leaflefs: umbel compound; fpikelets oblong, 
reddifh-brown. 
The Cape. Thunb, prodr. 18. WillJ.fp.pl. \ .p. 2^0. 
^°’»planatus Culm compreffed, flat, naked : umbel compound : invo- 
lucre 2-leaved ; partial one very fhort, many-leaved, 
the leaflets fetaceous, with a membranaceous bafe. 
Java. WillJ. fp. pi. i.p. -270. Retz, obf. p. 
Culm z-edged, broad, flat ; fpikelets brown, with acute fcales, 
‘t^tilis. Culm round: umbel decompound: involucre 12-leaved, 
fmooth, fhorter than the oblong fpikelets. 
The Cape. WillcLfp. pi. i. p. 27\,'Thunb.prodr.\%, 
^'‘’^actus. Culm round, leafy: umbel decompound: involucre 5- 
leaved : fpikelets cluftered, fubfpiral. 
China, Retz.obf. ^.p. 10. Willd.fp.pl. \,p. 271. 
Leaves fmooth : umbellets 3 or 5 -rayed : heads compaft. 
B. Culm '^- fided: fpikelets fmple. 
'^'^^osiachy. Culm 3-fided, naked : fpike Ample, ovate, terminal, with 
mucronatc fcales. 
Indies, gloanefam. 1. t. 79. f. 2. Rotth. gram. t. 13. f. 3 * 
Leaves linear, fmooth : involucre as long as the fpike. 
'^‘ttachyos. Culm 3-fided; Aliform, leafy at the bafe: fpikes in pairs, 
feflile, Ihorter than the involucre. 
Italy. WillJ, fp. pi. \.p. 272. n.\2. 
Culm with a Angle narrow leaflet at the bafe : fpikes oblong, 
brown, feflile, terminal: involucre 3-leaved, t very long. 
^'-'floYus. Culm 3-Aded, naked: umbel 3-fpiked, the middle one 
feffile ; fpikelets fmooth. 
India. Schcenus cypercides. Retz. ohf, 4. p, 8. 
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