iro TRIAND. MONOG. iia. Cyperus. 
In’volucre 2-Ieaved. fhorter than the fpike : fpikt, terminal, ovat«» 
2-edged, acute, with pointed fcales. 
C. Culm 1-ftded: umbel glomerate, fejjlle, 
m/ormiu Culm 3-fided, naked, filiform: leaves fetaceous : fpikfS 
terminal, feffile, crowded, round-fubulate. 
Jamaica. Swartx. prodr, zo, Willd./p. pi. i.p.zjz, 
nanus. Culm 3-fided, fetaceous : umbel felfile, headed, 2-leaved: 
glumes nerved. 
Guinea. Pluk. r.417./. 8. Willd.fp.pl. \ .p. 272. 
Leaves fetaceous, longer than the culm; /pikelets feffile, 3 or 4' 
flowered : glumes obtufe ; involucre longer than the flowers. 
duhius. Culm 3-fided, fetaceous; head terminal: involucre 4 ^ 
leaved, very long. 
Malabar. Rettb. gtam. 20. t. ^.f 5. 
Head feffile : Jioveers foraetimes i -male. 
capitatus. Culm fomewhat angular, ftriate, leafy in the middle: head 
terminal, 3-leaved ; fpikes felfile. 
India ? Retz. obf. 4. p. g. Willd. Jp. pi. \.p. 273. 
Culm comprellcd, with a bunch of leaves in the middle. 
niveus. Culm 3-fided, filiform, naked ; umbel terminal, felfile, 2- 
leaved ; fpikes comprefled, lanceolate. 
India. Retz. obf. 5. p, 12. Willd. fp. pi. i. p, 273, 
Umbel compofed of fnowy fpikes : feeds black. 
pannonicus. Culm obfoletely 3-fided, profttate : fpikes moftly 4 to<rC' 
thcr, felfile. / o 
Auflria. Hungary. Jacq. Aufir, y.p. 29. t. app. 6. 
Lulms in a thick tuft, naked : root-leaf than the culnu 
linear, channelled ; involucre 2 or 3-leaved. 
mucronatus. Culm 3.fidcd, naked, Iheathing; involucre i-leafed, ftilf: 
fpikes moftly 3 together, felfile. 
Arabia. India. Rottb.gram. 19./. i f. 4. 
Culm round at the bottom, hardly angular above, 
Uvigatus. Culm 3-fided : head glomerate, globular ; involucre 2- 
leaved : glumes obtufe. , 
Cape of Good Hope. Rottb. gram. ig. t. i 6 . f.i, | 
Head terminal, compofed of numerous feffile fpikefetsi I 
fqi'arrosus. Culm 3-fided, naked : umbel 4-leaved, glomerate ; 
lets ovate: glumes mucronate. ^ ' 
India. Rottb. gram. 20. /. 14. 3. 
Involucre 3 or 4 . 1 eaved, longer than the umbel. 
nitens. 
