TRIAND. MONOG. II2. Cyperus. iii 
Culms 3-fided, leafy at the bafe : umbels moftly Ample : 
involucre 3-leaved: flowers i-male. 
India. Retz. obf. 5./. 13. Willd. fp, pi, \, p, 275, 
Spikelets linear, fhining, whitifli, longitudinally browa in the 
middle : fcaUs ovate, hyaline, with a green keel. 
^ bitachjos, Cujjjj -j.fidcd : involucre many-leaved : panicle terminal,. 
nearly felhle, much branched : fpikes linear-lanceo- 
late, flattened, crowded. 
The Cape. Rett, gram. t. \ \,f. 1 , Pluk. mttnf, t, 6, 
Culms nearly 3-fided: leaves fafcicled, very ftifF, chan- 
nelled, a foot and a half long: head panicled, termi- 
nal, 3-leaycd. 
Arabia. Relt. gram. 2t^ t, j, 
Diftinguilhed from all the reft by its half-round leaws. 
GuIjjj 3-fidcd: involucre many-leaved, long: umbel fim- 
ple : fpikes conglomerate: florets groove-punftured. 
Arabia. Rottb. gram, 21. t, 5 ./i i . 
Qulm leafy at the bafe ; Jpikelets convex, green. 
D. Culm 'yjided: fpikes in terminal umbels. 
Culm 3-fided : umbel Ample : fpikes ovate, cylindrical, 
obtufe ; glumes hook-mucronate. 
Eaft India. Rcttb. gram. z^. i. 
Culms naked : involucre 3-leaved : fpikes fefllle and peduncled. 
Culm 3-fided: umbel fimple: fpikes ovate, concave, 
thickly cluftered; involucre many-leaved, 
America. Sloanejam. t, J^.f, I. Rottb. gram, t, 13./'. 3. 
Culm 3-fided, naked : umbel fimple, leafy : fpikelcts 
ovate, conglomerate : glumes recurved and pointed at 
the tip. 
Jamaica. Swartz, prodr. 20. Willd.fp, pi. t, p.zjS. 
Culms 3-fided, vifcid at the bafe : leaves convolute-round :■ 
umbel compound : fpikelets oblong, in glomerate 
heads: involucre very long. 
Weft Indies, facq. ic. 2, t. 295. 
Culm 3-fided : umbel compound : fpikelets few-flowered, 
fpiked ; glumes obtufely mucronate ;■ involucre many- 
leaved, Very long. 
Jamaica. Sloanejam. l. r. 9. Rottb. gram. t. 11. f. 2. 
Spikes on 3-fided peduncles: culms very large. 
Culm 3-fided ; umbel decompound : fpikelets ovate, in 
cylinurical fpikes: glumes obtufe: involucre many- 
leaved, longer than the umbel. 
Arabia. India. Rottb. gram, 38. r. 8./". 2; 
^‘‘tatus. 
^Warit^ 
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