TRIAND, MONOG. 112. Cyperus. 115 
^•‘favs; 
%Uus. 
Umbel 3 or 4-rayed, bearing akerrate diftant fpikelets of very 
obtufe j-fided grains covered with hardly rifible chaff. 
Culm 3-fided: umbel more than decompound, whorled, 
panicled. 
India. Rottb. ^ra»i. 41. /. g./i i. 
Paaiclts feflile and ped uncled; Jpikes linear. 
Involucre many-leaved: umbel more than decompound: 
peduncles filiform, corymbed, lliff. 
The Cape. Rottb. gram. 42. t. "j.f. 4. 
Culm 3 Tided, Icaflels : Jpikes linear. 
Culm 3-fidcd, naked : umbel more than' decompound : 
peduncles branched and racemed ; involucre many- 
leaved, long. 
Eaft India. Retes.. obf. 6. p. 20. Willd.fp. pi. 1 . p. 287. 
Culm 3-fided, leafy: umbel more than decompound; 
fpikeleis umbelled, feflile. 
India. Rottb. gram. 3b. f 6 . f. 2. Pluk. aim. t. \^jj. 2. 
Leaws yellowifh dotted with brown : umbel fpreading. 
Culm 3-fided, naked : umbel leafy, more than decom- 
pound: fpikes a finger's length, imbricate; fpikelets 
fubulate. 
India. Univerfal iruvolucre many-leaved, very long, partial 
fhortcr than the fpikes: /pikes feflile, fenaginous. 
Culm 3-fided, naked : umbel leafy, more than decom- 
pound ; fpikes alternate, filiform : florets diftant. 
Caribbees. jacq. ic. rar. 2. tab. 299. 
Leaves alternate, lanceolate, carinate; fpikes Xtooli. 
Calm nearly 3-fided, 2-leaved : umbel more than decom- 
pound: fpikelets roundilh, fomewhat pinnate. 
Ealt India. Retos. obf. q. p. ii , Willd, fp. pi. i. p. 288. 
Involucre of many fhort acute leaves : peduncles compreffed. 
Culm 3-fided, naked : umbel longer than the involucres ; 
involucels 3-leaved, fetaceous, longer: fpikelets in 
threes. 
Egypt, &e. Bruce Abyss. 5. 1 . 1 Moris. hiH. q,, fH, t. 1 1 . /'.41 . 
Involucre 8-!caved : general copious, the rays Iheathing at 
thebafe; partial on very Ihort peduncles; fpikelets alternate, 
feflile : culm leafy at the bafe; leaves hollow, enfiform. 
The leaves of this fpecies were the Papyrus of the Egyptians. 
tnis 
E. Culm -^-fided: umbels axillary. 
Culm 3-fided : leaves crowded, at the top of the [culm : 
umbels axillary, decompound : fpikelets ovate, 
P 2 Arabia. 
