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Sell. Aldus , White-headed Bog-rush j with a leafy 
triangular stem, flowers fasciculated, and bristly leaves; 
common in marshy places, particularly in Scotland; is 
perennial, and flowers in August. 
Many species belonging to this genus are natives of 
tropical regions, particularly restioides and cladium , the 
former of which grows to the height of six feet, and the 
latter from eight to ten feet, in moist places and sea- 
marshes in Jamaica. 
Cypjerus. Gen. char. — Glumes chaffy, imbricated 
on two sides ; cor. none ; one seed, without awn. 
Cyp. Longus, Sweet Cyperus, or English Galingale ; 
with a leafy triangular stem, a leafy divided umbel, 
naked peduncles, and alternate spikelets; perennial, and 
flowers in July ; is a rare plant in England, but is met 
with in the isle of Purbeck, and near St David’s Head. 
Many species belong to this genus, chiefly natives of 
warm climates. 
Cyp. Elegans, is a splendid species which grows in 
the sea-marshes near Liguanea in Jamaica. The root- 
leaves are from two to three feet in length, the stalk 
rises two feet and a half, with two or three leaves on 
the top, one of which is a foot long ; and the elegant 
panicle is composed of numerous spikelets, some of 
which are sessile, and some are elevated on peduncles 
three or four inches long. 
Cyp. Odoratus, Sweet-scented Cyperus, a native of 
low lands in the same island, exceeds five feet in 
Cyp. Papyrus, a native of Egypt, is still a loftier 
plant, which is alluded to by the ancients, and seems to 
have furnished the first materials for the manufacture or 
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