CLXII. CYPERACE^, 
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style enclosed in an urceolate sac (utricle). Nut biconvex or tri¬ 
gonous enclosed in the utricle. Species about 500, whole world. 
Terminal spikes male, lower female; utricle inflate 
at base, hairy . . . . . (i) C. ligata 
Terminal spikes female at base, male at top. 
Sub-scapose, basal leaves longer than scape; 
spikelets distant . . . . ■ (2) C. cryptostachys 
Inflorescence very short, shorter than leaves; 
spikelets crowded . . . . (3) C. Curtisii 
Inflorescence long slender lax. - 
Spikelets few, ovate, white, glabrous . . (4) C. malaccensis 
Spikelets few, slender, pendulous. 
Rachis glabrous; glumes half as long as 
narrow hairy utricle, awned . . • (5) C. breviglumis 
Rachis hairy; glumes half as long as narrow 
utricle, ovate-lanceolate glabrous . . (6) C. Clarkeana 
Rachis glabrous; glumes lanceolate awned 
nearly as long as narrow utricle . . (7} C. riviiln nim 
Spikelets numerous, white, short; utricle 
ovoid hairy.. (8) C. perakensis 
Spikelets numerous; glumes red, edged white. 
Leaves -5 in. wide; spikelets stout . . (9) C. arridens 
Leaves narrow; spikelets slender . . (10) C. Walked 
Spikelets very numerous, forming a large 
panicle; utricles dilate succulent red . (ii) C. baccans 
Spikelets yellowish or brown in elongate or 
pyramidal panicles. 
Spikelets yellow; utricle sub-globose . (12) G. iudica 
Spikelets ferruginous; utricle ellipsoid . {13) C. cruciata 
(1) C. ligata BooU in Benth. FI. Hongkong 402; Illustr. iv. 
211; KukentJial, Pflanzenreich, CyperacecB-caricoide<^ 473, f. 75, g-k. 
Rhizome thick tufted. Leaves linear scabrid, 17 in. long, -i in. 
wide. Culms slender, 5 to 12 in. long. Spikes 3 or 4, distant, 
terminal one male filiform, -75 to 2 in. long, lower ones female 
cylindric rather dense, -5 to i in. long. Glumes sub-ovate oblong 
rounded, ciliate, brown, edges white, hyaline, keel green. Utricle 
longer, rhomboidal, flask-shaped, inflate at ba.se stipitate, yellow- 
green, minutely puberulous, beak rather long, bifid. Hab. Mountains, 
damp woods by streams at 5600 ft. altitude. Pahang, Gunong 
Tahan (Ridley). Distrih. Formosa and China. 
(2) C. cryptostachys Brongn. Bot. Voy. Coquille 152 t. 25; 
Clarke in Hook. fit*. F.B.l. vi. 714 (C. cyrtosiachys by misprint) ; 
Ridl. Mat. hi. 116. (Fig. 221, p. 182.) 
Rhizome stout, *25 in. through. Leaves numerous linear 
acuminate, i to 2 ft. long, -3 to *5 in. wide. Scapes shorter, 6 to 
8 in. long, branched. Spikelets linear, pale green, lax, -5 in. long. 
Female glumes ovate, white, keel green, half as long as the utricle. 
Style trifid. Utricle -12 in. long, pale green, hairy, oblong, narrow 
towards the base, beak short. Nut small, yellow, on a pedicel 
swollen at tip. Hab. Banks and damp spots in woods, abundant, to 
4000 ft. altitude. Singapore, Bukit' Timah. Johor, Batu Pahat. 
