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mahl plant, which, if found to be permanent, will undoubtedly 
sufficiently serve for a specific difference. 
128? C. speciosa (Kunth); spicis androgynis apice 
masculis pallidis concoloribus pollicaribus 1-4 ex eadem 
radice, vel in p'edunculos insequales graciles longos radi¬ 
cals monostachyos, vel in culnmm distachyum (infima 
subradicali vaginata exserte pedunculata bracteata) insi- 
dentibus; stigmatibus 3, brevibus; perigyniis ellipticis 
acute trigonis basi acutis rostratis bilobis creberrime 
striato-nervosis marginibus ciliatis glabris vel postice su- 
perne puberulis, squama late ovata acuta cuspidata vel 
subrotunda obtusa striato-nervata pallida subduplo lon- 
gioribus.-—C. speciosa, Kunth, 504. C. concolor, Nees 
{non Brown). C. peduncularis, Wallich, in Herb. ! 
Hab. In India Orientali. In mont. Rajemalil, Wall, 
n. 3391. 
Radix fibrosa. Culmus pedalis, gracillimus, acute triqueter, 
apice scabriusculus, basi foliosus. Pedunculi radicates, 6-12 
poll, longi. Folia 2-3 lin. lata, plana, apice longe setaceo-acu- 
tissima, culmo subduplo longiora. Spicce 12-15 lin. longse, 
2 lin. latte; pars tertia suprema mascula; nudaevel e squamae 
infimse cuspide elongata, quasi bracteatse: infima e suprema 
9 poll, remota, vagina 3 lin. longa, pedunculo bipollicari, 
bracteaque triplo longiori instructa: alise 1-2 in pedunculos 
monostachyos insidentes. Squamce conformes : mascultc sub- 
acutse : foeminea infima plus minus cuspidata: superiores sub- 
rotundse, abrupte apiculatse vel obtusse. Perigynium 2\ lin. 
longum, 1 lin. latum, bilobum, lobis obtusis ciliatis. Ache- 
niurn lyu lin. longum, 1 lin. latum, perigynio conforme. 
Stylus insertus, scaber, basi triqnetra incrassatus, articulatis. 
Stamina 3, brevia. Stigmata 3, brevia. 
Nees and Kunth make no mention of the long monostachyous 
peduncles which suggested to Wallich the name of 0. peduncularis 
for this species. On the ticket affixed to his specimens in the 
East Indian Herbarium at the Linnean Society he says, “ Reperi 
in mont. Rajemahl, Aug. 8, 1820.” 
129. C. fascicularis (Solander); spicis 3-5 cylindricis 
pedunculatis, terminali mascula rarius basi mascula, 
reliquis foemineis stcpe apice sterilibus demum nutanti- 
bus vel pendulis, omnibus approximates evaginatis, vel 
infima remota longissime exserte pedunculata; bracteis 
inferioribus longissimis; stigmatibus 3 ; perigyniis ova- 
tis longe stipitatis cylindrico-rostratis obtuse trigonis 
bicuspidatis glabris costato-nervosis divergentibus de¬ 
mum recurvatis, squama lanceolata longe hispido-aristata 
medio exasperata serrata demum ferruginea longioribus 
vel ( arista ) brevioribus.—C. fascicularis, Solander, MSS. 
fHerb. Banks.); Flora of Neio Zealand, Hooker, i. 283. 
C. Pseudo-cyperus, Brown, Prod. (Tab. CXXXIX. et 
CXL.) 
/3. minor .—“ Spica; 4, una mascula, tres fcemineas, 
subaequales, erectse, sessiles; superiores, scilicet mascula 
et duse fccminese, sub fasciculate;, ac si ex uno eodemque 
centro prodeuntes.”—■ Solander. 
ITab. New Zealand, Banks et Solander, etc. Aus¬ 
tralia, Brown. Tasmania, Gunn, J. ‘JD. Hooker. 
Culmus 2-ped., validus, triqueter, scaber. Folia 2-4 lin. 
lata, culmo longiora, reticulato-nodosa. Bractece inferiores 
longissimse: infima quandoque plus minus vaginata. Pedun¬ 
culi scabri, longitudine variabiles: infimus interdum 1 vel 5 
poll, longus. Spica mascula 1-3 poll, longa, 2-3 lin. lata. 
Spicce foeminea 1—3^ poll, longge, 4-6 lin. latse. Squamce mas- 
cuke majores: foemineseque inferiores ciliato-serratse, longe 
hispido-aristata;: superiores ssepe perigynio breviores. Peri¬ 
gynium (cum stipite H~~fo lin. longo) 3-3 T 2 (J lin. longum, T V 
lin. latum, ovatum, obtuse triquetrum, sensim in rostrum cy- 
lindricum elongatum attenuatum. Achenium lin. longum, 
-A latum, obovatum, triquetrum, basi styli contorta apicula- 
tum, castanenm, punctulatum. 
Habitus et aspectus C. Pseudo-cyperi, L. Differt, spica mas¬ 
cula latiori, foemineis ssepe apice sterilibus, squamismajoribus; 
perigyniis ovatis (nec lanceolatis), longe stipitatis, rostro lon¬ 
giori ; achenio obovato. 
In Hr. Hooker’s ‘Flora of New Zealand’ I adopted Solander’s 
name for this plant, though, as the quotation given above from his 
character shows, it applies to the smaller form of it only. Its 
mature perigynium constitutes the chief distinction between it 
and the European C. Pseudo-cyperus. In Tab. CXL. the smaller 
figure, f3, minor, represents the plant of Solander. 
130. C. formosa (Dewey); spicis 4 rarius 3-5 obion- 
gis densifloris pallidis demum olivaceis, terminali basi 
subdimidiatim reliquis ima basi parce masculis, remotis 
nutantibus longe exserte setaceo-pedunculatis; bracteis 
culmum submquantibus; stigmatibus 3, brevibus ; peri¬ 
gyniis triquetris ovalibus ventricosis rostellatis, ore 
integro vel emarginato ciliato, tenuiter nervatis pellu- 
cide demum ferrugineo-punctatis, squama ovata acuta 
vel obtusa breve cuspidata castanea margine albo-hyalina 
nervo viridi scabro latioribus longioribusque ; culmo fo- 
liisque pilosis.—C. formosa, Dewey, Sill. viii. 98; Sc/no. 
et Tor. 325 ; Carey, l. c. 522 ; Sartwell, Hass. n. 86 : non 
Kunth {descript.), 430, qua C. Sliortii, Tor. (Tab. 
CXLI.) 
Hab. In America septentrionali, in pratis humidis, 
New England to New York. 
Culmus, folia {infra), vaginse pednnculique pilosi. Culmus 
1-3-ped., superne setaceus, basi rudimentis foliorum fibrillosis 
purpnreis tectus; pars spicas gerens 5-9 poll, longa. Folia 
1-3 lin. lata, culmo breviora. Bractea infima culmo brevior. 
Vagina infima 1^-3 poll, longa. Pedunculus infimus 3)-5 
poll, longus. Spicce 4-12 lin. longse, 2 lin. latse, omnes basi 
masculse. Squama pallide castanese, margine albo-hyalinse: 
mascula longiores, rarius apice ciliatse; inferiores obtusse, mu- 
ticse; superiores ssepe mucronulatse: foeminese ovatse, nervo 
viridi, breve cuspidatse. Perigynium 2 T V-ro lin. longum, 
lineam latum, glabrum vel rarius apice ad margines parce 
denticulatum. Achenium lyy lin. longum, lin. latum, 
triquetro-obovatum, castaneum, basi styli apiculatum. 
Neither Dewey nor Torrey notice the male florets at the base of 
the lower spikes, a character which distinguishes this species from 
all its allies. 
131. C. oxylepis (Torrey); spicis 4 rarius 3-5 cylindra- 
ceis gracilibus subdensifloris olivaceis, terminali basi mas¬ 
cula, reliquis foemineis approximatis exserte pedunculatis 
suberectis basi attenuatis laxifloris, infima plus minus re¬ 
mota ; bracteis culmum subsequantibus ; stigmatibus 3 ; 
perigyniis elliptico-lanceolatis triquetris utrinque acutis 
vel rostellatis, ore emarginato bidentato, tenuiter nervatis 
glabris olivaceis ferrugineo punctatis, squama lanceolata 
acuminata acuta cuspidata albida nervo viridi scabro 
latioribus longioribusque; culmo foliisque pilosis.—C. 
oxylepis, Torrey, Mon. 409 (1836); Dewey, Sill. iii. 
354 (1847). (Tab. CXLII.) 
Hab. In America septentrionali. Texas, Drummond. 
Florida, Dr. Chapman. 
