258 TRIAJfDRIA MONOGYTsIA. 
138. Cyperus acoparius. 
C. culmo triquetro angulis asperis, umbella decomposita 
stricta, spiculis sparsis pancilloris, involucro tetraphvUo 
maximo denticulato, involiicellis brevissimis. 
C. scoparius Poir. Enc. Metb. 7. p. 253. Roem. et Sch. 
syst. veg. 2. p. 195. Spreng. syst. vcg. 1. p. 231. 
Habitat in Madagascar 2|-. 
Culmi alti, subcompressi. Involucri phrlla inaequalia, 
pollicem lata, sesquipedalia, firma, striata, acutissima. Radii 
umbellae firmi, congesti, subcompressi, 2-3 pollicares, basi 
ochrea cylindrica membranacea laxtuscula pollicari, apice in- 
aequaliter truncata. Spicae graciles, elongatae, fasciciilatap, 
inaeq^iales, bipollicares 5 spicularum glomei-uli sparsi. Spic«i- 
lae parvae, ovatae, acutae, subcylindricae. sessiles, 4-6 Qo- 
rae , rubellae. Valvae ovatae, acuminatae, margine albae, 
scariosae. Involucri partialis phylla 3-4 inaequalia, subii- 
lata, -j spiculis breviora. (Poir.) 
139, Cyperus ligularis, 
C. culmo triquetro, foliis culmo longiot-ibns glaucis mar- 
gine carinaqne scmilato -scabris, involucro poiypliyllo, 
phylUs tribus longissimis, uinbeila multiradiafa, spicu- 
lis lanceolatis pancifloris in capitula subcvlindrica dense 
conglomeratis, valvis ovatis aculis multinerviis , nuce 
trigona utrinque attenuata laevi. 
C. ligularis Linn. sp. pl. ed. 2. p. 70. Amoen. acad. 5. p. 
591. Rotlb. gram. p. 35. t. 11. f. 2. sp. pl. 1. 
p. 277. Tliunbg. Prodr. p. 18. Pl. cap. 1. p. 371. Roem. 
et Sch. sy^t. veg. 2. p. 223. Spreng. syst. veg, 1. p. 
231. (exci, syn.) Link Hort. ber. 1. p. 312. Pressi. 
Rcliq. Haenk. fasc. 3. p. 171. 
C. maximus panicula minus sparsa ferruginea , capitulis 
comjjactis crassioribus. Sloan. liist. 1 p. 36. t. 9. 
Habitat in Prom. b. spei, in Guinea, in India occidentali 
et America meridionali 2|-. 
Viridi - glancesoens. Culmus tripedalis et ultra, acute 
angulatHs. Involucrum pentaphyllum , phylla quatuor um- 
bella longiora, unicum bipedale, semipollicem laia, margine 
cariaaqtie sernilato-scabra , partiale nullum. Ochreae obli- 
que truncatae, ligula obtusa integra. Umbellae compositae, 
radii 8-9, longiores 5 pollicares, partiales vix ulli. Spicae 
3-5, alternae, approximatae, intermedia erecta pollicaris, 
penna cy'^giiea crassior, laterales minores, sessiles vel subpe- 
dnncnlatae, horizontaliter patentes. Spiculae copiosissimae, 
parvae, sexflorae, primum patentes, acutae. Valvae ovatae, 
acutae, concavae, striatae, fusco-virescentes. (Vahl.) 
