TRIANDRIA monogynia. 
323 
Spiculae 3-6» unguiculares , 26 florae, fuscae. Valrae acu- 
tae, margine membranaceae, enerves. (Vahl.) 
306. Cyperus diaphanus. 
C. culmo trigono glabro, folii.s carinatis glabriuscuHs cul- 
mo longioribus, umbella subquadriradiata , ninbelliilis 
3 - 4 stacbyis, involucro umbella multo longiori, spicu- 
lis valvisque oblongo -ovatis obtusis, nuce obovala, 
leviter compressa transversim rugosa. 
C. diaphanus iSchrad. in Roem. et Sch. syst. veg. manf. 
2. p. 477, 
Habitat in Nepalia. O 
C. compressus proximus, diflert umbellae radiis lon- 
gioribus, spicatis, duplo majoribus, valvis acutis et nucis 
triquetris. Radix fibrosa. Culmi pedales, erecti, graciles. Fo- 
lia laxa, linearia, attenuato- cuspidata , apicem versus carina 
margineque scabra. Umbellae radii pollicares et ultra, inter- 
medio brevissimo. Involucri phylla qiiatuor, reliquis simil- 
lima. Spiculae alternae, subsessiles, 4-5 lineares, multiflo- 
rae; valvis arcte imbricatis albidis diaphanis. (Schrad. 1. c.) 
307. Cyperus compressus* 
C. culmo trigono foliisqus glabris planis culmo longiori- 
bus, junioribus margine scrrulato- scabris, umbella 
subquadriradiata, umbellulis 4-6 stacbyis, involucro 
bexaphyllo umbellam superante, valvis mucronatis, nuce 
triquetra. 
C. compressus Linn. sp. pl. 68. Rottb. gram. p. 27. t. 9. 
f. 3. Swartz obs. 30. Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 282. Vahl 
Enum. 2. p. 324. Pursli. amer. 1. p. 51. Htimb. Bonpl. 
et Kuntli nov. gen. et sp. 1. p. 207. Kuntii svn. 1. p. 
141. Roem. et Sch. syst. veg. 2. p. 182. rnant. 2. p. 
106. Meyer Esseq. p. 28. Elliott. Bot. of Carol. and 
Georg. 1. p. 65. Torrey Fl. of the Unit. Stat. 1. p. 63. 
Rosb. ind. 1. p. 198. Spreng. syst. veg. 1. p. 220. 
Pressi. Relic]. Hacnk. fasc. 3. p. 177. I-.ink Hort. ber. 
1. p.309. 
C. rotundus gramineus fere inodorus, panicula sparsa 
compressa viridi. Sloan. cat. 35. bist. 1. p. 117. t.76. f. 1. 
Gramen cyperoides species major Vaudeniaulecode Mala- 
barorum. Pluh. mant. 97. t. 417. f. 2. 
Habitat in America meridionali et boreali, India occiden- 
tali et orientali. O 
Radix fibrosa. Culmus erectus, 2- 8 poli., striatus, basi 
foliatus. Folia lineari - graminea, striata, basi vaginaiitia. 
timbella 4-5 radiata, radiis 1 - G polb longis, intermedio bre- 
vissimo subnullo. Spiculae alternae, lineari-lanceolatae, acu- 
tae, compressae, semipollicares, multiflorae. Involucri phrlla 
linearia, acuminata, striata, glabra, inaequalia, apice serru- 
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