Contributions to the botany of India / By Robert Wight.

  • Robert Wight
Date:
1834
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Credit: Contributions to the botany of India / By Robert Wight. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    R. et Sch. s. v. mant. 2. p. 102 ; JV. ab E. in Linn. 7. p. 515 ; Wight. cat. n. 1811. —C. corymbosus Roxb. in ccet. mere. I. o. mus. tab. 711 (fide Arn.)— Cyperus, Wall. cat. n. 3340. b (ex parte, pars altera ad var. y spectat.).— fi; tenerior, radiis omnibus longiusculis ^-1 pollicem longis gracilibus, spi¬ culis paulo angustioribus lateribus brunescenti maculo notatis.—y; specu¬ lis omnibus in capitulum subglobosum congestis.—Wight. cat. n. 1811. b.- a; In capite Bonae Spei, Insula St. Mauritii, Nova Hollandia, Oahu, China, Penins. Ind. or.—fi; In China.—y; Ad Rio de Janeiro, et in Pen. Ind. or. C. polyst., Rottb., stylo trifido describitur atque pingitur; an errore ? Cer¬ to etenim reliqua omnia et descriptionis et iconis mirifice congruunt cum ex¬ emplis, quae compararimus. 12. C. capillaris (Koen.:) spiculis spicatim capitatis divaricatis lineari-lan- ceolatis multifloris, umbella 1-3-radiata, squamis ovatis obtusis dorso trica- rinulatis lateribus laevigatis chartaceis pallide brunneis, rhachilla compressa lateribus undatim carinatis marginibus foveatis, stylo ad medium fere bifido, caryopsi obovata compresso-biconvexa laevi, involucro subtriphyllo patulo, foliis binis umbella longioribus, foliis subradicalibus geminis anguste lineari¬ bus convoluto-subulatis laevibus altero brevissimo, altero culmum compresso- trigonum striatum aequante.—Koenig. ap. Roxb.fi. Ind. l.p. 194; (ed Wall.) 1. p. 198; Sch. Mant. 2. p. 103 ; Royle. herb. cyp. n. 6. et 7 ; Wight. cat. n. 1812. —C. capillaceus, Roxb. in ccet. mere. I. o. mus. tab. 713 (ex Arn.)—C}^- perus, Wall. cat. n. 3318.-Kamaon, Mysore, Himalaya. Accedit iste Cyperus ad C. flavescentem et polystachyum, differt autem ob isto spiculis latioribus, ad illo spiculis angustioribus, ab utroque culmo haud evidenter trigono basin versus compresso et involucro rigidulo. Differt a C. Linneano et lanceolato Poir., herb. Lindi; spiculis latioribus et rachillae sculptura. 13. C. (P.) inundatus (Roxb.:) spiculis racemosis alternis brevipedicella- tis patentibus multifloris, roseo vel luteo alboque variis, racemis in umbel¬ lam compositam dispositis, umbellulis late pyramidalibus nudis, squamis late ovatis obtusis imbricatis tenuibus dorso nervis tribus viridibus praeditis, la¬ tere roseis aut luteis, margine albo membranaceo undulato, rachilla albo- membranacea, stylo bifido, caryopsi obovata retusa compressa punctis minu¬ tis asperula, involucri 4-5-phylli foliolis exterioribus umbella longioribus fo¬ liisque [radicalibus culmum superantibus carinatis laevibus, culmo triquetro angulis laevibus obtusiusculis.—Roxb.fi. Ind. 1. p. 201; {ed Wall.) 1. p. 205 ; in ccet. mere. Ind. or. mus. tab. 1100 (ex Arn.) ; Wight cat. n. 1813.—C. Bacha, Ham.—C. procerus, Roxb. fi. Ind. 1. p. 203; {ed Wall.) l.p. 206 (ubi loco “ involucres none,” legendum involucels none”).—Cyperus, Wall. cat. n. 3336; Roxb. in ccet. mere. I. o. mus. tab. 725 (fide Arn.)-In Peninsula Ind. or. et Benghalia. 14. C. (P.) alopecuroides (Rottb.:) umbella decomposita pluriradiata radiis compressis strictis apice fasciculatim-umbellatis e spicis pluribus patulis re- curvisve cylindricis a basi dense imbricatis, spiculis ovato-oblongis 10-14- floris compressis ; squamis ovatis mucronulato-acutatis dorso viridi nervosis margine flavis incurvisque, stylo bifido, caryopsi ovata convexo-concava laevi, involucellis e basi vaginante herbacea linearibus umbellula brevioribus, in¬ volucri 6—7-phylli foliolis 3-4 late linearibus umbella longioribus foliis que margine scabris, culmo trigono.—Rottb. gram. p. 38. t. 8,f. 2 ; Vahl. en. 2. p. 368; R. et Sch. s. v. 2. p. 220 (exci, omnibus synonymis); N. ab E. in Cyp. Royl. n. 11.-In Himalaya; Royle. § 2. Caryopis trigona, stylo bi-trifidove. Spiculce valde compressce, squamis acutis acute carinatis dorso herbaceo-striatis.—Compressi, Lindi. 17. C. compressus (Linn.:) umbellae compositae simplicisve radiis gracili¬ bus patulo-erectis spiculis capitato- aut digitato-spicatis in disco umbellae
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