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Credit: Contributions to the botany of India / By Robert Wight. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Contributions to the botany of India / By Robert Wight. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![18. C. Wightn (N. ab E.:) spiculis globoso-capitatis oblongo-lanceolatis compressis 10-30-floris, squamis arcte imbricatis ovatis in acumen mediocre subulatum recurvum attenuatis subtiliter nervoso-striatis pallide brunneis margine albo-membranaceo enervi, stylo trifido, caryopsi obovata trigona lseviuscula cinerea, involucri di-triphylli foliolo altero capitulo subduplo lon¬ giori, foliis anguste linearibus complicato-canaliculatis culmo flaccido triquetro brevioribus, radice fibrosa.—C. pectiniformis, Wight. cat. n. 1817.-Penin¬ sula Indiae orientalis ; Wight. Solus huic affinis est C. Tenerrfiae, Poir.; differt autem hic: foliis longiori¬ bus, spiculis majoribus rufis, squamis evidentius striatis magisque acuminatis. Inter Indicas species hujus generis comparandae sunt: C. capitatus, Retz., fasciculo in culmo foliorum medio insignis foliisque culmo longioribus; tum vero C. nitens, Retz., cui spiculae monandrae, alia ut taceam. C. pectinatus, Roxb., differt culmo stricto et spiculis linearibus: an ad hunc nostrum re¬ ferendus ? [Videas C. pectiniformem. Quoad C. capitatum, Retzii, culmus fasciculum foliorum proferre ad medium tantum fortuito videtur.—C. nitens, Vahl. et for¬ san etiam Retzii, ad C. castaneum, Willd., potius spectat.—ArnY] 21. C. niveus (Retz.:) spiculis 4—10 capitatim-aggregatis ovato-oblongis subvigintifloris (20-30-floris), squamis imbricatis apice biemarginatis mem¬ branaceis nervoso-striatis albidis cervinisve, stylo trifido, caryopsi trigona ni¬ gra, involucri 1-3-phylli foliolo altero elongato foliisque anguste linearibus longis laevibus, culmo praeter basin aphyllo trigono striato, rhizomate dense multicipite.—Retz. observ. 5. p. 12; Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 273; Vahl. en. 2. p. 308; R. et Sch. s. v. 2. p. 169; Roxb. fi. Ind. 1. p. 191; (ed. Wall.) 1. p. 195 ; in coet. mere. Ind. or. mus. tab. 710 (fide Arn) ; Wight. cat. n. 1818; Royle. Cyp. n. 8.—Cyperus, Wall. cat. n. 3377.—/3, cervinus; culmis altiori- bus (pedalibus et longioribus), spiculis pallide cervinis.—N. ab E. in herb. Royle.—Cyperus, Wall. I. c.-«; In Peninsula boreali prope oppidum Raja- mundri. In nemorosis ad Midnapur. Tjandracona.—/3 in ripa Irawaddi, in Sirmoore, Kamaon, in Monghir, et Dimla et Sanashygota. Retzius, ut solet, bene descripsit. Folia perhibens brevia, aperto falsus est, quippe quae culmum haud raro superent, linearia, rigidula, undatim flexuosa, siccando se convolventia. “ Acutas ” dixisse videtur squamas Willdenovius, quoniam a tergo eas, neque a latere, neque explanatas observavit. § 4. Caryopsis trigona stylo trifido. Spiculae lineares squamis carinatis mu¬ crone longo recurvo.—Aristati, Lindi. 22. C. aristatus (Rottb.:) spiculis subgloboso-capitatis linearibus seu 14- fioris e viridi rufescentibus, capitulis umbellatis aut aggregato-congestis, squamis ovatis in acumen subulatum recurvum attenuatis subtiliter septem- nervibus, stigmatibus ternis, caryopsi ovali trigona punctato-striata (styli basi persistente mucronata), involucri tri-tetraphylli foliolis binis capitulo longio¬ ribus foliisque anguste linearibus laevibus, his culmum triquetrum aequantibus. Rottb. grarn. p. 23. t. 6./. 1; Vahl. en. 11. p. 369 ; Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 275; R. et Sch. s. v. 2. p. 221; Roxb. fi. Ind. 1. p. 190; (ed. Wall.) 1. p. 194; Schult. mant. 2. p. 128; Royle. herb. n. 26. et 27; Wight. cat. n. 1819.—C. intricatus, Roxb. in coet. mere. Ind. or. mus. tab. 709 (fide Arn)—Cyperus, Wall. L. n. 3375.-In pascuis humidis Peninsulae Ind. or. Differt a Cypero versicolore spiculis duplo minoribus, squamis tenerioribus, e viridi demum subrufescentibus, acumine breviori instructis, nervis haud ita conspicuis striatis. Stamen unum. 23. C. versicolor (N. ab E.:) spiculis in capitulum ovatum congestis ob¬ longo-lanceolatis compressis subclecemfloris primum pallide virentibus dein fusco-sanguineis, squamis e basi late ovata in acumen subulatum patenti- recurvum longum attenuatis crasse septemnervibus, stigmatibus ternis, cary-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29297023_0082.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
