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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.
![opsi oblonga trigona punctulato-subundata cinerea, involucri triphylli foliolis duobus elongatis foliisque latiuscule linearibus culmum humilem superanti¬ bus laevibus, culmo acute triquetro crasso.— Wiglit. cat. n. 1820.—Cyperus, Wall. cat. n. 8874.——Crescit locis arenosis provinciae Tanjore ad Negapa- tam; Wight. Similis Cypero aristato, sed differt: spiculis constanter capitatis, duplo majoribus, aetate vivide castaneo-purpureis (capitulo phleoideo) ; squamis costatis, culmo crassiori 1-8 poli, longo; vaginis laxis, purpureis ; foliis latio¬ ribus.—Stamen unum (in nostris). Caryopsis, pro spicularum et valvularum mole exigna. Involucri folia patentia; tertium vix capitulo longius. 22. C. angustifolius (Hamilt.:) spiculis subgloboso-capitatis aut subdigi- tatis lineari-lanceolatis 5-10-floris, capitulis in umbellam triradiatam disposi¬ tis aut subcongestis, squamis ovatis infra apicem obtusum retusumve in acu¬ men subulatum recurvum productis dorso nervoso-tricarinatis (viridulis, mar¬ gine rufis aut rufo-irroratis), stylo trifido, caryopsi obovata trigona laevi, in¬ volucri pentaphylli foliolis umbella longioribus foliisque culmum superanti¬ bus convoluto-filiformibus laevibus, culmo setaceo sub quadrangulo.—Hamilt. in Wall. cat. n. 3376, b.-Bengalia inferiore; Wallich ; Hamilton. Species distinctissima, ante omnes similis Cypero castaneo, Willd., qui quidem differt: culmo acutangulo, nec subtetragono (lateribus duobus pla- ninsculis, duobus sulciformibus), spiculis parvis, linea vix longioribus, nec unguicularibus. 23. C. castaneus (Willd.:) spiculis digitatis linearibus multifloris in umbella simplici 3-6-radiata, squamis ovatis infra apicem obtusum in acumen subu¬ latum recte patulum productis dorso nervoso-tricarinatis viridibus latere cas¬ taneis, stylo trifido, caryopsi ovali trigona punctulato-rugosa, involucri sub- pentapliylli foliolis umbellam aequantibus superantibusve foliisque anguste linearibus convoluto-canaliculatis subulatis laevibus, culmo humili trigono.— Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 278; Valil. en. 2. p. 817; R. et Sch. s. v. 2. p. 177; Roxb. fi. Ind. 1. p. 195; {ed. Wall.) 1. p. 199 ; in ccet. mere. I. or. mus. tab. 715 (ex Arn.) ; Wight. cat. n. 1821.—Cyperus, Wall. cat. n. 8323.——In pas¬ cuis arenosis humidis Peninsulae Indiae orient. A Cypero angustifolio differt acumine squamarum breviori recto, nec re¬ curvo, longitudinis squamae, tum colore laete castaneo squamarum. Sty¬ lus non bifidus est, ut apud Roxburghium legimus, sed trifidus. [Roxburghius tamen recte caryopsin trigonam adseripsit.—Arn.] § 5. Caryopsis trigona, stylo trifido. Spicula; breviusculae, capitatim congestae, capitulis umbellatis aut aggregatis subsessilibus. Squamee acutae margine membranaceae.—Capituligeri, N. ab E. 24. C. Silletensis (N. ab E.:) spiculis ovatis compressis 10-12-floris capi¬ tatis capitulis in umbellam decompositam et supradecompositam densam et brevem dispositis, squamis pallidis oblongis obtusis rectis patulis latere uni- nervibus nervo tumidulo, stylo trifido, caryopsi ovali triquetra acuta lsevi, in¬ volucri 6-7-phylli foliolis umbella longioribus erectis foliisque linearibus acu¬ minatis lsevibus, culmo triquetro lsevi basi folioso.—Cyperus, Wall. cat. n. 3363,/.-E. Sillet. 25. C. pallidus (Heyne?:) umbella supradecomposita depressa, radiis al¬ ternis brevibus, spiculis in apice radiolorum 4-6 contiguis subpalmatim pa¬ tentibus oblongo-lanccolatis compressis 10-14-floris, squamis arcte incum¬ bentibus ovatis mucronulatis carina tricostata lateribus ex luteo pallescenti¬ bus, staminibus ternis, stylo trifido, caryopsi ovali trigona, involucellis 2-3- pliyllis linearibus ciliatis, involucro hexaphyllo umbella longiore, foliolis fo¬ liisque elongatis latiusculis planis margine carinaque scaberrimis glaucis, cul¬ mo triquetro lsevi.—Cyperus, Wall. cat. n. 3359, d.-In Penang; Wallich. Similis est Cypero vegeto, a quo differt colttte pallide glauco, spiculis mi-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29297023_0083.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
