Contributions to the botany of India / By Robert Wight.

  • Robert Wight
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1834
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    moque triquetris laevibus.—Heyn. in Wall. eat. n. 3355. a (an et reliqui eodem loco revensiti?)-Peninsula Indiae orientalis. Similis primo adspectu C. canescenti et formis quibusdam C. proceri, at differt evidentissime foliis culmum aequantibus triquetris spongiosis, facie plana, carina acuta, marginibusque laevibus. § 7. Caryopsis trigona, stylo trifido. Spiculae angustae, basi ebracteatae, in spi¬ cas simplices dispositae.—Alopecuroidei, N. ab E. 40. C. canescens (Valil.:) umbella 6-8-radiata radiis brevibus densis, apice composite supradecompositeque spicatis, spica communi triangulari, propriis spiculisque divaricatis, his oblongis convexis sex-octofloris rigidis, squamis dense imbricatis ovatis mucronulatis nervosis glauco-fuscis, stylo trifido, ca- ryopsi obovata trigona, involucro 6-7-phylio umbella multo longiori foliisque glaucis margine scabris, culmo trigono angulis obtusis.— Vahl. en. 2. p. 355 (exci. syn. Rheed.); R. et Sch. s. v. 2. p. 211; Wight. cat. n. 1833.—Cyperus, Wall. cat. n. 3359. b.-In Oahu insula, in China, Peninsula Ind. or. Habitu maxime accedit C. polystachyo, sed multo major, propiorque, quod ad inflorescentiam, C. ligulari, ventricoso, et confinibus. 41. C. exaltatus (Retz.) umbella decomposita, radiis universalibus apice corymboso-umbellatis e spicis pluribus pedicellatis erectis subcylindricis, spiculis imbricatis [vel undique patulis, Arn.J lanceolatis aut oblongo-lanceo- latis compressis ebracteolatis 10-20-floris, squamis ovatis mucronatis laevibus rufo-castaneis nervo carinali viridi, duobus infimis minoribus sterilibus, stylo trifido, caryopsi ovali trigona utrinque acuta laevius cula alba, involucri pen- ta-hexaplivlli foliolis linearibus margine serrulato-scabris culmum triquetrum elatum subaequantibus, ochreis plerumque bifidis.— Wight. cat. n. 1834.—Cy¬ perus, Wall. cat. n. 3343 (ex parte).—a; spicis brevioribus fastigiatis.—C. exaltatus, Retz. obs. 5. p. 11.—C. fastigiatus, Rottb. gram. p. 32. t. 7. f. 2; Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 285 ; R. et Sch. s. v. 2. p. 220.—/3; spicis praesertim mediis longioribus linearibus, spiculis brevioribus paucifloris (6-10-floris).—C. ca¬ naliculatus, Retz. obs. 5. p. 20?—y,bulbosus ; culmo liuinili radiisque umbellae parvae basi bulbosis nigro fuscis.-In Peninsula Indiae or. locis humidis; in Bengalia inferiori; in Ceylona insula ? 42. C. altus (N. ab E. :) umbella supradecomposita coarctata, partialibus corymboso-umbellatis propriisque trifidis, spicis laxis subdistiche spiculigeris, spiculis alternis bifariam patentibus lanceolatis compressis 20-floris ebracteo¬ latis, squamis ovatis mucronatis latere laevibus rufis carina viridi 5-7-nervi, infima lanceolata acuminata bracteolam brevem referente, stylo trifido, cary¬ opsi ovali trigona utrinque acuta alba, involucri 5-6-phylli foliolis 2-3 um¬ bella longioribus angustis folioque radicali carinatis margine serrulato-sca¬ bris, culmo trigono lateribus canaliculatis, ochreis bifidis.—Wight. cat. n. 1835.—C. exaltatus, Vahl. en. 2. p. 366 ; R. et Sch. s. v. 2. p. 219 (exci. syn. Rottb.).—C. alopecuroides, Roxb.fi. Ind. 1. p. 208 ; (ed Wall.) 1. p. 211 (exc. syn.).-Peninsula Ind. or. Proximus quidem C. exaltato, Retz., at differre tamen videtur notis allatis. [C. alopecuroides, Roxb., seu C. acerosus, Roxb. in coet. mere. Ind. or. mus. tab. 731, et in Wall. L. n. 3343, e, vix hujus loci, sed ad C. exaltatum, Retz. pertinet.—Arn.) 43. C. Roxburghii (N. ab E.:) umbella decomposita supra decomposita- que contracta radiis universalibus elongatis compresso-trigonis faseiculato- umbellatis e spicis pluribus fastigiatis cylindricis subsessilibus, spiculis imbri¬ catis linearibns teretiusculis ebracteolatis 12-16-floris, squamis arcte imbrica¬ tis amplectentibus subrotundo-ovatis obtusis cum mucronulo latere mem¬ branaceis albidis dorso griseo-rufescentibus, stylo trifido stigmatibus elonga-
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