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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.
![53. C. dijformis (Linn.:) umbella subdecomposita breviradiata spiculis glo- boso-capitatis confertissimis lanceolato-linearibus compressis parvis 8-14- florisj, squamis subrotundis obtusis margine late membranaceis albis carina viridi fuscave trinervi, stylo bifido, caryopsi ovali- trigona punctulato -as¬ pera squamam aequante, involucro 2-3-phyllo, foliolo altero binisve longissi¬ mis, foliis lineari-acuminatis culmum trigonum subaequantibus.—Linn. sp. pL р. 74; Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 280; R. et Sch. s. v. 2. p. 193; mant. 2. p. 110; Link. h. Ber. p. 304; Presl. in rei. Haenk. 3. p. 169; Rottb. grani, p. 24. t. 9. f. 2.; Roxb.fi. Ind. 1. p. 195; (ed Wall.) 1. p. 199 ; in coet. mere. Ind. or. mus. tab. 716 (fide Arn.) ; Wight. cat. n. 1824.—C. protractus, Del.; Link. I. с. p. 305.—Cyperus, Wall. cat. n. 3363.-Per omnem Indiam, Novam Hol- landiam, Insulam St Mauritii, iEgyptum usque in Graeciam et Lombardiam; Presl. In Manilia; Haenke; Meyen. In Cliina; Vachell. 54. C. distans (Linn.:) umbella decomposita, radiis universalibus apice umbellatis e spicis 3-4 sessilibus patentissimis, spiculis alternis patentissimis linearibus subduodecim-floris bracteola setacea suffultis squamis alternis dis¬ tantibus late ovalibus obtusissimis margine membranaceis caryopsin oblon¬ gam obtusam trigonam aequantibus, stylo trifido, involucri subpentaphylli fo¬ liolis binis ternisve umbella longioribus foliisque planis linearibus latiusculis margine nervisque scabris, culmo (1-3-pedali) triquetro.—Linn. suppi, p. 103; Jacq. ic. pl. rar. 2. t. 299; coli. 3. p. 189; Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 288; Vatii, en. 2. p. 363; R. et Sch. s. v. 2. p. 216. n. 176; Pal. de Beauv. flore d’Ow. 1. p. 35. t. 20; Roxb.fi. Ind. 1. p' 207 ; (ed. Wall.) p. 210 ; Wight. cat. n. 1343.—C. elatus, Rottb. gram. p. 37. t. 10.—C. laxus, Yahl. en. 2. p. 362; R. et Sch. s. v. 2. p. 217.—Cyperus, Wall. cat. n. 1843.-Peninsula In¬ diae orientalis locis udis, Malabar. Insula S. Crucis. In regno Oware et Benin; Palis, de Beauv. II. PAPYRUS. Link. 1. P. elatus (N. ab E.:) culmo folioso praealto trigono, umbella suprade- compositaque multiradiato, spicis partialibus pluribus sessilibus teretibus in¬ ferioribus brevioribus patentissimis, raclii crassa sulcata, spiculis confertissi¬ mis patentissimis linearibus compressis brevibracteolatis 12-floris, squamis ovatis obtusis cum mucrone latere lutescentibus dorso purpurascentibus ca¬ rina virente, racbillae auriculis apice liberis demum solubilibus, involucri po- lyphylli foliolis alternis planis latis trinervibus foliisque margine serrulato- scabris, nonnullis umbella multo longioribus.—C. elatus, Linn. am. acad. 4. p. 301; R. et Sch. s. v. 2. p. 217--Ceylona insula. Species distincta spicis partialibus inferis ad basin centralis quasi verticil- latis dense congestis, patentissimis, qua nota ad Cyperum verticillatum nimis approbinquatur. Rachillae auriculae latae, caryopsin amplectentes et, cum ea perficitur, a rhacliilla solutae Pypyri generis characterem prae se ferunt. 2. P. Pangorei (N. ab E.:) culmo aphyllo trigono, umbella decomposita, spiculis suflabellatis alternis patulis linearibus 16-40-floris, squamis ovali- oblongis obtusis carina trinervi margine emembranaceis, involucellis bractea- libus alternis ovato-attenuatis ochreolas aequantibus, involucro triphyllo um¬ bellam aequante, squamulis internis persistentibus.— Wight. cat. n. 1844.—Cy¬ perus Pangorei, Rottb. gram. p. 31. t. 'l.f. 3; Vahl. en. 2. p. 345 ; R. et Sch. s. v. 2. p. 203; Roxb.fi,. Ind. 1 .p. 202; {ed. Wall.) 1. p. 206 (exci. syn. Willd.) •—[C. tegetum, Roxb.fi. Ind. 1. p. 208; (ed. Wall.) 1. p. 211; in coet. mere. Ind. or. tab. 1022.—Arn.]—Cyperus, Wall. cat. n. 3351, 3352, a (ex parte). -Peninsula Ind. or. Inter species culmo aphyllo instructas liaec nostra differt spiculis langiori- bus magis patulis, squamis haud ita rigidis, involucro stricto latiusculo um¬ bellam non superante. [Exemplis pcrplurimis eductus sum involucri foliola nunc umbella dimidio](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29297023_0092.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
