Grasses are exceedingly numerous; we gathered fifty kinds, besides twenty cyperaceae: four were cultivated, namely sugar-cane, rice, Coix, and maize.
"Himalayan Journals V2."
J. D. Hooker
Some of the upper beds at Monod abound in leaves of Proteaceae, cyperaceae, and ferns, while in some of the lower ones Sequoia, Cinnamomum, and Sparganium are common.
"The Student's Elements of Geology"
Sir Charles Lyell
The Gramineae and the cyperaceae undoubtedly predominate in meadow lands and stppes, as do Coniferae, Cupuliferae, and Betulineae in our northern woods; but this predominance of certain forms is only apparent, and owing to the aspect imparted by the social plants.
"COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1"
Alexander von Humboldt