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nitidulis arcte imhricatis concavis obsoletiss. carinatis saborbi- 
culatis rotundato-obtusis muticis v. breviter mueronatis sub- 
tilissime reticulatis siramineis, dorse multistriatis ibiqne 
ferruginescentibus v. fuscescentibus; caryopsi squamae dimi- 
dium vix superante breviter stipitata exacte obovata v. lato- 
obovata lentieulari-biconvexa umbonata swbtiliter reticulata 
stramineo-pallida v. subcolorata nitidula; stylo parum exserto 
fimbriato-eiliato; stamin. 3. 
F. schoenoides Vahl, 286. — Kunth, 222. — Scirpus 
schoenoid. Willd. hb. n. 1165. JIsolep. rariflora Schrad. in 
Herb, Berol. — Fimbrist. inconstans Steud., 107 (v. s.). — 
Wallich. coll. n. 3490 D. E.' 
India orient. 
8. Minor; umbellis 3—4-stachyis; spiculis squamisque 
minoribus, his subestriatis; caryopsi minori (vix semper) api- 
cem versus tubereulis minutis albidis conspersa; stylo elongato. 
F. similis Steud. Syn. 11%. 
Bengalia. (Griffith. 
In herb. propr.) 
5. F, bispicata Nees et Meyen. 
Glaucescens; caespitosa; radice fibrosa; cülmis pluribus 
strietiuseulis ‚fliformibus 2— Y ped. alt. rigidulis compressis 
striatis, basi plari-unifoliatis; folis culmo parum v. multo 
brevioribus linearibus leviter canalienlatis striatis, marginibus 
spinuloso -scabris; spiculis solitariis v. rarius binis, quarum 
altera pedunculata, erectis ovatis v. oblongis aut oblongo - ey- 
lindraceis, acntis v. obtusis, multilloris 4—8 lin. lung.; in- 
volucro diphylio, phylio inferiore quam spiculae breviore v. 
multo longiore, altero perbrevi; squamis rigidulis arcte imbri- 
catis orbiculato -ovatis v. ovatis convexis subearinatis infra 
apicem rotundatum mucronulatis, dorso multistriatis, luteo- 
ferrugineis; caryopsi grandiuscula squama mullo breviore 
