14 
subacntato -mucronulatis obsolete trinerviis stramineo - ferrn- 
ginescentihus glabris; caryopsi parvula squama plas dimidio 
breviore subglobosa (v. obsoletiss. trigona) neque stipitata 
nec umbonuta, granulis poriferis dense obtecta albida 
margaritaceo -nitida; stylo (raro trifido) longe exserto tenui, 
basi pyramidata triangulari brunnea,. (Deseript. fructus juxta 
specimen Thonning.) 
F. scaberrima N. ab E. herb. — Kunth, 229. — Wal- 
lich. hb. n. 3507 ce. 
Guinea (Thonning). India or: Hongkong (Hance, n. 
1188, 1255). 
14. FE. polymorpha Bceklr. 
Viridis v. glauca; caespitosa; rhizomate brevissimo v. 
quandoque parnm elongato; eulmis pluribus multisve filiformi- 
bus infirmis obsolete triangularibus p. m. compressis, striatis 
(sursum interdum scabris) ‘a —% ped. alt., basi multifoliatis; 
foliis herbaceis v. rigidulis patentibus culmo plus dimidio bre- 
vioribus v. etiam enm aequantibus linearibus planis obtusis 
lineam latis v. multo angustioribus, glahris v. pubescentibus, 
marginibus serrulato-scabris; vaginis saepius pubescentibus 
tenui-membranaceis testaceis suboblique truncatis; umbella 
composita v. decomposita pluri-v. pauciradiata, radiis valde 
inaequalibus patentibus; involuero 2—5-phyllo; phyllis busi 
saepiss. ciliatis, infimis umbella brevioribus v. multo longiori- 
bus; spienlis ovatis, v. ovato-lanceolatis v. ellipsoideis, acn- 
tiusculis multifloris 2—4 lin. long.; squamis scariosis arcte 
imbrieatis orbiculato - ovatis alte convexis obsolete carinatis 
obtusiusenlis, mucrone brevi ac tenui, carina viridula obsolete 
trinervia, stramineo -ferruginescentibus nitidulis glabris (rariss. 
puberulis); caryopsi grandiuseula squama cire. 's breviore 
stipilata turgide lenticulari late obovata umbonata longitu- 
