40 MB. C. B. CLARKE ON INDIAN SPECIES OE CYPEBTTS. 



Spreng., cum G. pectinato, Roxb., mere synonymus, " squamis 

 apice recurvis &c. " est C. Wiqhtii, Nees,= C. rubicundus, Yahl. 

 India, alt. 0-1000 metr. : in planitie Bengalis orientalis fre- 

 quens, aliunde rarius communicata. 



Bengalia : Khasia (J. D. Hooker et T. Thomson, h. Calcutta) ; 



Mymensingho (C. B. Clarice nn. 7956, 8023) ; Sylnet (Wal- 



lieh n. 3320 B, h. Calcutta) ; Chittagong (J. D. Hooker n. 158, 



h. Kew). 



Madras Peninsula: Mangalore (Hohenacker n. 302, hk. Kew, 



Mus. Brit.). 

 Zeylania (Thwaites C. P. n. 3776, hh. Kew, Calcutta). 

 Burma: Arracan (Kurz n. 676, h. Calcutta) ; Mergui {Griffith 

 n. 166, h. Kew n. 6169); Tavoy (Wallich n. 209, h. Linn. 

 Soc, non Wall. List n. 209). 



4. C. latispicattjs (Boeck. in Flora, 1859, p. 441, in Linncea, 

 xxxv. p. 467); umbella specie simplice aut capitata ; spiculis 

 magnis, compressis, multifloris ; glumis spissis, ovatis, obtusis, 

 castaneo-luteis aut castaneo-rubris ; nuce cum \ parte glumse 

 aequilonga, obovoidea. 



C. intermedius, var. indica, Boeck. in Linncea, xxxv. p. 451, non Steud. 



C. pseudo-bromoides, Boeck. (quoad ex Nepalense) in Linncea, xxxv. 

 p. 464. 



Cyperacea, Griff. Itin. Notes, p. 32, n. 506. 



Glabra, caespitosa ; radicibus fibrosis. Culmi 2-3 dm., sursum 

 trigoni, leves. Folia brevia, saepe brevissima, apice minute scabra. 

 Bractese 3-4, usque ad 8-12 cm. longse, divaricatae, foliis similes. 

 Umbella) radii 3-5, usque ad 9 cm. longi, aut saepius 1-3, breves 

 vel subnulli ; ochrese 1 cm., fuseae, truncatae. Umbellula) congestim 

 corymbosae, ebracteatse, radiolis brevissimis, 2-3-spiculosis, aut 

 e spiea simplice constantes. Spicae 3-9-spiculosae, ebracteatse. 

 Spiculae longae 2 cm., latae 3-4 mm., 30-40-flora3, lateribus paral- 

 lelis ; rbachilla tetragona, fere exalata ; gluma ima parva, obtusa. 

 Glumae carinatae, subturgidae, in dorso virides, 3-5-nervise, in late- 

 ribus euervosae, lucidae. Filamenta 2, persistentia, squamoso- 

 papillosa; antherae lineari-oblongae, muticae aut vix apicatae, 

 rubescentes. Stylus nuce subbrevior ; rami 2, e gluma brevius 

 exserti. Nux obtusa, breviter apicata, leviter compressa, castanea, 

 lucida ; cellula? extimae longitudinaliter oblongae, emarcidae, hya- 

 linaB vix detergibiles, ideoque nux non aut vix transversim notata. 

 — Species a cl. Boeckeler ab exemplo manco haud bene evoluto 



