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Radices lanosi. Folia rigida. TJmbella congesta aut capitata. 

 Spiculae spissae, strarainese aut pallide brunneae. Glum® ovatae, 

 obtusse aut breviter mucronatae. Stamina 3 ; filamenta late ligu- 

 lata; antherae majusculae, lineari-oblongas, muticae. Nux cum 

 i~2 parte gluniae aequilonga, obovoidea truncata, rarius ellipsoidea, 

 inaequaliter trigona, in facie interiore plana vel concava, in dorso 

 curvata, compressa ; stylus 3-fidus. 



The species of this small group are so closely allied that Cosson 

 and Boissier unite several specifically with G. conglomerate. 

 The spikelets are less compressed than in the Platystachyi. 

 The nut and style of G. stoloniferus, Retz., agree closely with this 

 section, and it should perhaps be placed here ; but the rhizome 

 is nearer that of G. rotundus : it is, indeed, so continually mis- 

 taken, even by experienced botanists, for a form of G. rotundus, 

 that it is more convenient to arrange it there whether that be 

 its true affinity or not. 



69. C. pachyeehizus (Nees ; Boeck.inLinnaa,xxxv. p. 545); 

 robusta, radicibus crasse lanosis ; umbella contracta aut capitata ; 

 involueri bracteis 2-3, divaricatis ; glumis ovatis, obtusis, minute 

 mucronatis ; nuce parva, contra rbachin compressa ; stylo quam 

 nux breviore, ramis 3 e gluma vix exsertis. 



C. conglomeratus, Thwaites, Enum. PL Zeyl. p. 343. 



C. leueocephalus, Wight in h. propr. n. 2381, non Retz. 



— Bobartia, Linn. Fl. Zeyl. p. 17, non Lam. 



Ehizoma longe repens, lignosum, tenuius, castaneo-brunneum. 

 Culmi l-3ni, longi 1-5 dm., basi multifoliati, castanei, apice 

 crassi, trigoni, straminei. Folia cum culmo saepe aequilonga, lenta, 

 toarginibus in sicco involutis. Involueri bracteae usque ad 1-2 

 dm. longaa, foliis similes. Spicae 3 cm. in diam., globosae, densae. 

 Spiculae 30-80, longaa 15 mm., latae 5 mm., compressae, lanceolatae, 

 8-16-norie; rhachilla subexalata. Glum® pallid®, concav® non 

 carinat®, 7-11-nervi®, lateribus latiusculis enerviis. Stamina 3 ; 

 filamenta late ligulata ; anther® lineari-oblong®, muticae. JNux 

 cum i-i parte glum® aequilonga. 



Madras peninsula {Wight n. 2381, hh. Kew, Mus. Bnt., 

 n. 105 h. Mus. Brit.) ; Concan austrahs (Law, h. Kew). 



Zeylania (Thwaites, G. P. n. 808, hh. Kew, Mus. Bnt.). 



Ins. Laccadive (Hume, hh. Kew, Calcutta). 



Var. /3. minor ; culmis minoribus. m 



Culmi approximate basi subincrassati, quasic®spitosi, longi 



