132 ME. C B. CLABKE ON INDIAN SPECIES OF CTPEETJS. 



events, if C. Iria is not placed here, I would not place it with 

 C. eleusinoides. 



* Spicules fasciculatce. 



103. C. silletensis (Nees in Wight Contrib. p. 79) ; culmis 

 caespitosis ; umbella composita, contracta aut capitata ; spiculis 

 viridi-fuscis ; nuce cum ~ parte glumae aequilonga, ovoidea, acuta, 

 triquetra. — Kunth, Enum. ii. p. 33 ; Boech. in Linncea, xxxv. 

 p. 555. 



Cyperus, WallA List n. 3363, F. 

 Cyperus, Wall. ! List n. 3536. 



Grlauco- vel fusco-virens. Eadix fibrosa. Culmi plures 1-4 

 dm. longi, trigoni. Folia 2-3, anguste graminea, cum culmo 

 saepe aequilonga. Involucri bracteae 3-5, usque ad 10-18 cm. 

 longas, divaricatae. Umbellae radii 3-10, longi 1-5 cm. ; umbellul® 

 1-5-radiatae, congestae, subebracteatae. Spiculae in unoquoque 

 radio 5-15, faseiculatae, longae 5-8 mm., latae 1 mm. et ultra, com- 

 pressae, 10-22-florae. Glumae imbricatae, ovatae, obtusae, vix cari- 

 natae, 3-5-nervias. Stamen 1 (aut 2) inclusum ; anthera oblonga, 

 flava, mutica. Stylus nuce brevior ; rami 3, e gluma vix exserti. 

 Nux brunnea. — Species formis majoribus G.purnili, Linn., similis, 

 et cum hac in herbariis admixta. 



Bengalia orientalis, ab Assam usque ad Martaban, alt. 0-500 

 metr., sat communis. 



Assam: Suddiya {Griffith, nn. 1029, 1474, h. Kew n. 6212, 

 n. 1474, h. Mus. Brit.) ; Seebsagur et Gowhatty (Masters 

 in k. Calcutta) ; colles Naga (Masters n. 1883, h. Calcutta). 

 Bengalia orientalis (Griffith n. 1456, h. Kew n. 6166, n. 6166 

 hh. Calcutta, Mm. Brit.) ; Cachar (Keenan, h. Kew) ; Dacca 

 (C. B. Clarke nn. 6747, 6885, 17076, 17106, &c). 

 Bengalia borealis : Kungpore et Siligori (C. B. Clarke nn. 



12068, 26510, 26793, &c). 

 Burma : Pegu, in convalle Sittang (Kurz n. 2679, h. Calcutta) ; 

 Martaban et Tonkhyeghat (Kurz n. 653, h. Calcutta) ; Ban- 

 goon (Cleghorn n. 215, h. Calcutta). 



104. C. PULCiiEEEiMtrs (Willd. ; Kunth, Enum. ii. p. 35); 

 culmis caespitosis ; umbella composita aut decomposita, densa 

 aut sublaxa ; spiculis parvis, viridi-tuscis ; glumis ovato-oblongis, 

 apicibus in sicco incurvis ; nuce cum ^ parte glumae sequilonga, 

 ellipsoidea,utrinque conico-acutata, triquetra. — Bocck. in Linncea, 

 xxxv. p. 573. 



