ME. C. B. CLAEKE ON INDIAN SPECIES OP CTPEBUS. 141 



arrangement here followed is, I hope, tolerably natural as to the 

 East-Indian species. 



109. C. gxomeeatus {Linn. Amcen. Acad. iv. p. 301 ; Sp. Fl 

 p. 68) ; umbella composita ; spiculis in spicas densissimas breviter 

 cylindricas congestis ; glumis elliptico-oblongis obtusis, ferrugi- 

 neis ; mice cum § parte glumae sequilonga, angusta, trigona. — 

 Host, Gram. iii. p. 48, t. 71 ; Sturm, Fl. Deutschl. xiii. t. 52 ; 

 JReichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 284. fig. 675 ; Kunth, Enum. ii. p. 77 ; 

 Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. p. 850; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. iv. p. 242; pari. 

 Fl. Ital. ii. p. 31 ; Boeci/c. in Linncea, xxxv. p. 592. 



C. cinnamomeus, Retz. Obs. iv. p. 10. 



C. australis, Schrad. Fl. Germ. i. p. 116 ; Mertens et Koch, Deutsch. Fl. 



i. p. 424. 

 — , Seguier, Verona, iii. p. 68, t. 2. fig. 2. 

 — , Monti, Gram. p. 14, 1. 1. fig. 1. 



Radix fibrosa. Culmus solitarius (vel 2-3 fasciculati), robus- 

 tior, 3-10 dm. longus, obtuse (apice subacute) trigonus. Folia 

 2-5, cum culmo ssepe aequilonga, 5-8 mm. lata, plana, in margini- 

 bus serrulato-scabra. Involucri bracte® 3-5, usque ad 2-3 dm. 

 long®. Umbell® radii 3-8, usque ad 6-12 cm. longi (umbella 

 interdum congesta vel subcapitata) ; umbellularum radioli pauci, 

 brevissimi ; bracteol® 2-3, usque ad 4 cm. long*, foliace®. Spic® 

 long® 2 cm., lat® 15 mm., spiculis usque ad 40-80, densissim®. 

 Spicule long® 12mm, lat® 1 mm., matur® undique divaricat®, 

 compress®, 12-20-flor®. Glumse laxe imbricate, vix carinat®, 

 fere concolores, in dorso tenuiter 3-5-nervi®; rhachill® ale 

 lanceolate, hyalin®, conspicu®, insolubiles. Stamina 3, vox 

 exserta; anther® parv®, oblong®, ferrugine®, mutic®. Stylus 

 nuce multo brevior , rami 3, breviter exserti. Nux utrmque 

 breviter angustata, fusco-atra ; cellul® extim® quadrat®, emar- 

 cid®, nitid®, hyalin®, persistentes. 



Ab Italia usque ad Kashmir et Amurland: Verona {Betchen- 



bach n. 2310, h. Kew). 

 Adriatic : Aquileia (n. 6, h. Calcutta). 

 Croatia {Farkas-VuTcotinovic n. 859, h. Calcutta). 

 Iberia ( TVilhelms, h. Calcutta). 



Mare Caspium {Karelin n.311, h.Kew; Schrader, h. Calcutta) 

 Kashmir: prope Sonamurg, alt. 2000 metr. {T. Thomson, hh. 



Ketv, Mus. Brit., Calcutta). 

 China borealis : Shantung {Maingay n. 155, h. Calcutta). . 



