188 ME. C. B. CLARKE ON INDIAN SPECIES OF CTPEEUS. 



nodding spikes. C. dives may therefore yet be held a distinct 

 species ; but whatever it is considered, it must be remote from 

 C. alopecuroides, Eottb., which has a 2-fid style, a compressed nut, 

 and a very thick rhachilla. 



Egypt: Eosetta (h. Calcutta). 



Calcutta: Mutlah {G.B. Clarke n. 24707, h. Calcutta). 



Var. ? o. Oatesii ; inflorescentia ut in C. exaltato typico ; spi- 

 ralis nitidis, palladia, 14-floris ; rhachillae alis parvis, linearibus, 

 flavidis, mox solutis ; nuce magna, cum § parte glumse aequilonga, 

 trigona, pallida. 



Spiculae angustse. Nux cum f parte glumae interdum aequi- 

 longa. — Species fortasse bona, sectionem Papyrum cum Exaltatis 

 arete conjungens ; cum C. exaltato, Eetz, admodum affinis. 



Burma: Thyat Myo {Mug. Oates, h. Calcutta). 



** Mhachillce alee conspicuce, solubiles ; spicules anguste 

 lineares ; antherce scepe cristatce. 



145. C. ATTBicoMUS (Sieber ; Spreng, Sgst. i. p. 230) ; exaltata, 

 foliata ; umbella magna, composita aut decomposita ; spicis longis, 

 digitatis ; spiculis densis, multifloris, undique rectaugulatim pa- 

 tentibus, linearibus, basi bracteolatis ; glumis remotiusculis ; 

 rhachillse alis lanceolato-rhomboideis, flavidis, solutis ; antheris 

 muticis ; nuce cum J parte glumse aequilonga, oblongo-ellipsoidea, 

 trigona, apice breviter cylindraceo-umbonata. 



C. digitatus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 205. 



0. venustus, Kunth, Enum. ii. p. 68; Boeck. in Linneea, xxxvi. p. 316 

 (non JR. Br. ?). 



C. Neesii, Kunth, Enum. ii. p. 101, syn. Linn. excl. ; Boeck. in Linncea, 

 xxxvi. p. 315. 



C. racemosus, Kunth, Enum. ii. p. 100, quoad syn. citat., nee quoad 

 descript., nee Retz. 



Eadix valide fibrosa. Culmus solitarius, 3-8 dm. longus, sur- 

 sum trigonus vel triqueter. Folia plura, cum § parte culmi saepe 

 aequilonga, in marginibus scabra. Involucri bracteae 5-8, usque 

 ad 5 dm. longae, divaricatae. Umbella 1-6 dm. in diam., compo- 

 sita aut decomposita ; radii 4-10, saepe 1 dm. longi ; ochreae 1-3 

 cm. longae, apice 2-cuspidatae. Umbellularum bracteolae 3-5, 

 foliaceae, cum umbellulis saepe aequilongae. Spicae 2-4 cm. longae ; 

 rhachis glabra a glumis imis spicularum persistentibus undique 

 dense ornata. Spiculae lineares, compressae, 10-24-florae, quoad 

 magnitudinem variabiles ; in C. auricoma Sieb. typico angustae sub- 



