194 MB. 0. B. CIAEKE OH INDIAN SPECIES OF CYPEBTTS. 



lata, basi longe vaginata, spongioso-incrassata, sursum in mar- 

 ginibus spinuloso-scabra. Involucri bractes 4-8, usque ad 2-4 

 dm. longae. Uinbella sphserica, 1-2 dm. iu diam. ; ochreae incon- 

 spicus. Spies ebracteatse, usque ad 3 cm. in diam. (sspius multo 

 minores), rubro-brunne» aut cinnamomeae, 15-40-spiculosas. 

 Spiculae dense digitate (brevissime spicats) lineares, compressae, 

 usque ad 15 mm. longs, 12-14-flors (sspius multo minores 

 3-6-flors) ; rhachilla tenuis, continua, supra glumam secundam 

 articulatim decidua ; alae oblongs, hyalines, insolubiles. Glumaa 

 elliptic*, obtusse, multinervoss. Stamina 3 ; anthers oblongs, 

 mutics. Stylus brevis ; rami 3, e gluma breviter exserti. Nux. 

 (rostro incluso) cum | parte glum* squilonga, anguste oblonga, 

 trigona, nigro-brunnea ; celluls extims quadrats, tenues, incon- 

 spicus. 



[India Orient. Malacca. Java. Ius. Philippinenses, fide Boec- 

 keler ; the subjoined localities are all from the Calcutta Herbarium.] 



Bengalia orientals {Griffith, n. 6245). 



Bengal : Sahebgung (Kurz) ; Sylhet (C. B. Clarice u. 6960). 



Planities Gangetica superior (T. Thomson ; Falconer n. 1143). 



Assam (Jenkins, Simons); Suddiya (Griffith). 



Khasia colles (J. D. Hooker et T. Thomson n. 28). 



Madras Peninsula (Wight in h. Wallich n. 3439 ; G. Thomson). 



Zeylania (Thwaites O. P. n. 815). 



Pegu (Kurz nn. 660, 661, 2671) ; Sittang (R. Scott n. 397). 



Ins. Penang (Wallich n. 3439). 



Ins. Andaman et Nicobar (Kurz). 



Malaya: Goping (h. Calcutta n. 952). 



[Allied to C. diluius are C. lucidus, E. Br., C. multifolius, 

 Jumth, C incomplete, Lint, C. nitidulus, Boeck., C. dissitifiorus, 

 Torrey, &c, but they all have the spikes much more elongate.] 



* Umbellul* dwwricato-corymlosa; spicule lanceolate, 



subteretes, pluriflorce. 



153 C p™ TTJ s (Lam. • Pair. x ncj/cL ^ ^ ^^ 



folnsbractmsque longxs, spongiosis; mnbella decomposite ; spi- 



cuks ivancaUs, 5-12-floris, pallidis subrubescentibus ; glumis 



arete vrnWtxs.-X^, 2Wii.p.80 ; SentL Fl ^ mtral 



C cauescen*, Vahl, Enum. ii. p. 355 j Boeck. in Linnaa, xxxvi. p. 340. 

 Kad« valide fibrosa. Culmus solitary, 3-7 dm. longus, 



