MR. C. B. CLARKE OX IN-DrA.ISr SPECIES OF CTPERUS. 195 



crassiusculus, sursum trigonus. Folia plura, cum culmo saepe 

 aequilonga, basi longius vaginata. Involucri bracteae 3-5, usque 

 ad 5 dm. longae, divaricatae, iu marginibus scabrae. Umbella 1-3 

 dm. iu diam., rigida, divaricata, densa; radii 6-12, usque ad 

 5-8 cm. longi ; ochreae 1-2 cm. longae, apice unidentatse. TJm- 

 bellularum radioli 1-2, corymbosi, divaricati (umbella sa?pe specie 

 simplex) ; bracteolae parvae, rarius 1 cm. longae. Spicae 1-2 cm. 

 longae, 10-24-spiculosae ; rhachis glabra ; spicule uudique rectan- 

 gulatim (et subretrorsim) patentes, lanceolatae, subteretes, supra 

 glumam secundam articulatim eaduca?, 5-14-florae, pallida?, sub- 

 turgidse ; rhachilla alternatim excavata ; alas hyalinae, latiusculae, 

 iusolubiles. Grlumae semper imbricatae, concava?, ovatae, obtusae, 

 9-11-striatae, stramineo-griseae, pallide purpureo-maculatae. Sta- 

 mina 3 ; antherre lineari-oblongoe, muticae. Stylus nuce brevier; 

 rami 3, longiusculi. Nux obovoidea, acute trigona, cum {- parte 

 glumae aequilonga, nigra; cellular extimae lucide albas, minute 

 porosae. 



[I know no species to compare with tbis. The subjoined loca- 

 lities are from the Calcutta Herbarium : the plant also grows in 

 Australia and the Seychelles.] 



Bengalia orientalis {Griffith n. 6159). 



Calcutta (O. B. Clarke n. 24705). 



Madras Peninsula (Wight n. 2866). 



Zeylania (Thwaites C. P. n. 678). 



Moulmein (Wallich n. 3359 E). 



Arracan et ins. Andaman (Kurz). 



Bmmia v. Malay Peninsula (Griffith n. 6159). 



Tenasserim v. Andamans (Heifer n. 6159). 



Borneo (Barber). 



*** Spicule oblongce 3-6-flor<e, plus minus compresses ; umbella 



composita spicis cylindricis, vel subsimplex spicis densissimis. 



154. C. Seemansiaotis (Boech. in Linn&a, xxxvi. p. 390); 

 umbella? specie simpKcis radiis elongatis, digitatim 1-4-stachyis ; 

 spicis cylindricis usque ad 60-spiculosis ; spiculis rectangulatim 

 patentibus, 4-7-glumis, 1-3-nucigeris ; nuce obovoidea, triquetra, 

 apicata. 



Mariscus lsevigatus, Hook, et Am. Bot. Beechey Voy. ii. p. 72, non 

 Roem. et Sch, 



An differt C. monostachjs, Boeck. in Linnaea, xxxvi. p. 3S9 ? 



Ins. Peejee (Seemann n. 669, h. Calcutta; Milne, h. Calcutta). 



