626 CLXXII. CYPERACER. (C. B. Clarke.). [ Eleocharis. 
: : : ida, Nees 
fect). S. tumidus, Roch, l.c. Limnochloa plantaginea and tumida, 27 
in Wight Contrib. 114. Heleocharis plantaginea, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi 
474 in small part. Eleocharis, Wall. Cat. 3454 (except B). 
From SIND, SAHARUNPORE and ASSAM to CEYLON and the MALAY PENINSULA. 
—DIsSTRIB. Tropics of Old World. . i 
Stolons long, iin. diam. Stems 1-3 ft., 1-4 in. diam. ; slender eg 
neus, Roxb.), or stout (Sc. tumidus, Roxb.) ; sheaths membranous, soon $ a T. 
let 4-14 by 3-} in. (in some Madagascar examples 3$ in. long). ihe back Mei 
suberect, densely packed, obovate, with numerous striations On Sven M the 
lowest empty persistent, lowest stouter appearing as though a contin ellow-brown. 
stem,  Bristles 7, equalling or exceeding the nut, retrorsely scabrous, A Je-base de- 
Nut rather large, 5-2 of glume, biconvex or obscurely trigonous ; ` T aginean by 
pressed conic, brown-black. The American plants referred to Pul SESCH 
Boeckeler are very distinct (E. interstincta, Br.) (see Benth. Fl. Austral. Vil. 
: z rete 
2. E. equisetina, Presl. Rel. Henk. i. 195; stems alent oe 
transversely septate when dry, spikelet fuscous straw-coird. 
the stem, style 2-fid. 
. il ppines. 
CEYLON ; Walker, Thwaites (C.P. 8777).—Di1sTRIB. N. Caledonin Phi a 
Stems 1 foot, A in. diam. ; uppermost sheath close-fitting, what narrow 
on one side by an oblong-triangular tooth. Nut obovoid, San distinguish the 
triangularly at top.—Perhaps a var. of E. plantaginea; I canno 
Ceylon from the Philippine examples. 
** Nut reticulate or trabeculate. Style 3-fid, rarely 2-fid. 
nearly 
3. E. variegata, Kunth Enum. ii. 153; stems robust te per 
terete not transversely septate, glumes suberect laxly ! s long as the 
brown near their margin, bristles 7 retrorse scabrous abou pen. eni 
cancellate nut. Heleocharis variegata, Boeck. in Linnea, 
Mascarene Isles. ikelet, glumes 
Var. laziflora, stems more slender, subtrigonous under narrower Zus tm te 
fuscous green not red brown near margin, bristles longer than Cat. 3454, B 
nut. Scirpus laxiflorus, Tw. Enum. 435.—Eleocharis, Watt. 
(partly). reng: 
Assam ; Simons. SILHET; J. D. Hooker. CEYLON; Thwaites, Mar 
SULA, frequent to SINGAPORE, Kurz.—DistriB. Malaya, China, Po Y bacute at t0P- 
Stems 8-16 in. ; uppermost sheath membranous, on one side ovatos inuation 0 
Spikelet nearly 1 by à in. Glumes A in., lowest as though a con rowed at ape 
stem, persistent. Style 3-fid, or sometimes 2-fid. Nut slightly "m 30-40 vertical 
style-base conic; outer cells transversely oblong, small, superpose i 
series, the nut appearing longitudinally 30—40-striate. 
bi: 
4. E. ochrostachys, Steud. Syn. Cyp. 80 (not d Dog 
slender nearly terete not transversely septate many barr suberect la 
spikelet slender scarcely broader than the stem, glumes ] , 
„in 
imbricate dusky green, style 3-fid. Heleocharis subulata, Boeck. t 
xli. 412. 
MALACCA; Grifith. SINGAPORE ; Ridley.—DISTRIB. Java, Boray much fro? 
Stems 8 by 35-75 in. Spikelet less than A in.—This does not 
erous 
very slender examples of S. variegata, var. laziflora, except by the num 
stems. 
M . 89; stems 
5. E. fistulosa, Schultes in Roem. & Sch. Syst. ii. rene e et 
robust not transversely septate triquetrous under the 8p! 
