630 CLXXII. CYPERACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) ` [Hleocharis. 
Flora, izi. 1878, 34. H. Kuntzei, Boeck. Cyp. Nov. i. 14.—Eleocharis sp. 
n. 3, Herb. Ind. Ord. H. f. & T. Th. 
KnasrA HILLs, alt. 0-6000 ft. ; Assam; Grifi!h ; MuxxiPoRE, Watt; BURMA, 
Griffith, &c.—DrisTRIB. E. Asia, Java. . :angul 
Stems 4-16 in., 4-6-striate; uppermost sheath with an oblique triangular 
(scarcely mucronate) mouth. Spikelet 4—4 in., lower glumes in numerous spires. 
Bristles 6 or 5-4, as long as nut, retrorsely scabrous, pale brown. Nut as long as 
4-4 glume, trigonous, top slightly narrowed truncate closely applied to Sean" 
(not forming a minute neck under it). 
15. E. congesta, Don Prodr. 41; caespitose, stems slender, upper 
most sheath truncate with a lateral tooth, spikelet dense sometimes pio” 
liferous, style 3-fid, nut obovoid narrowed at top yellowish brown, a y 
base bulbiform. E. palustris (P Br. vel. sp. nova) Strachey Cal. tus 
Kumaon, 73. E. ovata, Thw. Enum. 351 (not Br.). Scirpus cog?" em 
Spreng. Syst. Cur. post. 27.—Eleocharis purpurascens, Boeck. in Lannea, 
xxxvi. 455. 
Throughout INDIA, alt. 3-6500 ft. (except Bengal). KasBMIR, C. B. Cloi 
Nerat, Wallich; CHoTrA NAoropr, C. B. Clarke; NILGHIRI HILLS, d 
CEYLON ; Thwaites. : lar (as E. 
Stems with many striations (hence nearly terete), not 4—6-striate An dp 
afflata) ; mouth of uppermost sheath usually horizontal with a small toot A Pri 
excurrent horizontally below the margin then curving upwards.—Otherwist ei 
afflata, of which this may be a Western var., often referred to E. p 
igonous 
trom which species it widely differs in the fibrous roots, 3-fid sty le and trigon 
nut. 
16. E. tetraquetra, Nees in Wight Contrib. 113; rhizome shor 
stems 4—3-quetrous, spikelet oblong-ellipsoid dense, bristles 6 long The. 
nut brown-red densely retrorse-scabrous subplumose, style Hel ocharis 
Enum. 351. E. erythrochlamys, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 11. 300. We Le 
tetraquetra, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. 447. H. Wichurai, aor 
448. H. alta, Boeck. Cyp. Nov. i. l7. Scirpus Wichural, . Ona, 
& Sav. Fl. Japon. ii. 544 (not of Boeck.). S. Hakonensis and Se Mosc. 
Franch. & Sav. l. c. ii. 110, 111. S. petasatus, Maxim. in Bull 
liv. 64.—Eleocharis, Wall. Cat. 3459. ox to 
Throughout INDIA in the hills, alt. 1500-11,000 ft.; from poni Asia, 
SIKKIM, and the Kuasta Hitts to CEYLON and Burma.—DISTRIB. " 
Australia. some 
Rhizome usually descending, short ; long slender stolons covered by sean some- 
times present. Stems 8 in. to nearly 3 ft. ; uppermost sheath truncate, 
- ` rse 
times a minute lateral tooth. Spikelet 4-2 in., often a fine brown. ies in evolute 
of the bristles much longer more densely placed than in other spec? '" asch, 
examples bristles quite plumose. Nut } length of glume, trigonoUm zeg 
yellowish, narrowed at top; style-base equalling 3-1 length of nut, ovoid, 
scabrous, 
8. FIMBRISTYLIS, la. 
] F. 
Stems tufted, roots fibrous or woody, short; stolons 0 (except penti 
stolonifera & Pierotii). Leaves only near base of stem. Y spikelets. 
terminal, umbellate, corymbose or reduced to few (or one) Ki ides 
Spikelets solitary. or clustered, many-fld. Glumes imbricate pel up. 
or (in Sect. Abildgaardia) lower distichous or subdistichous, "i 
most nut-bearing spiral; 1-2 (rarely 3) lowest empty, sero 
