632 CLXXI. CYPERACEZE, (C. B. Clarke.) [Fimbristylis. 
Throughout INDIA, alt. 0-2000 ft., from, RUMAON and AssAM, to CEYLON and 
Matacca.—Disrris. E. Asia, Malaya, Australia. 
Glabrous. Stems 4-12 in., slender, obscurely quadrangular ; uppermost Je 
produced on one side, 0-} in. Spikelet 4-3 in. Glumes ovate, scarcely m £ Pen 
pale or chestnut with green keel; lowest 2-3 empty, much shorter ical p oe 
Stamens usually 2. Style nearly as long as nut, flattened, slight y s Taste 
branches shorter than style. Nut as iong as 3-} glume, biconvex, w1 
transverse ridges. 
9. F. setacea, Beuth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. n. La 
stem bristle-like, leafless (see var.) with one slender erect ancec d She 
let, style 2-fid, nut very small obovoid transversely wavy Wio Linnen, 
F. acuminata, 8 minor, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 314; Boeck. 1 
xxxvii 4. Isolepis cochleata, Steud. Syn. Cyp. 100. 
S. BURMA, Kurz. SINGAPORE, Kurz, Ridley.— DISTRIB. Amboyna, 
tralia. . keel 
Stem 4-6 in. Spikelet 3 by Ae in. Glumes pale, thin, sax (except ) 
hyaline.—Differs from F. acuminata by its slenderness and very sma . 
. ; or Jess 
Var. brevifolia (sp.) Steud. l. c. 72 (sub Abildgaardia); leaves more 
developed, sometimes nearly as lon g as stem.—Philippines, Australia. 
N. Aus- 
ike- 
4. F. nutans, Vahl Enum. ii. [1806] 285; stem nearly kafee 
let oblong or ovoid often oblique, style 2-fid, nut obovoid 2 Enum. 
wrinkled white rarely discoloured. Nees in Wight Contrib. MZ 12 
348 ; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. 5. Scirpus nutans, Retz Obs. 1v. 
. ARS, 
Kmasta Hinzs, alt. 2500 ft., C. B. Clarke. Burma, Griffith, &c. Af 
Kurz. CEYLON, Thwaites, &c.—Distris. Borneo, China, Australia. a little large? 
Stem 8-20 in. Spikelet 4 by A in. Glumes rusty-brown, lowe acuminata bit 
much shorter than the spikelet, deciduous.—Hardly differs from F. 
by the rather broader, oblique spikelet. , ik 
rick- 
ttt Nut obovoid, smooth, reticulate (1.e. outermost cells arranged asb 
wall parenchyma). 
ous, 
9. F. polytrichoides, Vahl Enum. ii. [1806] 248; slender, EE 
stem with 1 (rarely 2-3) ellipsoid-oblong obtuse spikelet, B ite-scaly on 
obtuse, style 2-fid, nut smooth brown-black often slightly e ub-bulbose, 
shoulders. Nees in Wight Contrib. 96; Thw. Enum. 348. F. 007 (not of 
Boeck. in Flora, xli. 598. F. juncea, Boeck. in Linnea, nia 2, Wall. 
Roem. & Sch.). Scirpus polytrichoides, Retz. Obs. iv. 11. Iso ep 
Cat. 3487 B (partly), C, 3539.— Rumph. Amb. vi. 17, t. 7, fig. + 
From BENGAL to CEYLON and Maracca, common near the se 
Tropics of Old World, s or 
Stems 14-8 in. Leaves about half as long as stem ; sheaths glabren ricate 0n d 
puberulous. Spikelet commonly j by à in. Glumes many, densely west sometime 
sides, fuscous brown ; 2-8 lowest empty, often like the others, but her sho 
l in., as though a continuation of stem. Stamens 3-1. Style rat void, Wem" 
nut, glabrous, base little dilated. Nut as long as à glume, obore eg 
outermost cells in about 30 rows on each face, ultimately marcescent 8 
.. gpikelet UP 
Var. HALOPHILA (sp.), Kurz ms.; stems and leaves stouter, spike? 
by 4 in. — BENGAL ; Soondreebun, Kurz. Mapras; Nellore, Gon ristl Jike 
istle- 
5; stem att 
—Di87219. 
to) 
6. F. tenuicula, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxviii. 98 btuse 
sheaths hairy, spikelet cylindric-lanceolate, glumes ovate © 
