Fimbristylis. | CLXXII, CYPERACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 639 
Wight Contrib. 97; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 987 ; Thw. Enum. 348 ; Boeck. 
in Linnea, xxxvii. 16. F. arvensis, Vahl Enum. ii. 291. F. marginata, 
Labill. Bert. Austro-Caledon. ii. t. 16, fig. 1. F. Roxburghii, Dietr. Sp. 
Pl. ii. 162. F. confinis, Steud. Syn. Gun, 115. F. trispicata, Steud. l.c. 
107. F. cyrtophylla, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 325. F. ochreata,Boeck.in Flora 
xi. 599 (cf. xlii. 177). F. andamanica, Kurz Andaman Rep. Append. 
B,21. Scirpus ferrugineus, Linn. Sp. Pl. 74. S. arvensis, Retz Obs. iv. 
ll (not of Roxb.). S. globulosus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 917 (not Fimbr. 
globulosa, Kunth). S. tristachyus, Roxb. Le 221. S. tranquebariensis. 
Roth. Catal. Bot. iii. 6 (see Boeck. in Flora, xlii. 36). Schcenus poly- 
Zäite, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 67.—Fimbristylis, Wall. Cat. 3506 (mainly), 
, 
Throughout IND1A, alt. 0-3000 ft., abundant near the sea. — DISTRIB. All warmer 
regions, 
Rhizome none or hardly any. Stems 8-30 iv., tufted, base slightly thickened, 
often clothed by shining hard rusty scales. Leaves usually hardly any, sometimes 
m., very narrow. Umbel usually of 5-10 spikelets, sometimes with 20 spikelets, 
rarely with 1-3 spikelets; bracts shorter than umbel, often very short. Spikelets 
I. Glumes obtuse scarcely mucronate, brown, tip incurved, keel green. Stamens 
302; filaments ligulate; anthers not crested. Style longer than nut, flattened, 
villous below bifurcation, Nut as long as AA glume, shortly stalked; outermost 
cells small, in numerous longitudinal series. 
Var, ? tenuissima, stems 16 in. very slender slightly flattened with 1-3 small 
pale spikelets, glumes nearly glabrous, nut very smooth. CEYLON; Mrs. Marriot 
Terb. Delessert).— Leaves 1-6 in. very slender. Bracts } in. Spikelets j in., 
elipsoid. GZumes with obscure round red glands. Nut as of F. ferruginea.—This 
oks like a distinct species, but only known by one sheet of specimens. 
23. F. compressa, Boeck. in Linnæa, xxxviii. 387 (not of Roem. & 
Sch.) ; stems long base slender, leaves longish, umbel twice or thrice com- 
Pound, spikelets cylindrical, glumes dusky-brown puberulous, style 2-fid, 
D obovoid smooth dusky-brown. F. tenuifolia, Nees ms. F. gracilis, 
“ott ms. Scirpus fuscus, Roxb, ms. 
Maneras, Roxburgh, Wight. Mureut, Grifith, TENASSERIM, Helfer. 
Stems 8-20 in., 3-5-angular under umbel, basal sheaths herbaceous. Leaves 8 
12 Yery narrow, glabrous, sheaths often fimbriate hairy in mouth.  Umbel often 
z in. diam. with 25—40 spikelets; bracts frequently overtopping umbel. Spikelets 
nearly a in. long, glumes very densely imbricate. Otherwise as F. ferruginea, to 
Which it is specifically very near. 
.24. F. longispica, Steud. Syn. Cyp. 118; nearly glabrous, stems 
middle-sized, leaves long, umbel compound or decompound, spikelets 
Yundric-lanceolate rusty green, style bifid, nut obovoid smooth, minutely 
reticulate finally brownish. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 325. F. Buergueriand 
, erruginea, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 144. F. spadicea, var. 8 
major, Boeck. in Linnæa, xxxvii. 20. 
SINGAPORE ; Pahang, Ridley. —DisTRIB.—Malaya, China, Japan. (The Ameri- 
+ Spadécea i e). 
lo ves as long » Gei vim flat. Umbel 1-3 in. diam. ; branches suberect ; 
West bract overtopping umbel. Spikelets } by yy in., terete, hard. Glumes ovate, 
scarcely apiculate, erect, closely imbricate, horny, rusty brown with 3 green nerves 
ve back, Style and stamens nearly as in F. diphylla. Nut as long as $ glume, 
Mf Shortly stalked: outermost cells small, in about 20 series on each face, 
he, nut slenderly obscurely 20-striate on each face, subtrabeculate between the 
striations, 
