642 CLXXI CYPERACEZ, (C. B. Clarke.) (Fimbristylis. 
Series C. Spikelets all (or nearly all) solitary. 
* Stem with few (sometimes 3-1) spikelets. 
31. F. tenera, Roem. & Sch. Syst. ii, Mant. 57; stems 8-12 in. 
slender, umbel lax subcompound, spikelets ellipsoid ultimately cylindric- 
lanceolate, glumes ovate acuminate submucronate glandular-puberulous, 
style 8-fid, nut obovoid white smooth or subtuberculate coarsely ter 
Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. 26. F. muriculata, Benth. in Hook. Niger. 
554. Scirpus tenellus, Roch, Fl. Ind. i. 224. Trichelostylis tenella, Ses 
in Wight Contrib. 103. 
DECCAN PENINSULA, Wight.—DiIsTRIB. Trop. Africa. 1 hickened. 
Roots fibrous. Stems tufted, 4-5-angular under umbel, base sometimes thic dim 
Leaves as long as & stem, 3-75 in. broad, flat, glabrous. Umbel 1-2 in. be mai 
with 7-9 spikelets ; bracts 2-3, bristle-like, up to 1 in. long. Spikelets 4 bY 15," 
about 10-fld. Glumes adpressed, boat-shaped, chestnut-red, margins ET teg, 
mens often 2. Style longer than nut, glabrous, deciduous with pyramidal style- 
ba nas long as 2 glume, round-trigonous.—Described from. Nees’ type 3 
ight. 
cose 
Var. owylepis, (ep) Steud. Syn. Cyp. 110; glumes glabrate, nut ver , 
yellow-brown. F. ER Steud. ie. ui^ Fimbristylis, Wal. Cat. 3514 B, : 
partly, 3531.—From Lahore and Bengal to Madras. (me 
Var. ? obtusata ; leaves numerous A, in. broad obtuse, glumes glabrate Be ; 
cronate, nut verrucose yellow-brown (spikelets sometimes clustered).— Lower 
Wallich, Kurz. Singapore, Ridiey.— Borneo. 
n. 
32. F. monticola, Steud. Syn. Cyp. 111; glabrous, Co weg 
slender, umbel lax simple or hardly compound, spikelets oblong: tuberclel 
lumes ovate acute, style 3-fid, nut broadly obovoid brown slightly tu 
. tenuifolia, Thw. Enum, 434—Fimbristylis, Wall. Cat. 39M Hohe- 
LS, 
Borg MADRAS and CEYLON; Cannanore, Campbell. Nizearer Dm 
nacker, ANAMALLAYS, Beddome. ‘n, in diam., with 
Leaves bristle-like, margins (when dry) incurved. Umbel 1 in. lume, acute 
4-8 spikelets ; rays ultimately recurved deflexed. Nut as long as La B a] aeri 
` k ical serie. 
trigonous; outermost cells transversely oblong, in 12-15 irregular vertical 
Otherwise as F, tenera. 
jeaves 
33. F. merguensis, C. B. Clarke; stems 1 ft. rather ipu le 
several short, umbel once compound, spikelets largeish lano var. Boock. 
3-fid, nut small obovoid straw-colrd. smooth. F. Thwaitesil, 
ms. Trichelostylis sp., n. 21, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. & T. T. putri 
Deg PENINSULA; Mergui, Griffith; Tenasserim, Helfer (Ee 
Glabrous. Roots fibrous. Stems tufted, obscurely 3-4-angu lar in di 
Leaves as long as 3-4 stem, narrow, flat, tip obtuse. Umbel 3.7. WI 
12 spikelets; bracts scarcely } in. Spikelets nearly à by & me ‘nate. Si 
rusty-brown. Glumes erect adpressed, rigid, ovate, shortly acum’ v tie 
3-2. Style long, white, glabrous, deciduous with the narrowly pyram" 
Nut as long as } glume, trigonous, minutely mucronate. storos, 
ji, 145; stolonifer 
34. F. Pierotii, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. m , 
glabrous, stems 1 ft. "somewhat slender, umbel simple or ope ege? 
style 3-fid, nut obovoid straw-colrd. laxly reticulate smoot n. , Hit 
tubercled. Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. 39. Trichelostylis 8P^ 
Ind. Or. H. f. & T. T. (partly). 
