644 OLXXII, CYPERACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Fimbristylis, 
nut much as in F. complanata (but nut more trabeculate).—Much resembles larger 
forms of F. complanata, Link, but differs by the long bracts. The Khasia plants 
referred here by Boeckeler were perhaps F. Thomsonit, Boeck. 
38. F. quinquangularis, Kunth Enum. ii. 229; stems 8-24 in, 
leafy at base or leafless, umbel decompound or supradecompound, spikelets 
small ellipsoid-lanceolate 6-14-fid., style 3-fid, nut obovoid transversely 
lineolate pale or brownish more or less tuberculate. Thw. Enum, 349; 
Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 287; Boeck. in Linnwa, xxxvii. 42 (excl. F. Sal- 
bundia) F. Salbundia, Boeck. in Linneea, xxxvii. 44 (mostly, not of Kunth). 
F. angularis, Steud. Syn. Cyp. 116. F. Boeckeleri, Steud. l. c. 113 (partly, 
see Boeck. in Flora, xlii. 69). F. tenera, Boeck. l.c. 111 (not of Roem. & 
Sch.. Scirpus quinquangularis, Vahl Enum. ii. 279; Boch, Fl. Ind. i 
229. S. miliaceus, Linn. Herb. (? Sp. Pl.i.78). S. pentagonus, Bol, 
218. S. Salbundius (Satbundius), Ham. ms. (not A Salbundia, Kunth). 
Trichelostylis quinquangularis, Nees in Wight Contrib. 104. Isolepis an- 
gularis and I. ? pentagona, Roem. & Sch. Syst. ii., Mant. 69.—F imbristyis, 
Wall. Cat. 3499, 3512 (mainly). 
Throughout INDIA, alt. 0—4000 ft., CEYLON, and MALAY PENINSULA.—DISTBIB. 
Malaya, China, Austral. Mauritius introd. ? ith 
Glabrous, annual, very variable in size. Stems usually flattened at base Wi 
subdistichous sheaths, often 4-5-angular under umbel. Leaves often as long te 
stem, very variable in development. Umbel often 4-8 in. in diam. with - ils 
lets, sometimes small with 15-5 (larger than usual); bracts 4-13 in. ran F 
i-i in. long, more acute than in F. miliacea, subterete (not polygonal as Mi 
Salbundia, Kunth). Glumes ovate, subacute, 3-nerved. Style longer than n 
slender, slightly villous below trifurcation, deciduous with the narrow Deeg 
style-base, branches long. Nut small, as long as 3 glume.—Hardly separable 
F. miliacea (see Arnott in Wight Contrib. 105). 
Var. crassa ; more robust, rhizome woody, stems stouter often 2-3 ft. ey. 
nearly so, spikelets rather larger broadly ellipsoid. F. apbylla, Steud. ek 
114.' F. globulosa, var. 8 aphylla, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 822.—Ceylon, 
(n. 823, partly), &c. Nilghiri, alt. 5—8000 ft., plentiful.—Java, Tonkin. 
39. F. miliacea, Vahl Enum. ii. 287; stems 8-94 in., leafy at ite 
or (rarely) leafless, umbel decompound or supradecompoun ‘| pr 
lets small globose (or ultimately cylindric) obtuse many-HO« geg h 
nut obovoid transversely lineolate pale or brownish more or less i 
late. Thw. Enum. 348; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 287; Mig. Fl OM Voy. 
ii. 321; Boeck. in Linnæa, xxxvii. 43. F. littoralis, Gaud. m Frey e 1 
Bot. 413. F. benghalensis, Roem. & Sch. Syst. ii. 94, and Mont. cidula, 
flaccida, Steud. Syn. Cyp. 113; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 921. F. flac 
Zoll. Syst. Verz. Ind. Archip. ii. 61. Scirpus miliaceus, Burm. Fl. aw 
t. 9, fig. 2; Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 57, t. 5, fig. 2 (not of Rowb.). . Pa ymi 
Poir. Encyc. vi. 767; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 228. S. benghalensis, Z erni 
68. Isolepis ? tetragona, Roem. & Sch. Syst. Mant. ii. 69., ` Lem 
Presl. Rel. Haenk.i. 188 (excl. var. 8). ‘Trichelostylis miae y gg, 
gona, Nees in Wight Contrib. 103, 104.—Fimbristylis, Wall. et 
Throughout INDIA, alt. 0-6000 ft., abundant.—DISTRIB. All warm reg o Cata 
Hardly separable from F, quinquangularis, but by the obtuser, s 
cells (transverse) of nut translucent, appearing themselves longitudinally 
TT Nut smooth verrucose or tubercular, not trabeculate. 
eath 
40. F. globulosa, Kunth Enum. ii. 231; stems 8-16 1n. top b 
