Fimbristylis.] CLXXI, OYPERACE&. (C. B. Clarke.) 645 
leafless, Spikelets cuboid-ellipsoid obtuse, glumes obtuse, style 3-fid (see 
var. 8), nut obovoid verrucose pale brown. Thw. Enum. 949; Boeck. in 
Linnea, xxxvii. 45. F. umbellaris, Vahl Enum. ii. 291. F. efoliata, Steud. 
Syn. Cyp. 109. Scirpus umbellaris, Lam. Ill. i. 141. S. globulosus, Retz 
Obs, vi. 19. Isolepis globulosa, Roem. & Sch. Syst. ii. 119. Trichelostylis 
fibulosa, Nees in Wight Contrib. 105.—Fimbristylis, Wall. Cat. 3518, 
CEYLON, Thwaites. From Nepal, Wallich, Assam, Griffith, and Saan HILLS, 
Collett, to PENANG, Wallich.—Di1sTRIB. Malaya, Tonkin, Polynes. 
Glabrous. Rhizome none or scarcely any. Stems tufted, 4-5-angular under 
umbel. Lower sheaths bearing long leaves or leafless. Umbel sometimes 2 in. 
Zen, with 20 spikelets; often smaller, sometimes with 2-1 spikelets; bracts rarely 
lin Spikelets 4 by à in. dense-fld., dusky-brown.  Glumes concave, incurved, 
S-nerved, Stamens often 2. Style as long as nut, deciduous with the narrowly 
Pyramidal style-base; branches linear. Nut as long as 2 glume, round trigonous ; 
outermost cells lax (i. e. nut somewhat verrucose), shortly transversely oblong, super- 
imposed in 12-15 vertical series in each face (i.e. nut slenderly longitudinally striate). 
Spikelets sometimes barren at top, elongate-cylindric. 
Var, Torresiana (sp.), Gaud. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 413; style 2-fid, nut biconvex. 
m, Masters. Bengal, J.D.H.—Marianne Islands.—No 3-fid styles could be 
found ; the examples have the uppermost sheath leafless as in typical F. globulosa. 
Var, Vicaryi; lower sheaths with long leaves, uppermost sheath with a green 
leaf in. long, central sessile spikelet usually deticient. Trichelostylis sp., 
n, 16, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. d T.—Banks of the Chenab, Thomson; Dehra Doon, 
Vicary, 
4l. F. insignis, Thw. Enum. 349 ; stems 12-16 in. robust base leafy, 
umbel compound with about 10 large lanceolate spikelets, style 3-fid, nut 
‘mall obovoid smooth white laxly reticulated. Hance in Journ. Linn Soe. 
mill. 132 (excl. syn. Trichelostylis, n. 20). F. Thwaitesii, Boeck. in Linnea, 
Oba) 34. F.amblyphylla, Steud. Syn. (Gan, 116 (the plant described in 
CEYLON, Thwaites.—DistRIB. Borneo, China. 
Glabrous. Rhizome short, descending. Stems obscurely 4-5-angular under 
Teel. Leaves several, as long as 4 stem, narrowish, flat, tip suddenly narrowed. 
ai 13-31 in, in diam., sometimes simple with 4-5 spikelets; bracts 2-3, less 
n $ in. long, Spikelets 3-3 by 4 in., hard, acute. Glumes t in., boat-shaped, 
* submucronate, brown-chestnut. Stamens 3. Style long, villous, white, 
l ly deciduous with the narrowly pyramidal style-base. Nut as long as 1—4 
sume, triquetrous with concave faces, obtuse almost emarginate. 
i. F. pentaptera, Kunth Enum. ii. 229; stems 16-36 in. leafless 
airy acutely 5-angular under umbel, umbel decompound, bracts small, 
"y le 3-fid, nut obovoid shining brown smooth minutely reticulate. Boeck. 
m Linea, xxxvii. 30. F. Salbundia, Tw. Enum. 349 (not of Kunth). S. 
dunquangularis, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. 42 (as to Thw. C.P. 823). Tri- 
“helostylis pentaptera, Nees in Wight Contrib. 105. 
in d, up to 6000 ft., Gardner, Thwaites. Deccan Peninsula, Wight (n. 2904, 
: Caleutt.). 
Rhizome s i . Stems somewhat thickened at base; sheaths 
lard, El Kei E diam., with sometimes 40-85 spikelets. 
d'Mo + by A in., chestnut-colrd. Glumes adpressed, ovate, scarcely acute. 
mens often 2, Style long, glabrous, deciduous with the narrowly pyramidal style- 
* Nut ag long as } glume.—Easily recognized by the hairy stem. 
