Fimbristylis.] CLXXIL CYPERACER. (C. B. Clarke.) 647 
105 (at least in part) not Scirp. Salbundius, Ham. in Wail. Cat. n. 3499 
A, nor F. Salbundia, Boeck.).—Fimbristylis, Wall. Cat. 3499 C. in 
Herb. Berlin (not in Herb. Linn. Soc.) 2526, 3527 (in Herb. DC. not in 
Linn. Soc.). 
, ŠSILHET; Wallich. KmastA Hiis, Grifith. AMHERST; Wallich n. 3527 
(in Herb. DC.).—DIsTRIB. Australia. 
Glabrous. Rhizome very short, obliquely descending. Stems tufted, acutely 
angular. Umbel 2—4 in. diam. ; bracts scarcely an inch, bristle-like. Spikelets is 
in, angular, about 10-fld. Glumes ovate obtuse, margins broadly scarious.— Has 
D greatly confused with the leafless form of F. quinquangularis, from which it is 
aly known by the testaceous spikelets, polygonal by reason of the acutely keeled 
glumes, 
Series D. Spikelets clustered (some solitary often added). 
46. F. leptoclada, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 393 (not Fl. Austral); stems 
l foot slender, leaves long narrow, spikelets small in 1-3 small clusters 
dark brown, glumes very obtuse tip ciliate, style 3-fid, nut obovoid yellow- 
TOwn verrucose. F. retusa, Thw. Enum. 349; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. 
; Hance in Lond. Journ. Bot. xvi. 112. 
CEYLON; Thwaites. MALACCA ; Griffith.—DrsrRIB. Borneo, China. ` 
Annual, glabrous., Leaves as long as à stem (or all stem) 3-75 in. broad. 
Umbel 4-1 in., often congested into a head ; bracts hardly Ä in. Spikelets usually 
»$in., ellipsoid, obtuse. Stamen often 1. Style as long as nut, glabrous, deci- 
duous with the shortly pyramidal style-base; branches linear. Nut as long as $ 
glume, round trigonous. 
47. F. paupercula; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. 396; stems 1 ft. 
slender, clusters of spikelets in a simple umbel, style 3-fid, nut obovoid 
with many longitudinal striations finally black. 
DECCAN PENINSULA ; Pulney Mts.; Wight (n. 2896). 
early glabrous. Rhizome short, obliquely descending. Stem under ampel 
angular, minutely scabrous pilose. Leaves as long as $ stem, narrow.. Umbe 
mys 4-5, 1 in. long; bracts hardly iin. Spikelets 2-7 to a cluster, l in. long, 
ellipsoid, brown, about 6-fld. Glumes ovate, keel slightly excurrent as a mucro, 
glandular upwards, sometimes puberulous. Nut as long as j glume, triquetrous, 
*pex obtuse; outer cells shortly transversely elliptic, regularly arranged in about 
Vertical series on each face.—This is in Herb. Calcutt., Paris, and Berlin ; but 
xot in Mus. Brit. or Kew. 
48. F. junciformis, Kunth Enum. ii. 239; stems 4-16 in., leaves 
Several rigid, umbel compound and decompound, spikelets clustered, style 
; ut obovoid nearly smooth or verrucose straw-colrd. or pale brown. 
eck, in Linnea, xxxvii 49. F. Hænkei, Dietr. Sp. Pl. ii. 161. F. 
chetorthiza, Kunth lc. 240; Strachey Cat. Pl. ii. 73. F. falcata, Kunth 
l.c. 939. Scirpus falcatus, Vahl Enum. ii. 275. Isolepis falcata, Roem. 
Sch. Syst. ii. 118. Trichelostylis junciformis and cheetorrhiza, Nees in 
Wight Contrib. 106,—Fimbristylis, Wall. Cat. 3519 (partly), 3520. 
py broughout INDIA, alt. 1500-5000 ft., from Kasam and Assam to MADRAS and 
S —-Di ilippines. 
Tous. M e VeCH or sometimes 2 in. long horizontal. Stems 
tufted, rigid, upwards 4-5-angular or obscurely flattened. Leaves usually short bu 
‘ometimes ag long as 3-3 stem, 44-1 in. broad, flat, margins incurved, tip obtuse. 
Undel 1-4 in. diam., with 20-30 clusters, often much smaller with 3-5 clusters ; 
bracts » Short, rarely lin. Spikelets 2-5 toa cluster, with none or few solitary 
