666 OLXXII. CYPERACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Fuirena. 
Var. evoluta; petals narrowly elliptic 3-nerved shortly stalked with long 
linear papillose-scabrous arista, overtopping nut.—Rajpootana; Merwar, Duthie 
(n. 4919). 
Sect. 2. Furrena proper. Three inner hypogynous bristles (petals) 
obovate or subquadrate, broad-headed. 
. az ikelets 
3. F. glomerata, Lam. Ill. i. 150; annual, clusters of spi 
1-3 approximate, petals clawed with subquadrate heads, style 3-fd ay 
ovoid smooth pale. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 328; Thw. Enum. ch aris, 
in Linnea, xxxvii. 107. F. canescens, Vahl Enum. ii. 389. ` Mi Fl. 
Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 180. F. Rottboellii, Nees in Wight Contrib. 94; Mig, H 
Ind. Bat. ii. 329. Scirpus ciliaris, Linn. Mant. 182; Rottb. D tatus, 
55, t. 17, fig. l. S. pilosus, Retz Obs. vi. 19 (not of Thund.). 8. aristatus, 
Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 800.—Fuirena, Wall. Cat. 3544 (partly). 
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Throughout warmer INDIA, very common in rice-fields, from | Hut n 
to CEYLON and the MALAY FENINSULA.—DisTRIB. Trop. Africa, 5.4. , 
Australia. in. 
Usually hairy, sometimes (except  inflorescence) glabrate. Stems $- p» 
Spikelets in clusters of 3-10, 2 by 1 in. ; bracts not much overtopping ¢ ft n as long as 
linear, as long as nut or short, smooth or scabrous at top. Petals o “th 3 minute 
nut; lamina quadrate, cordate or hastate at base, 3-nerved, brown w1 
. uns lindric 
teeth at top, glabrous or minutely hairy at top. Nut triquetrous ; beak o 
sometimes minutely hispid. 
ikelets 
4. F. uncinata, Kunth Enum. ii. 184; annual, clusters of spike 
1-3 approximate (one distant sometimes added), glumes strong Jat ovoid 
aristate, petals clawed broadly obovate pubescent on margin, n ciliaris 
smooth brown. Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. 108 (not Thw.). tus Willd. 
Nees in Wight Contrib. 93; Thw. Enum. 347, Scirpus uncia uncinata, 
Sp. Pl. i. 300. S. capitatus, Burm. Fl. Ind. 91. Isolepis u 
Roem. & Sch. Syst. ii. 111.—Fuirena, Wall. Cat. 3544 A and D (part 
Pluk. Alm. 190, fig. 7. 
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DECCAN PENINSULA; Rottler, Ze, Canara; Thomson, CEYLON; ' 
Thwaites (C.P. 3038), &c. : trorse- 
Stems 4-8 in., hairy upwards. Sepals linear, shorter than nut, minutely T Other- 
scabrous or smooth. Petals nearly as long as nut, scarcely hastate a ished by the 
wise as F. glomerata, to which it is closely allied, but readily distingu 
strong hooked bristles to the glumes. 
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5. F. Trilobites, C. B. Clarke; annual, clusters of sp awn’ 
approximate, petals very long-clawed with lunate heads long T 
date at base on each side, style 3-fid, nut ovoid smooth pale. 
il. 
Deccan PENINSULA. Secunderabad; Wight; near H ydrabad, Copie 
same locality, and probably one collection. m.; 
Noted by Wight as perhaps a var. of Rottboetli i.e. of F. dono an in 
petals are different and remarkable. Spikelets rather slenderer a 
glomerata), glumes blacker with longer green ariste. Petals as long 
bead at top semicircular entire, their two lower angles long-produced 
cuspidate. 
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6. F. umbellata, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 70, t. 19, fig. 3; rhizome tals 
ing woody, clusters of spikelets often many in an elongate pani ish 
obovate subsessile, style 3-fid, nut ovoid smooth pale or finally 
