Rynchospora.]  OLXXII. cYPERACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) 671 
spik : . 
pts as in R. aurea, but more slender ; spikelets more clustered, less numerous 
pically Wier open panicle. Mut hardly à in., brown, smooth or microsco- 
se 3 :« 7 7 : 
narrower than nut) muriculate; beak at base very narrowly pyramidal, much 
7. R. Hookeri, Boeck. in Linnxa, xxxvii. 62 
. , . 621 (Rhynchospora) ; 
very at robust, nearly glabrous, spikelets in loose co ymbs, style 
CH s ortly 2-fid, nut obovoid chestnut-colrd. smooth suddenly narrowed 
artien] very small cylindric neck, beak linear as long as nut. Schcenus 
HE atus, Buch. Ham. ms. ((not of Roxb.).—Rynchospora, Wall. Cat. 
Tai INDIA ; alt. 0-300 ft. Assam; Seebsagur, C. B. Clarke, Ze, Sylhet 
Tangle C n Hooker, North Bengal; Nathpur, Hamilton, Wallich; Mudhopoor 
adio D: Clarke ; Pegu, Brandis (Herb. Calcutta). 
nikelets y stoloniferous, lateral shoots push out from base of stem. Stems, leaves, 
Es vi nearly as in smaller examples of R. aurea, but corymbs much more 
minis g irregular, spikelets 1-5-clustered. Nut Ae in. long, surmounted by the 
e neck also chestnut-colrd.; beak greenish-straw-colrd. 
ae B. Drriosrectes, Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 1059. Style 
(or ley : iced, branches 2 long-linear. [Stem with nodes bearing leaves 
panicled]. ^ bracts) far above its base. Spikelets loosely corymbose or 
nli, e g£racillima, Thw. Enum. 435 (Rhynchospora), not of Sau- 
ar glabrous, very slender, spikelets solitary long-pedicelled panicled 
roadie. often 2 nuts, hypogynous bristles 0, style-branches 2 long, nut 
oet y obovoid truncate transversely wavy-wrinkled, beak broad depressed. 
de e Linnea, xxxvii. (1873), 597; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 
508, (1876), pt. i. 159. R. Kamphoeveneri, Boeck. in Engl. Jahrb, v. 
Aen. Thwaites n. 3818. KHasIA; J. D. Hooker. NICOBARS; Kurz.— 
RE Hongkong. 
with 185 fibrous. Stems 2 ft. Leaves 4-12 in., setaceous. Panicle 12 by 3 in., 
owest spikelets. Spikelets + by de in., dusky brown. Glumes 7-8, obtuse, 3 or 4 
glume empty shorter, Style long slender, branches 2 as long as style. Nut $ 
» pale ash-colour ; beak as broad as nut, becoming black, saddle-shaped. 
" ?. R. glauca, Vahl Enum. ii. 233; glabrous, panicle narrow, 
Tymbs rather small, spikelets numerous bearing 1-2 nuts, hypogynous 
Ze Scabrous with teeth pointing upwards, style-branches 2 ong, nut 
iroa dly obovoid truncate transversely wavy wrinkled, beak 1-2 nut. Boeck. 
R. gracilis, Vahl Enum. 
w. Enum, 352 (not of 
ck. l. c. 586 (the 
~ FARO, xxxvii. 585 (excl. the “ larger” form). 
DEN R. laxa, Br. Prodr. 230; R. laxa 8 minor, Th 
Ei ) R.chinensis, Nees in Wight Contrib. 115; Boe 
asia plants). — Rynchospora, Wall. Cat. 3421. 
Kniet, and NinanigI Hits, alt. 4-6500 ft., NEPAL; 
Theaites C.P. n. 2396, &c.—DisTRIB. Warm regions of the globe. 
woody; lateral shoots (hardly 
hizome biennial or perennial, short, becomin 
As push out from bab of stem. Stems tufted 1-21 ft., rather slender, nearly 
Soth, with nodes throughout their length. Leaves 8-20 by dech MD. nearly 
p poth, Panicle 12 by 1-2 in.; axillary corymbs often 2-3, distant, peduncled, 
ln diam. Spikelets shortly pedicelled or somewhat clustered à in., with 1 
mache * Hypogynous bristles 6 or 5, rigid, brown, usually as long as nut rarely 
Shing top of beak. Stamens usually 2; anthers not crested. Nut 4-} glume, 
Wallich. CEYLON, 
