Cyperacea^.'l cetlon plants. 347 



7. LIPOCABPHA.,11. Br, 



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1. Ii. ar^entea^ E. Br. (Ktli. Enum. ii. p. 266, cum syn.) — X. laevi- 

 gata, N. ab Es. in Wight, Contr. p. 92, cum syn. — c.p. 819. 



Var. hracteis inajoribus. — c,p. 3557. 



Hab. Common up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 



2. L. spHacelata^ Kth. I.e. P- 267. — L. triceps, N. ab Es. 1. c. — c.p. 

 3756. 



Hab. Doombera District. 



CapiiulHm 3-6-stachyura, 



8. FUIRENA, Linn. 



1. F. ciliaris, Eoxb. El. Ind. i. p. 180; N. ab Es. in Wight, Contr. 

 p. 93, cum "syn. — c.p, 3038. 



Hab. Very abundant in paddy-fields and wet grassy places, in the 

 warmer parts of the island. 



2. F. ^lomerata^ Lam. (Vahl, Enum. ii. p. 386; Kth. Enum. u. 

 p. 184.) — F. BoUhwllu, N. ab Es. 1. c. p. 94, cum syn. — c.p, 2748, 



Hab. Similar places with the last. 



3. P. umbellata, Kottb. (Kth. I.e. p. 185, cum syn.) — F,pentagona, 

 W, et A. ; N. ab Es. 1, c. p. 93, cum syn. ; Kth. L c. cum syn. — c.p. 

 3229. 



Hab. With the preceding and equally common. 



4. F, uncinata, Wall. Cat. jNlo. 3534 d-, Kth. 1. c. p. 181, cum syn. 



c.p. 3230. 



Hab. Similar places with the foregoing species. 



9. ABILDGAARDIA, Vahl. 



1. A. monostachya, Vahl, Enum. ii. p. 296 ; Kth. Enum, ii. p. 247. 

 A. RoUhcelliana, IN", ab Es. in Wight, Contr. p. 95, cum syn.— c.p. 



3231. 



Hab. Not uncommon in the warmer parts of the island. 



2. A, tristachya, Vahl, 1. c. p. 297 ; Kth. L c. p. 248, cum syn.— c.p. 



852. 

 Hab. North of the island, Gardner. 



3. A. fulvescens; Th^,— Umhella 3-4-radiata ; involucro breyi ; 

 spicis planis, compressis, acutis, plurifloris, solltariis vol binis in radiis ; 

 squamis ovatis, acutis, pilosulis ; ^or/5?^5 triandris ; caryop>si trigona, 

 subpyriformi, tuberculata.— C.P, 679. 



Hab. Eeigam Corlc. 



Cfespitosa, 1-1 i-pedalis. Folia culmo breviora vel snbrequilonga, liueari, oLtusi- 

 usciila,mucronata,margiue scabra,-J~l^ lin. lata. Cichtius M^ovrak, striatus. Carr/ojpsis 

 nigro-fusca, umbonata, a lin. loiiga. 



4. A. cinnamometorum^ Thw. — A.fitsca, N. ab Es. 1. C. ; Kth. 1. c. 



V'24^9.—Fimbrhij/lis Cinnamometonnn, Kth. I.e. p. 229. Scirpus 

 Glnnamomctorum, Vahl, I.e. p. 278.— c.r. 2752. 

 Hab. Not uncoEimon in wet grassy phices. 



