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ENUMEEATioN OF lCi/2)eracea!. 



10. FIMBRISTYLIS, VaW. 



« * Stigmatllus 2. 



1 r. nutans, VaU, Enum. ii. p. 285 ; N. ab Es. in Wight, Con' 

 p. 96 3 Kth. Enum. ii. p. 221, cum syn.— c.p. 832. 



Hab. Very common in the warmer parts ol the island, 



2. P. acuminata, Valil, 1. c. ; N. ab Es. 1. c. ; Kth. 1. c. cum syn. 



F. setacea, Bentli. in Hook. Joum. of Bot.— c.p. 2747. 

 Hab. Hotter parts of the island- 

 Closely allied to the preceding, but certainly distinct. 



3. P. polytrichoides, E. Br.? (N. ab Es. I.e. cum syn.)-5fc™ 

 polytrichoides, Eetz ; Vahl, 1. c. p. 249. Scvrpus scaler, Koxb. ±1. 



Ind. i. p. 220. 



Hab. Ceylon, Kanig. 



4. P. schcEnoides, Vahl, 1. c. p. 286 ; N. ab Es. 1. c. p. 97, cum syn. ; 



Kth. 1. c. p. 222, cum syn.— c.p. 833. ^ , - , . 



Hab. Not uncommon in the hotter parts ot the island. 



5 P. diphylla, Vahl, 1. c. p. 289 ; N. ab Es. 1. c. p. 100, cum syn.- 

 F. tomentosa, Vahl, 1. c. p. 290 ; N. ab E». 1. c. F. Boyemana, varr. 

 a et 3 -, N. ab Es. 1. c— c.p. 839, 840 (841 partim). 



Hab. a very abundant plant. 



Varies greatly in the amount of pubescence : the flowers arc commonly diandrous, 

 more rarely monaudrous ; I have not met with it with triaudrous flowers. 



6. P. ovalis, N. ab Es. 1. c. p. 98, cum syn.— c.p. 3737 (841 partim). 

 Hab. Eornegalle District. 



Certainly distinct from the preceding species, though bearing considerable external 

 resemblance to the tomentose form of it. 



7. P. rigidula, N. ab Es. 1. c. p. 99 ; Stand. Synops. p. 116.— C.P. 



3232. 

 Hab. Warmer parts of the island, not common. 



8. P. ferruginea, Vahl, 1. c. p. 291 ; N. ab Es. 1. c. p. 97, cum syn. ; 



Kth. 1. 0. p. 236,— c.p. 848. 

 Hab. Xokoole Corle, Gardner. 



9. P. argentea, Vahl, 1. c. p. 294 ; N. ab Es. 1. c. p. 100, cum syn. ; 



Kth. 1. c. p. 223.— c.p. 2877. 



Hab. Hotter parts of the island. 



10. P. pallescens, N. ab Es. 1. c. p. 101, cum syn. ; Steud. Synops. 

 p. III.— Scirpus pallescens, Roxb. El. Ind. i, p. 229.— C.P. 3758. 



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BtigmaiihiiB 3. Trichelosfj/lis. 



11. P. Arnottii, Thw.—F. xyroides, Am. Cat. Hb. Wight, 2331 (baud 



xyridis, K. Br.) — c.p. 830. 



Hab. Common on the borders of paddy-fields, etc. 



C^espitosa, aphyUa. Cuhnus pantm angukris, 6-18 poll, longus, bast vnginatu3. 

 Spica solitaria, erecta, rotuudata. Squama arete inibricatpc, ohovats, obtusx, i 

 feriores parum majorea. Canjopsis oblonga, subclavata, delicatule cancellata, sui 

 lata, dbida, stylo suboequilonga. 



12. P. miliacea, Vahl, 1. c. p. 287 ; Kth. 1. c. p. ^%Q.-Trkheloslyhs 



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