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216 — TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
nus, büt tlie flowers are more numerous.— Scales imbricated seeme — 
ingly- without order, smooth, lapped, margins broad, and membras |— 
naceous.— Stamens, bristles, &c. as in the two procedos species. 
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ae aritmii: R. 2 toad 
ine fróm two to three feet high, triangular. ‘Spike terminal, — 
tapering, acute ; scales somewhat acute ; seeds bristly. Rc r 
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Grows in similar places to those "ih produce the two last spe» - 
cies. 2 ; 
Root as in the last species.—Culm three- sided, from two to three / 
feet high, naked, smooth ; angles very sharp, even almost winged— —— 
Leaves no other than a sheath or two involving the base of each culm, 
—Spike terminal, &c. asin the two former. — Scales disposed spiral : 
ly, oval, somewhat acute, striated, margins membranaceous. —Hila- k 
ments membranaceous. Bristles, &c. as in the former two. - de 
Obs. It differs from, S. spiralis in having. the angles of the culm — 
sharp. In having the flowers few and disposed spirally. In having — 
band striated, oblong and somewhat pointed. > — 
6.8. P: R. ; 
| Culms from one to two feet high, three-cornered. Spike emi 
sub-cylindric ; scales obtuse. Seeds bristly.. 
A species resembling the last, and growing in similar Fr 
Root as in the species already mentioned.— CuZm erect, one 1 
two feet high, smooth, three-sided, angles rounded. — Spike. as in 
the former.— Scales smooth, obovate.—Stamens, bristles and p 
as in the last four species. | 
7- S. incurvatus. R. - 
 Culms in tufts, culumnar, from six to nine inches high, ‘conan et i 
less, intercepted. Spikes i in a globular, naked verticil near the bet- j 
of the culm. Stigma. trifid. Seed three-sided. E. 
E. uative of moist places near Calcutta. Flowers during dec ; 
