Tunga, TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 183 
TUNGA. R. 
Ament ovate, imbricated on all sides, Calyx one-valved, 
one-flowered. ‘Corol two-valved. Seed naked. 
The plants which come under definition I cannot by any 
means reconcile to the character of Schaenus, nor indeed to 
" any genus known to me, Ihave therefore constituted a new 
one of them, under the Telinga name Tunga, which is applied 
to the whole family of Calamarie. Linn, Cyperoidee. Juss, 
This genus is probably the same as Vahl’s Hypaelypium. 
1. T. triceps. R. 
Culms from four to eight inches high, a little compressed ; 
— two or three, tovmntinls involucre two-leaved, ¥ 
A native of Coromandel, growing with other eyperi. ~~ 
Root fibrous. Culms erect, mostly naked, from four to 
eight inches high, a little compressed, smooth, Leaves 
sheathing, broad, nearly as long as'the culm, Spikes terminal, 
Hetierally three, sessile, oval, imbricated with innumerable 
small rust-coloured flowers. Involucre two-leaved, the larg- 
est is often erect, and looks like a continuation of the culm, it 
is from two to three inches long; besides these there are 
two or more oval, lateral, scales. Calyx, a scale, single, 
nearly as in the scirpi, one-flowered, wedge-shaped, striated. 
Corol two-valved, membranaceous, shorter than the scale. 
Stamens three. Stigma three-cleft, Seed oblong, three-sided 
without bristles, 
2.7. inate Re: vs caci 
Culms from one to two feet high, three-sided.” Spikes se- 
veral, terminal. Znvolucre three-leaved. Saget 
_Anative of moist vallies, eee’ igs oy 
Root fibrous ; “Cuine cre fomone to two et high near- 
ly naked;.shrees ee thine 
half as long as s the « cul. Head terminal, generally compos- 
ed of about seven oval, sessile, closely imbricated eS oe 
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