‘Cyperus, TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. ‘189 
Beng. Gothoobi, afeel Sortdicsce't 
A native of low wet places over Bengals fed ain bras 
_ Root fibrous. Culms straight, three-sided, smooth, gondtal 
height from twelve to eighteen inches. . Leaves three, four, 
or five, investing with their sheaths, the lower parts of the 
culms straight and smooth, length various, the longest about 
as long as the culm. IJnvolucre, leaves several, diverging, of 
very unequal lengths, the longest as long as the culm, and 
the shortest about an inch. Heads terminal, composed of a 
larger one in the centre, and four or five smaller ones in the 
circumference, all rigidly sessile. Spikelets ovate, incurved, 
ten or twelve scaled, each spikelet embraced on the wnder 
side by an ovate-cordate, smooth, dark brown, bracte. Scales 
boat-shaped, pointed ; keel greenish; sides deep, polished, 
chesnut colour, Stamens three. Style simple and undivided 
to the extremity, Seed three-sided, entries on a spongy 
whitish receptacle. 
~ Obs. The undivided style and spongy nica of the 
seed distinguish this from all the mre mE ont ge 
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wi re ilapincs R, 
- Diffuse, from two to four inches high. Heads eorvhiabl, 
glomerate, sessile; spikelets incurved. cates it 
stoeiie many-leaved. 
eee oR Rheed. Hort. Mal. 12. p. 101. t. 54. 
’ +A native of moist pasture ground, 
Root fibrous, Culms three-sided, several, diffuse, fromewo 
to four inches long, smooth, towards the base leafy, ane 
a dark chesnut colour. Leaves sheathing, two or three em- 
pia the base of ancl eulm _ about ‘the same length. 
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