— 202 TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Cyperus, 
leaved, one very long. Umbel decompound. Spikelets Jan- 
ceolate. Stamens two. Style two-cleft, Seed obcordate, a 
little compressed, | 
Beng. and Hind. Patee. 
- Found in great abundance on the low banks of the Ganges 
and rivulets near Calcutta ; where the tide rises high over it, 
it thrives most luxuriantly, eS helps much to bind, and bes 
tect the banks from the rapidity of the water. 
Root jointed, creeping, stoloniferous, perennial. Culms 
erect, from three to four feet high, exactly three-sided, about 
as thick as the little finger, Leaves numerous, radical, or 
surrounding the base of the culms, smooth, deeply channell- 
ed on thé inside, and keeled on the back. Universal involu- 
cre composed of four or five leaves of very unequal lengths, 
the largest being two feet or more long, and the ahbrtest as 
many inches; partial involucre subulate. Umbel decom- 
pound, erect, ‘Bhout a span long. Spikelets sessile, diverg- 
ing, lanceolate, rigid, obtuse. Style two-cleft. Seeds ob- 
cordate, a little compressed, smooth. s 
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_ 82. C. Pangorei. Rottb. gram. 31. t,7.f. 3. Linn. sp. pl. . 
ed, Willd. 1.284, a 
Culms from three to four feet high, naked. Leaves scarce- 
ly any. Unmbels decompound ; involucre three or four-leav- 
ed; involucels setaceous. Spikelets filiform, Seeds ties 
“Beng. ‘Claas Pie 
It is common on the banks of the Gasp and serves, ne 
C. inundatus, the same useful purposes, though in an inka 
degree. 
Root jointed, creeping, stoloniferous, perennial. Culms 
erect, naked, smooth, three-sided towards the apex, sides 
concave, from two to four feet high, and about as thick asa 
uill. Leaves 0 one. or SB. Pa aber 7 vey short, oe 
