214 TRIANDRIA MONOGYNTA, Scirpus. 
Spike as in the former. Scales smooth, obovate. Stamens, 
bristles and pistil as in the last four species. - 
7. S. incurvatus. R. 
Culms in tufts, culumnar, from six to nine inches high, in- 
curved, leafless, intercepted. Spikes in a globular, naked 
verticil. near the base of the culm. Stigma trifid., Seed 
three-sided, 
‘A native of moist places near Calcutta. Flowers during 
the cool season. 
~ Root of rust-coloured, capillary fibres. Cud/ms numerous, 
from their incurved shape forming nearly a globe, leafless, 
round, ‘smooth, intercepted at every half inch or less; ge- 
neral length from six to eight inches, and thicker than a crow- 
_ quill. Sheaths a few between the spikes and root. “Spikes nu- 
merous, sessile, ovate-oblong, forming a round verticil about — 
an inch and a half above the root. Scales round, ovate-ob- 
tuse, Seed ovate, triangular. : 
8. S. articulatus. Linn. sp. pl. ed. Willd. i. 290. Vahl. 
enum, ti. 358. 
Culms from two to four feet high, coke eisai 
with conspicuous partitions. Spikes pointed, crowded into a_ 
head near the base. Seed naked, three-sided. 
| Tsjelli. Rheed, Mal. 12. p.135.t.71. 
_ Hind, and*Beng. ‘Putputi-chechka, é 
~ Teling. Lutti-pitta-allie. 
_ This is also a native of standing sweet water. a 
-. Root stoloniferous, and Sbroas as in the. former. - Culm 
erect, from twoto four feet high, round, smooth, naked, inter- 
Se MN 
cepted inwardly by. transverse septums at every inch, or = 
half inch; they are conspicuous on the outside, even while 
the plant is growing. Leaves no other than a short sheath or 
Side iahol sing the base of the culm, Head lateral, near the 
se of the culm sessile, sub-globular, composed of many, 
(fifty Bi oes ams oer et a: ce 
