220 TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Scirpus. 
the longest nearly the length of the culm, keeled and deeply 
channelled, smooth. Spike solitary, lateral, one-third part of 
the culm below its apex, ovate-oblong, about one inch in 
length. - Involucre one-leaved, besides the continuation of the 
éulm, length of the spikes. Scales cordate, cuspidate, smooth. 
Stamina three, with about double the number of bristles be- 
tween them. Anthers linear, when old spiral. Germ obovate. — 
Stigma two-cleft, Seed flat, particularly on the inside, round- 
ish, obcordate, crowned with a minute portion of the remain- 
ing style, and embraced by about six slender, soft, permanent 
bristles which are about the same length. 
23, S, seaber, R, 
Culms erect, from four to eight inches high, angular. Spikes 
terminal. Scales oblong, — es eas bifid, Seed ob- 
cordate, scabrous. : 
- Campare with 8. potytrichoides, Retz, Obs. iv. p. WL 
_ A native of dry, sandy pasture ground on the coast:of Co- 
romandel, 
~ Root composed. of dark purple capillary fibres. Culms 
erect, from four to eight inches high, four-fifths naked, an- 
gular, smooth, Leaves sheathing, mostly radical, filiform, — 
half the length of the culm. Spike single, erect, oblong, ma- 
ny-flowered.. Involucre two or three-caducous scales, shorter 
than the spike. Scales oblong, apex rounded, falling as the 
seeds ripen. Stamens generally two, Stigma two-cleft. -_ 
— ape ec mee 
sae S. Baliosien Kita. ctiex ee 
. Culms erect, from six to twenty-four iil high, filiform. sts 
Spikes from two to three, terminal, sessile, and peduncled, 
involucred ; scales roundish, Seed obcordate, with a callous 
margin. ‘eoedvediee 
S ~ Teling. Khooshi-tunga, 
