Scirpus, TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 221 
Root fibrous. Culms sub-erect, four-fifths. naked, very 
slender , filiform, somewhat five-sided, smooth, Leaves sheath- 
, in large plants long, slender, and often twisted a little, 
ia nae plants more rigid,. Spikes two or three terminal, 
ovate; one is always sessile, the other one or two peduncled, 
Involucre one or two-leaved, about as long as the peduncled 
spikes... Seales nearly orbicular, Stamens and style as in 
S. monostachyos, Seed obcordate, compressed, white, with a 
. thick callous margin. 
25, S. schenoides. Kin. Retz. Obs, v. 14. 
Culms erect, from six to twelve inches long. Spikes one 
or two, terminal, naked, acute. Scales pointed. Seed obcor- 
date, angular, dotted. 
Beng. Moormoori, 
A native of dry pasture ground, etc amongst riot 
Root fibrous. Culms sub-erect, from six to twelve inches 
high, three-fourths naked, filiform, a little compressed, parti- 
cularly towards the tops, and striated. Leaves as in the for- 
mer. Spike generally single, though there are sometimes 
two, in which case one is peduncled, few-flowered. Involu- 
cre entirely wanting. Scales large, with a large keel and 
sharp point. Style enlarged at the base. Stigma three-cleft, 
preaches scrape very scabrous, pees: shoes 
26.8. nse Vahl. enum. ii. 25d. | : 
Culms from six to eight inches long, slender, curved, stri- 
ated. Leaves Shorter then the culms. Spikes from two to 
four, oblong. “uwolnere ‘ two-leaved,* one longer tex the SS 
spikes, apparently a continuation of the paeee ityletwo- 
pee villous. 1 Riettsohcedaten’ pest: nrh see 
3 bent, Rar nearly Seema, grooved, parti- 
: eularly. deep on the opposite sides, from six sci eight sniches: | 
