299 -TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Scirpus. 
high. Leaves few, subulate, hard, half the length of the 
culms, Spikes. generally three,. varying however from one 
to five, sometimes short-peduncled, oblong. . Involucre two- 
leaved; one erect, longer than the spikes, seems a continua- 
tion of the culm. » Seales oval, somewhat mucronate. ma 
cordate, Style villous, Stigma two-cleft, i 
Obs. It differs from Rottboel’s plant in having the’ sci 
mucronate, and the stigma two-cleft; yet I think they must 
be the same, . : 
27. 8S. squarrosus. Linn. sp. pl. ed. Willd. i, 308. Rete 
gram. 49, t. 17. f. 5. 
Culms from three to six inches long. Spikes fei invo- 
lucre two-leaved. Scales ending in a long naan _ 
horn. Seeds angular. ie 
Motta-pullu, Rheed, Mal. 12. p. 72,1 t. 38. ies! 
Beng. Goori, - 
A small delicate species, es in distinct tufts on ary A 
sandy pasture ground. uo 
Root fibrous. Culms numerous, bent in various direction 
from three to six inches long, four-fifths naked, round, smooth, © 
filiform. ‘Leaves a few only, sheathing, shorter considerably 
than the culm, Spikes terminal, generally three, sessile, oval. _ 
Involucre two-leaved, the largest about an inch long; being se 
nearly erect, it appears a continuation of the culm. Scales 
_ humerous, terminating in a long, oe recurved ee ee 
besser ss ee smooth, 
28. S. monander, Biew: sp. wl: ed, Willd. i ds su. . Rotts 
gram. 50, t. 14. f. 3, ad 
Culms erect, from three to six inches high, angular. a 
terminal, of three to five spikelets; involucre from two to 
three-leaved ; scales acute, monandrous, Seed roundish; al» 
