224 ‘ TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Scirpus. 
or four-leaved, unequal. Scales oblong, obtuse; keel green, 
the rest silver-coloured. Stamen single. Stigma two-clett. 
Seed ene compressed, smooth, pearl-coloured. 
3h. scat tie Linn. sp. pl. ed. Willd. i, 296. 
Culms six inches high, semi-culumnar, Leaves numerous, 
from one to two inches long. Umbel composed of from six 
to twelve ovate spikelets. nvolucres and involucels the length 
- of the spikelets. 
: Hind. Bura Nirbishee. 
Native of Coromandel and Bengal. 
32. S. arvensis. Retz. Obs. iv. p. eee 
Culms from six to twenty-four) inalaie high, coutpeenlet 
furrowed, Leaves tortuose. Umbel simple. Involucre one or 
two-leaved, shorter than the umbel. Scales obtuse, diandrous. — 
Seed obcordate, striated and dotted. 
A native of various parts of India, appearing in low: nioist 
places during the rainy season, 
Culms about six inches high, compressed, and farowed. 
Leaves radical, or surrounding the lower portion of the culms, © 
- marrow, a little twisted, and nearly as long as the culms. — 
Umbel generally simple, of from four to six sessile, or pedi- 
celled, ovate-oblong brown spikes; sometimes one of the pe- 
- dicels supports two spikes, Involuere one or two-leaved, 
\qnalandishortossbaeithexitall: -Sedlenalthelaiies owe 
- chaffy. Stamens two. Style thick at the base; apex two 
cleft, and villous,» Seed obcordate, furrowed domgeeoetnelly; 
and dotted with white on a brownish wsteite 
oe 
Culms twelve pies high, leafy, sub-cylindric,- Umb Is 
thin, searcely compound, Jnvolucres minute. Style with en- 
= pert i> base, tion three-cleft, Seed shames: sents per 
