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37. S. aestivalis, Retz. Obs. iv. 12. 
Spikes rounded, sub-squayrose ; involucre six-leaved, a Wie: 
er than the compound umbel: scales monandrous. Vaht. 
enum. ii, 288, (under Fimbrtaeytt ) at 
I received this elegant little grass from Nepala where it 
grows in low fields during the rainy season. 
38. S. diphyllus, Linn. sp. pl. ed. Willd. i, 301. 
Culms erect, from one to two feet high, semi-culumnar. 
Umbel decompound ; scales obtuse, diandrous. Seeds round- 
ish, obcordate, smooth. 
z. imbristy lis diphylla. Vahl. enum. ii. a 
~ Delights in a rich wet soil. 
Root fibrous. Culms erect, seven-eighths naked, from’ one 
to two feet high, sometimes a little compressed. Leaves chief- 
ly radical, half the length of the culm, rigid. “Umbel termi- 
nal, decompound. Facts two or font Teaved, the larger 
about the length of the umbel ; partial involueres small ; 
spikes numerous, oblong, some ‘went some pe uncled, ex- 
clusive of the naked birch of those that are old, dark brown. 
Scales oblong, obtuse, dark brown, Stamens two. Stigmas 
3 hat amd Seed obcordate, much compressed, smooth, bro vn. 
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39. S. miliaceus, Linn. sp. pl. ed. Willd, i. a a 
gram. 57, t. 5. f. 2. Retz. Obs. 5. 16. 
Culms erect, from one to two feet high, semi-culumnar, 
Umbel decompound, Involucres and iboWeeld shorter than 
the umbels and pmbellets. Seed obcordate, pine 
- Fimbristylis miliacea. Vahl. enum. ii. 287. 
This species delights in wet pasture ground. 
_ Root fibrous. Culms: erect, baie one to two fet ot i 
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five leadeil “uneq ba but the Sats is el doti so long as the’ 
umbel. Involucels like the involucre, but much smaller. 
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