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3. F. uncinata, Kunth. 4-8 inches with spreading stifi hairs. 

 Leaves haiiy, narrow. Spikelets densely chistered on v. short 

 peduncles, ^-l inch, few-flowered. Glumes much less hairy than 

 in the last sp., pubescent, with v. prominent hard white nerves, the 

 midnerve usually squarrosely recurved. Rhachilla obsolete (i.e.. 

 each gliime carrying away part of the rhachilla when spikelet dis- 

 sected). Petals round-quadrate, veiy shortly clawed, nerves not 

 prominent as in the last ; margins especially in the upper part softy 

 and densely fringed with sulphur-coloured ciliolse. 



V. rare. Only in Kanara. (Herb. Kew and Herb. Talbot.) (India in 

 one or two places). 



The specimen in the Talbot Herbarium is very different from F. glomerata . 

 The prominent white raised nerves of the glumes are a noticeable feature. 



4. F. Umbellata, lioUh. 1-4 ft. vStem quadrangular. Leaves 

 usually broad, stiti', strongly o — S^nerved. Clusters of spikelets 

 bracteate, often subpaniculately compound. J^etals obovate-qua- 

 drate, apiculate at the apex, narrowed at the base. Nut usually 

 pale, prominently beaked, angles keeled. 



In marshes ; app. rare, except at Castlo Rock. (Most warm, not too 

 dry, regions). 



11. Lipocarpha, Br. 



Glabrous. Leafy only at base. Spikelets many-flowered in a 

 single head subtended by stiff always deflexed bracts. Scales 2, 

 arranged anterior and posterior to the nut, clinging to the nut even 

 when mature, and appear like a membranous outer covering. Nut 

 small, plano-convex, smooth. 



1 . L. argentea, Br. vSpikelets whitish. Resembles a robust 

 form of Kyllinga trice]ps. 



Marshes on the crest of the Southern Ghats. (Throughout India. 

 Warm regions of Old World). 



2. L, Sphacelata, Kunth. Spikelets dark chocolate brown, 

 smaller than the last. 



Occasional in marshes and rice-tields in the Karnatic Mallad tract. 

 (Throughout India. Tropical Africa and America). 



12. Remirea, AnUet. 



One species only. 



1. R. maritima, Aubl. A glabrous maritime sedge with a 

 long creeping rhizome. Branches erect, 2-6 inches, stiff, entirely 

 cilotted with the sheaths of the leaves, the blades of which ai'e 

 ascending, rigid, pungent, concave. Spikelets one-flowered, densely 

 crowded on short spikes, which are sessile and aggregated into 

 dense heads, supported hj bracts like the leaves. Nut narrow, 

 obscurely trigonous, pointed, dark. 



Coast near Karwar (Herb. Talbot). (Tropical sea-coasts). 



