CYPERACEAE, 925 FIMBRISTYLIS. 
pedalis) basi foliatus; folia caespitosa basibus late ampliatis sese am- 
plectentia, in laminam linearem planam 3—4-pollicarem, lineam la- 
tam, nervosam, obtusam, brevissime acutatam angustata, involucri fo- 
liolum alterum culmum continuans umbellà compositÂ pluriradiatá 
brevius vel aequilongum, reliqua 2—3 multo minora angustiora; 
__radii breves plani apice umbellulati, radiolis unispiculatis; spiculae 
_oblongo-ovatae; squamae ferrugineae margine hyalino-albidae obtu- 
sac; stylus bifidus; achaenium ovatum obtuse triquetrum glabrum 
_ brunneum. Fimbristylis laevissima Steud. l, c.p. 116. — Scirpus 
n. 2446. Zoll. herb. 
Java, langs de Zuider kust (zout ). 
30. Fimbristylis calocarpa sreup. Radix fibrosa caespitosa; cul- 
_mus compressus inferne foliatus Q-pedalis et altior, sulcato-striatus 
glaber; vaginae truncatae apice pilosae ciliatae; folia plana striata 
_glabra vix lineam lata rigidula culmo breviora, involuerum polyphyl- 
lum involucellaque angustissima vel setacea serrulato-ciliata, umbel- 
lam simplicem vel subprolifero-compositam subaequantia; radii multi- 
spiculati; spiculae ovato-oblongae acutiusculae brevi-pedicellatae, 3 
in. longae ; squamae ferrugineae inferiores ovato-subrotundae supe- 
riores oblongae, nervo medio conspicue mucronatae; stylus compla- 
natus bifidus fimbriatus; achaenium obovoideum styli basi apice tu- 
berculatum, costato-striatum, striis crenulatis. Steud. 1. c. p. 117. 
Timor. 
31. Fimbristylis longispica steun. Culmus compresso-anceps stria- 
tus glaber margine tenui cartilagineo, 14-pedalis, nudus; folia. 
olueri diphylli foliolum alterum umbellâ compositâ pauciradiatâ 
multo longius; radii 1 —8-stachyi; spiculae 2 pedicellatae, interme- 
dia sessilis, cylindraceo-oblongae acutiusculae semipollicares multi- 
florae; squamae ovatae obtusae e carinâ obscure trinerviâ fusco-viridi 
mMucronulatae, lateribus ferrugineo-fuscae, nitidulae glabrae ; stamina 
3stylus bifidus fimbriatus; achaenium subgloboso-ovatum longi- 
trorse striato-punctulatum brunneum nitidum. Steud. l. c. p. 118. 
Non vidi. ed 
Java (Japan?) (Goer. Herb. n. 10). 
32. Fimbristylis oyrtophylla mie. Culmi circiter pedales basi 
