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than described in F. B. I. but the shape and appearance of the nut seems 

 to leave no doubt that they are not C. Malabaricus, which they otherwise 

 resemble. 



4. C. latespicatUS, Boeck. P. latespicatus Cke. Ratber 

 stouter in the stem, 4-16 inches. Umbel as the last but spikelets 

 move numerous and larger, f x i in., not so compressed, bullate from 

 the ripe-nuts, j^ellowish brown, concolorous, parallel-sided, 

 obtuse.' Nut as clavis. 



Occasional throughout the ghats and adjacent regions. (Scattered 

 throughout India). 



5. C. Malabaricus, T. Cool-e. {F.B.V. 11, i^ 8b6) r. Malaba- 

 ricus Cke. as No. 3 above, but nut as clavis, and glumes very dark 

 with prominent paler margin all round. In the Bombay examples 

 the spikelets are not conspicTiously parallel-sided. 



Distribution of the last. (App, endemic in W. India). 



6. C> sanguinolentUS, VaM. P. sanguinolentus, Nees. Rhizome 

 creeping. Stems 4-20 inches, strong, either erect or decumbent at 

 the base, leafy up to sometimes one-third of the stem. Umbel 

 simple, often contracted. Spikelets few, about | x ^ in. dark red, 

 not very compressed, bullate from the ripe nuts, tapering to the 

 sub-obtuse tip. Nuts sub-rotund, dark, apiculate. 



Fairly common in the ghat tracts and the regions adjacent, in marshes. 

 (Warm regions of the old world). 



7. C. punctiCUlatUS, Vahl. P. puncticvlal'm, Cke. Stems sub- 

 solitarj', robust. 1-2 ft. Leaves rather thick. Umbel large, 

 simple or compound, with rays up to 6 inches. Spikelets many, 

 distant on the rhachis, pale or reddish brown, rather many-flowered, 

 i X g^ in. (width x^o — ^ in. Cooke, | in. Clarke) parallel-sided. 

 Nut dark, obovate, obcordate, apiculate. 



App. very rare. Heavy rainfall regions in the South of the Presidency 

 (Deccan Peninsula of India, Ceylon, China). 



8- C. albomarginatUS, Mart, and Schrad. V. alhomarginatus, 

 Nees. Tall, 1-3 ft., stems solitary. Umbel small or quite large 

 with rays up to 7 inches. Spikelets distant on the rhachis, f in, 

 as clavis. A very distinct species. 



Konkan, ghats and sub-ghat tracts. Fairly common in marshes. (India. 

 W. Peninsula. Burmah. Tropics generally.) 



«*• C. glObOSUS, ^■l^^- P- {ilohosus, Reich. P. ccqnllaris, Nees. 

 Slender, tufted, 8-18 in. spikelets crowded in heads or simple 

 umbels with few short rays, verj- many-flowered, conspicuously 

 parallel-sided, -| x ro in., pale in North, dark in South India, and 

 with 3^ellow margins to the glumes. Nut obovoid, dark, smooth. 

 ('. malaharicus is very close to this especially as the nut is very 

 often onlj^' very slightly reticulated when young. 



