THE CyPEnACiLE OF THI-: liOMLiAV rUESIDENCY. 69r, 



•iG. C. StolonifePUS, Iteh. l^liizome creeping. Stems leafy 

 4-8 in. usually (('larke in F. Vt. I.) M-IO inches in the Bombay 

 example, nodose at llie base and (;lothed tor some way (in the 

 Bombay example) with lacerated coloured sheatlis, trigonous at top. 

 Umbel small and contracted, spikelets terete, \ x J^r inch (in the 

 Bombay example). Glumes closely imbricating, obtuse, dirty 

 white, speckled with pink on the back. 



t couclmlo that this is No. 2741 in Horb. St. X. Coll. from the shore at 

 Mahim, Bombay. (Shores of E. Asia.) 



G. — Tall f/labrous vhizomatous plants, almost la/less. Stetns terete, spongy, 

 often appearin;/ trans>^ersehj septate vhen dri/. Umbels small for the size of 

 tfie plant. Bracts veri/ short. Spikelets pale. 



37. C. Articulatus, fA^^u. As above. Stem noticeably trans- 

 versely pseudo-.septate. Bracts very short, scarious with ovate 

 base. 



Scattered throughout the Presidency in shallow water, but not common 

 except in the Mallad tract of the Carnatic. (All warm regions). 



38. G- tegetiformis, Rozh. As above. Stem trigonous at top, 

 hardly septate when diy. Bracts leaf-like green, up to |ths of the 

 inflorescence. 



Rare. Khaudala (Herb. St. Xav, Coll.) (E. Asian). 



Note. — Both C. ter/etiformis and C. corymbosus, Rottb., are given by Cooke 

 as occurring at Kalyan {fide, Woodrowe). These two species are very im- 

 perfectly characterised, and are very probably forms of one species. 

 Cooke doubts whether they both occur. 1 have placed the St. Xavier's 

 College specimen in teyetiformis as the spikelets are pale, whereas the 

 spikelets of corymbosus should be red. The bracts, however, are more than 

 half the inflorescence. 



H. — Base of the stem an ovoid bulbil covered ivith a blade, striated, splittiny 

 tunic. 



39. C. bulbosus, Vahl. Stolons very fine. Stem slender 4-12 

 inches. Leaves numerous. Umbels interrupted, i.e., with an 

 interval between the lowest bracts and the next one above it and 

 so on, the displaced bracts bearing partial unbels in their axils. 

 Rays ^hort up to 2 inches. Spikelets elongate, narrow, reddish. 

 Rhachilla with ovate persistent wings. Glumes appressed, obtuse. 



Essentially a sand plant. Near the sea and inland in sand or very 

 light soil, extending into the desert. The small bulbils are dug up and 

 eaten in famines and even in ordinary years in N. Gujarat. (Baluchistan) 

 Ceylon, Tropical Africa and N. Australia). 



I. — Rhizome short, Woody. Lateral shoots from the base of the stem imme- 

 diately ascending. Stems tall, very thick at the base. Sheaths long, but blades 

 very short or O. Umbel fairly large, compound. Glumes spreading {not imbricate) 

 in fruit. 



40. C. tegetum, Roa:h. As above. Spikelets f x j;^ inch red- 

 dish. 



