188 TRIANDRIA MoNOGYMA. K^Wnfjla. 



3. K. umbfllata. Linn, sp.pl. nl. WUU. 1. 257. Rottb. 

 pram. 15. f. 4./-'. 2. 



Cvlm> from "lit to two feel high, tihroe-aided, umbel of ses- 

 sile ami peduncled, cylindrical, ragged -pike-., invofa 

 many: inTOlncek s - - 1 « 1 » « 1 . linear-oblong". 



Kolpullu. Rkttd. Bawi. MmL 12. 1.63. 



M ri>cu> umbtllatus. Vahi. E num. pi. 2. 376. 



Beny. Bm •-_ bt. 



A nativf of wet n marshy place*. 



jRmJ tnberona, rao-eoloared, with ru<t-culuiired fibres. 

 Culms erect, from one to two feet ugh, three-fomths naked, 

 three-sided, smooth. Leaves sheathing", nearly as lonj as the 

 culm. I inbtl terminal. §ea iponrd M ocmflc, and pe- 



duncled, cylindrical >pike> of numerous diverging flowers. 

 / Avert ; wncenai, many leaved, unequal: the largest leaf 

 oftei m tang as the culm : partial, none. Calyx and coral. 

 ice. as iu the genua 'Seeds three-sided. 



06c. As ttm» plant wantB the partial involucre it mav be 

 K. >umatrensis of Retziu>. 



4. K. rjywTMwaYf. it*. 



Culms from six to eiuht inches hi^ii. three-sided. Umbel 

 compound, consisting: of globular head* of numerous spike- 

 lets. • three leaved. Seedi oblong", tk mvra dr d : 



An elegant cyperna4ookiig onaD - in a native of 

 most pasture ground. 



Boor fibrous. Culms erect, two-thirds naked, from six to 

 eight inches hi^h. three-sided. nrooth. Leaves sbeathii _ 

 long as the culm. Imoohtert ; universal, three-leaved, verv 

 unequal, the largest leaf being as Ion or as the culm, and the 

 smallest ene inch ; partial, minute. Cahj . xc. as in 



the cren - pting that there are sometimes tnu flower ~ 



in the same call x. 



