•202 TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Cljperus. 



leaved, one very long. Umbel decompound. Spikelets lan- 

 ceolate. Stamens two. Style two-cleft. Seed obcordate, a 

 little compressed. 



Beng. and Hind. Patee. 



Found in great abundance on the low banks of the Ganges 

 and rivulets near Calcutta ; where the tide rises high over it, 

 it thrives most luxuriantly, and helps much to bind, and pro- 

 tect the banks from the rapidity of the water. 



Root jointed, creeping, stoloniferous, perennial. Culms 

 erect, from three to four feet high, exactly three-sided, about 

 as thick as the little finger. Leaves numerous, radical, or 

 surrounding the base of the culms, smooth, deeply channell- 

 ed on the inside, and keeled on the back. Universal involu- 

 cre composed of four or five leaves of very unequal lengths, 

 the largest being two feet or more long, and the .shortest as 

 many inches; partial involucre subulate. Umbel decom- 

 pound, erect, about a span long. Spikelets sessile, diverg- 

 ing, lanceolate, rigid, obtuse. Style two-cleft. Seeds ob- 

 cordate, a little compressed, smooth. 



32. C. Pangorei. Rottb. gram. 31. t. l.f. 3. Linn, sp.pl. 

 ed. Willd. 1. 284. 



Culms from three to four feet high, naked. Leaves scarce- 

 ly any. Umbels decompound ; involucre three or four-leav- 

 ed ; involucels setaceous. "Spikelets filiform. Seeds oblong, 

 compressed. 



Beng. Chumati Patee. 



It is common on the banks of the Ganges, and serves, with 

 C. inundatus, the same useful purposes, though in an inferior 

 degree. 



Root jointed, creeping, stoloniferous, perennial. Culms 

 erect, naked, smooth, three-sided towards the apex, sides 

 concave, from two to four feet high, and about as thick as a 

 goose-quill. Leaves one or two, sword-shaped, very short, 

 involving with their sheaths the base of the culm. Universal 

 involucre three or four-leaved, very smooth, the longest twice 



