220 TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. ScirpUS, 



the longest nearly (lie length of the culm, keeled and deeply 

 channelled, smooth. Spike solitary, lateral, one-third part of 

 the culm below its apex, ovate-oblong, about one inch in 

 length. Involucre one-leaved, besides the continuation of the 

 culm, length ol* the spikes. Scales cordate, cuspidate, smooth. 

 Stamina three, with about double the number of bristles be- 

 tween them. Anthers linear, when old spiral. Germ obovate. 

 Stigma two-cleft. Seed flat, particularly on the inside, round- 

 ish, obcordate, crowned with a minute portion of the remain- 

 ing- style, and embraced by about six slender, soft, permanent 

 bristles which are about the same length. 



23. S. scaber. R. 



Culms erect, from four to eight inches high, angular. Spikes 

 terminal. Scales oblong, diandrous. Stigma bifid. Seed ob- 

 cordate, scabrous. 



Campare with S. potytrichoides. Hetz. Obs. iv.p. 11. 



A native of dry, sandy pasture ground on the coast of Co- 

 romandel. 



Root composed of dark purple capillary fibres. Culms 

 erect, from four to eight inches high, four fifths naked, an- 

 gular, smooth. Leaves sheathing, mostly radical, filiform, 

 half the length of the culm. Spike single, erect, oblong, ma- 

 ny-flowered. Involucre two or three-caducous scales, shorter 

 than the spike. Scales oblong, apex rounded, falling as the 

 seeds ripen. Stamens generally two. Stigma two-cleft. Seed 

 obcordate, compressed, lead-coloured, rugose. 



24. S. bispicatus. Kon. 



Culms erect, from six to twenty-four inches high, filiform. 

 Spikes from two to three, terminal, sessile, and peduncled, 

 involucred ; scales roundi>h. Seed obcordate, with a callous 

 margin. 



Teling. "K hoosh i-twngfl. 



Beng. Kesoon-nwhmga. 



Delights in a moist rich soil, grows in large distinct tufts. 



