SdrpuS. TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 22J 



Root fibrous. Culms sub-erect, four-fifths naked, very 

 slender, filiform, somewhat five-sided, smooth. Leaves sheath- 

 ing-, in large plants long, slender, and often twisted a little, 

 in small plants more rigid. Spikes two or three terminal, 

 ovate ; one is always sessile, the other one or two ped uncled. 

 Involucre one or two leaved, about as long- as the peduncled 

 spikes. Scales nearly orbicular. Stamens and style as in 

 S. monostachyos. Seed obcordate, compressed, white, with a- 

 thick callous mar<> in. 



25. S. scho2n0id.es. K6n. Retz. Obs. v. 14. 



Culms erect, from six to twelve inches long-. Spikes one 

 or two, terminal, naked, acute. Scales pointed. Seed obcor- 

 date, angular, dotted. 



Beng. Moormoon. 



A native of dry pasture ground, generally amongst bushes. 



Root fibrous. Culms sub-erect, from six to twelve inches 

 high, three-fourths naked, filiform, a little compressed, parti- 

 cularly towards the tops, and striated. Leaves as in the for- 

 mer. Spike generally single, though there are sometimes 

 two, in which case one is peduncled, few-flowered. Involu- 

 cre entirely wanting. Scales large, with a large keel and 

 sharp point. Style enlarged at the base. Stigma three-cleft. 

 Seed three sided, very scabrous, pearl-coloured. 



20. S. tristachyos. Vahl. enum. ii. 254. 



Culms from six to eight inches long, slender, curved, stri- 

 ated. Leaves shorter then the culms. Spikes from two to 

 four, oblong. Involucre two-leaved, one longer than the 

 spikes, apparently a continuation of the culms. Style two- 

 cleft, yillous. Seed obcordate. 



A native of Bengal, appears during the cool season in low 

 moist places. 



Root fibrous, brown. Culms numerous, in tufts, slender, 

 variously bent, though nearly erect, slender, grooved, parti- 

 cularly deep on the opposite sides, from six to eight niches 



