222 TRIANDRIA MONOCYNIA. SchpnS. 



high. Leaves few, subulate, hard, half the length of the 

 culms. Spikes generally three, varying- however from one 

 to five, sometimes short-ped uncled, oblong. Involucre two- 

 leaved ; one erect, longer than the spikes, seems a continua- 

 tion of the culm. Scales oval, somewhat mucronate. Germ 

 cordate. Style villous. Stiff ma two-cleft. 



Obs. It differs from Rottboel's plant in having the scales 

 mucronate, and the stigma two-cleft ; yet I think they must 

 be the same. 



27. S. squarrosm. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. i. 308. Rottb. 

 gram. 49. t. 1 7. /. 5. 



Culms from three to six inches long. Spikes three ; invo- 

 lucre two-leaved. Scales ending in a long recurved hairy 

 horn. Seeds angular. 



Motta-pullu. Rheed. Mai. 12. p. 72. t. 38. 



Beng. Goon. 



A small delicate species, growing in distinct tufts on dry 

 sandy pasture ground. 



Root fibrous. Culms numerous, bent in various directions, 

 from three to six inches long, four-fifths naked, round, smooth, 

 filiform. Leaves a few only, sheathing, shorter considerably 

 than the culm. Spikes terminal, generally three, sessile, oval. 

 Involucre two-leaved, the largest about an inch long; being 

 nearly erect, it appears a continuation of the culm. Scales 

 numerous, terminating in a long, hairy, recurved point. Seed 

 three-sided, oblong, smooth. 



28. S. monander. Linn, sp.pl. ed. Willd. i. 311. Rottb. 

 gram. 50. t. 14./. 3. 



Culms erect, from three to six inches high, angular. Head 

 terminal, of three to five spikelets ; involucre from two to 

 three-leaved ; scales acute, monandrous. Seed roundish, an- 

 gular. 



A native of sandy pasture ground. 



Root consisting of capillary fibres. Culm* naked, straight, 



