224 TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. ScfrpUS. 



I 



or four-leaved, unequal. Scales oblong-, obtuse; keel green, 

 ,the rest silver-coloured. Stamen single. Stigma two-cleft. 

 Seed obcordate, compressed, smooth, pearl-coloured. 



31. glomeratus. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. i. 296. 



Culms six inches high, semi-culumnar. Leaves numerous, 

 from one to two inches long. Umbel composed of from six 

 to twelve ovate spikelets. Involucres and involucels the length 

 of the spikelets. 



Hind. Bum N/rbishee. 



Native of Coromandel and Bengal. 



32. S. arvensis. Retz. Obs. iv.jp. 11. 



Culms from six to twenty-four inches high, compressed, 

 furrowed. Leaves tortuose. Umbel simple. Involucre one or 

 two-leaved, shorter than the umbel. Scales obtuse, diandrous. 

 Seed obcordate, striated and dotted. 



A native of various parts of India, appearing in low moist 

 places during the rainy season. 



Culms about six inches high, compressed, and furrowed. 

 Leaves radical, or surrounding the lower portion of the culms, 

 narrow, a little twisted, and nearly as long as the culms. 

 Umbel generally simple, of from four to six sessile, or pedi- 

 celled, ovate-oblong brown spikes; sometimes one of the pe- 

 dicels supports two spikes. Involucre one or two-leaved, 

 small and shorter than the umbel. Scales of the spikes ovate, 

 chaffy. Stamens two. Style thick at the base ; apex two- 

 cleft, and villous. Seed obcordate, furrowed longitudinally, 

 and dotted with white on a brownish ground. 



33. S. tenellus. R. 



Culms twelve inches high, leafy, sub-cylindric. Umbels 

 thin, scarcely compound. Involucres minute. Stifle with en- 

 larged base. Stigma three-cleft. Seed obovate, dotted, pearl- 

 coloured. 



A native of Coromandel. 



