'232 TRIANDRIA monog^nia. Sctrpiisi 



Root fibrous. — Cuhns erect, from one to two feet liigh, seven- 

 eighths rak^-u. generally round, thougli sometimes a little compress- 

 ed, and chiefly near the apex striated, otherwise smoolh. — Umt/elde.. 

 comi'OUfid, very thin. — Involucre three or five-leaved, unequal, but 

 the largest is sel om so long as tlie umbel. Intulncels like the invo- 

 lucre, but much smaller.— SpiA^s. sessile, or peduncled, oval, rust- 

 coloured, many flowered — Scales broad, alittle pointed, very con- 

 ctiv^-.— Stamens two or three.— Sft/Ie enlarged at the base, broad, 

 with hairy margins. Stigma two-deft.'-Seed obcordate, compress- 

 ed, pearl-coloured, striated, without bristles. 



42. S. complanatiis. Vahl. Enum. ii. 279. Relz. Ols. 5. 14. 



Culms sub-erect, from one to two feet high, edged. Umbeldom 

 compound to super-decompound. Involucre two-leaved, erect ; scales 

 lanceolate. Seed obcordate, dotted. 



Hind. KurdLliya-juvani. 



A native of moist or wet places. 



Moot fibrous. — Culms nearly erect, but waving a little, from one 

 to two feet high, naked, except at the base, compressed, two-edged ; 

 edges sharp, and turned different ways, striated, smooth, oTten a 

 little twisted. — heaves radical, or embracing the base of the culm, 

 nearly as long as the culm, linear, waved, often a little twisted, 

 apex abrupt. — Umbel super-decompouud, dense. — Involucre two- 

 leaved, opposite, erect, unequal, the longest about the length of 

 the umbel. luvolucels chaffy, ending like bristles. — Spikes sessile, 

 or short-pedicelled, oblong, few-flowered. — Scales rust-coloured, 

 acute. — Seeds obcordate, rugose, white. 



43. S, tetra<ronus. R. 



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Culms from one to two feet high, four-angled. Umbel decom- 

 pound and super-decompound. Involucre and involucels bristly, 

 scales roundish, diandrous. Seeds round. 



Hind. BMra-jzfvan?. 



Teling. Murcushalee. 



Grows with the other species on moist pasture ground* 



