ScirpUS. TJIIANDRIA WONOGYNlA. 223 



Root composed of dark purple capillary fibres. Culms erect, from 



four to eight inches high, four-fifths nuked, angular, smooth Leaves 



sheathing, mostly radical, filiform, half the length of the culm. — 

 Spike single, erect, oblong, maiiy-flowered. — Involucre two or three- 

 caducous scales, shorter than the spike Scales oblong, apex round- 

 ed, falling as the seeds ripen — Stamens generally two.— Sti<r ma 

 Iwo-cleft. — Seed obcordate, compressed, lead-coloured, rugose. 



24. S. hispicalus. Kon. 



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

 from two to three, terminal, sessile, and peduncled, involucred ; scales 

 roundish. Seed obcordate, with a callous margin. 



Telino-. Khooshi-Um2,(i' 



Be)ig. Kesoori-m»hnjga. 



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



Root fibrous Cuhm sub-erect, four-fifths naked, very slender, 



filiform, somewhat five-sided, smooth. — Leaves sheathing, in large 

 plants long, slender, and often twisted a little, in small plants 

 inore rigid. — Spikes two or three terminal, ovate • one is always 

 sessile, the other one or two peduncled. — Involucre one or two- 

 leaved, about as long as the peduncled spikes.— ^6Va/es nearly or- 

 bicular — Stamens and sti/le as in S. monostackuos. — Seed obcor- 

 date, compressed, white, with a thick callous margin. 



25. S. schanoides. Kon. Retz. Obs. v. 14. 



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

 minal,naked, acute. Sca/es pointed. Seec? obcordate, angular, dotted. 



Bens. Moormoorf. 



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, particularly to- 

 wards the tops, and striated, — Leaves as in the former.— Spike ge- 

 nerally single, though there are sometimes two, in which case one 

 IS peduncled. few-flov,'ere4,-^/?ii'o/Mcre entirely wanting. — Scales 



