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a little twisted, and nearly as long as the culms.— Umbel generally 

 simple, of from four to six sessile, or pedicelled, ovate-oblong brown 

 spikes ; sometimes one of the pedicels supports two spikes. — In- 

 volucre one or two-leaved, small and shorter than the umbel. — 

 Scales of the spikes ovate, chatFy. — Stamens two. — Sfj/le thick at 

 the base ; apex two-cleft, and villous. — Seed abcordate, furrowed 

 longitudinally, and dotted with white on a brov/aish ground. 



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33. S. tenellus. R. 



Culms twelve inches high, leafy, sub-cylindric. Umheh thin, 

 scarcely couipound. Involucres minuted Stj/le with enlarged base. 

 Stigma three-cleft. Seed obovate, dotted, pearl-coloured. 



A native of Coromandel. 



Culms many, uncommonly slender, erect, about a foot high, to- 

 ward the base invested with the sheaths of a few slender leaves. — • 

 Umbel very thin, composed of one sessile, oblong spike, and of 

 from six to twelve or about half the number of pedicells of various 

 lengths. — Involucres muiute, the longest scarcely exceeding the 

 sessile spike. — Scales boat-shaped, scariose, with a short point. — 

 Style swelled at the base to the full size of the germ ; this swelled 

 part, however, is not more permanent than the rest of the style. Stig- 

 ma trii'id. — S^ec? obovate, obscurely three-sided, much dotted, pearl- 

 coloured. 



S4. S. (Rkj/nchospora?) mollis. Wall. 



Ctilms roundish, erect, longer than the narrow, setaceous, villous 

 leaves ; ww^e/ composed of about seven unequal, one to three-spiked 

 rays ; involucre about five-leaved, shorter than the umbel, villous ; 

 spikes oblong scales ; ovate, sub-aristate^ smooth. 



A native of Nepak, where it is found during the rainy season. 



Root creeping, brown. — Culms one or two feet high, jointless, 

 slightly furrowed and hairy, somewhat compressed at the top. — Leaves 

 a few towards the base of the culm, five or six inches long, chan- 

 nelled above, with long membrane-margined; very hairy sheaths, — 



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