J52 TSIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. C^pCt'USc 



top, naked. Leaves none, ifmbels decompound, with an involucre 

 half its height. Stigma thr&e-cleft; Seed three-sided. 



Bener. Gola-methee. 



Teliii-y. Godoo twngc kood«. 



This species is with the former a native of wet places. 



Root perennial, creeping, fibrous. — Culms erect, from two to six 

 feet high, round, smooth, naked, except at ihe base, which is embra- 

 ced by three or four sheaths. — L.aves no other than the sheaths 

 just mentioned. — Umbels generally decompound, erect. — Involucre 

 three-leaved, equal, sliorur than the uml>el, sides and keel hispid. 

 — Umbellets and pavUd\ u/ztLelli'ls peduncled, composed of Hnear- 

 lanceolate, yellowish s;>ikes. Seed three-sided, smooth. 



Obs. Catde are not fond of it, and it is only eaten occasionally 

 by buffaloes. 



Sect. 2d, zoith a three-sided Culm, 

 6. C. dubins. Rottb- gram. 20. t 4./. 5. Linn. Sp. PL ed. TVilld. 



Culm from six to twelve inches high. Head terminal, roundish, 

 sessile. Involucre of four or five long leaves, some of them longer 

 than the culm. 



Cyperus longus. Rumph. amb. 6. p. 5. t. 2./". 1. 



C. kyllingaoides. Vahl. Enum, PL 2. 312. 



Teling. Tagada iimga. 



lieng' Chhota-gothoob?. 



This species is much like Kyllingia monocephala, and is with it, 

 a native of shady, moist pasture lands. 



Root, a somewhat tuberous bead, with maay rust-coloured capil- 

 lary fibres. — Culms erect, from six to twelve inches high, three-sid- 

 ed, smooth, the lower third or fourth part involved in the sheaths of 

 the leaves — Leaves sheathing, radical, embracing the base of the 

 culm, very smooth, many of them longer than the culm.'— Head glo- 

 bular, size of a large cherry, composed of numerous, lanceolate, 

 sessile, white-poiuted spikes.— /wo/wcfe four or five-leaved, un- 



