Ci/pcrus. TEiANinilA MOXOGYNIA. 393 



equal, soaie of thcni longer than the cu;m. — -SeetZ three-sided, point- 

 ed, dark rust.coloured, smooth. 

 Obs. Cattle eat it. 



7. C. monocephalus. R. 



Culms from twelve to eighteen inches high, straight ; Head ter- 

 minal, ovate, compound ; Involucre, from three to four-leaved ; spikelets 

 ovate. Sti/ie undivided. Seed three-sided, elevated on aspougy re- 

 ceptacle. 



Bens:' Golhoobe. 



A native of low wet places over Bengal. 



Root fibrous. — Culms Straight, three-sided, smooth, general height 

 from twelve to eighteen inches — Leaves three, four, or five, inves- 

 ting with their sheaths, the lower part of the culms straight and 

 smooth, length various, the longest about as long as the culm. In- 

 tolucre, leaves several, diverging, of very unequal lengths, the long- 

 est as long as the cuini, and the shortest about an inch. — Heads 

 terminal, composed of a larger one in the centre, and four or five 

 smaller ones in the circumference, all rigidly sessile. — Spikelets ovate 

 incurved, ten or tvv'clve-scaled, each spikelet embraced on the under 

 side by an ovate-cordate, smooth, dark brown, bracte. — Scafe boat- 

 shaped, pointed ; keel greenish ; sides deep, polished, chesnut colour. 

 — Stamens three. Sl^le simple and undivided to the extremity. — 

 Seed three-sided, elevated on a spongy whitish receptacle. 



Ob". The undivided style and spongy receptacle of the seed dis- 

 tinguish this from all the other species I have yet found in India. 



8. C. d if asm. K. 



Diffuse, i'\ cm two to four inches high. Heads terminal, glomerate, 

 sessile; spiAe/e/s incurved. Scales daggered. Involucre many-leaved. 



Aiuien-puilu. Rheed. Hort. mal. 12. jj. 101. t. 54. 



A uuiive ot .moist pasture ground. 



Root fibrous. — Culms three-sided, several, diffuse, from two to 

 four inches lung, smooth, towards the base leafy, and of a dark 



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