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1 1 . C. pectinatus, R. 



Culms three-sided, leafy, from elglit to lvvel\e inclieshigh, sfraii;lit. 

 Vmbel terminal, sessile. Involucre length of the unibel. Sjiihei all 

 sessile, linear, pectinate, scaks mucrouate. Seeds thret-sided. 



A native of Coromaudel. 



Culms er set, straight, three-sided, leafy toward the base; from 

 eight to twelve inches high. — Umbel terminal, simple, sessile, globu- 

 lar, composed of about twelve sessile, linear, diverging spikes. — Jnio- 

 lucre from two to three-leaved, the longest leaflet about as long as the 

 umbel. — Scales with long, acute, recurved apices. — Stamina three. — 

 St)/le with a three-cleft apex. — Seed obovate, three-sided, smooth, 

 dark ash-coloured. 



12. C. niveus. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. Willd. 1 . 273. Retz, Ohs. 5. p. 12. 

 Culms fi cm five to eighteen inches high. Umbels or rather heads, 



sessile, Iinohicre two-leaved. Style three-cleft. Seed three-sided, 



A native of shady moist pasture land. 



Root creej ing, fibrous. — Culms erect, from five to ten inches high, 

 mostly naked, three-sided, smooth. — Leaves surrounding the base of 

 the culm, sheathing, those that are nearest the root are little more 

 than sheaths, those within are neaily as long as the culm, and waved. 

 —Umbel terminal, simple, sessile, about an inch each «ay, com- 

 posed of linear, many flowered, sessile spikes. — Involucre two-leav- 

 ed, length of the spikes. — Seed three- sidtd. 



13. Cjemenicus. Linn. Sp. Pi. ed. Willd. 1. 281. 



Cidms from two to four inclies high, obscurely three-cornered ; 

 base bulbijerous. Umbels simple. Intolucres and spikelets alternate. 

 Scales acute. Seed roundish, three-sided. 



Puri-gaddi is the Telinga name of the plant, and Furi-durapa that 

 of the roots. 



A native of dry sandy pasture ground near the sea. 



Root bulbiferous, stoloniferous. When the small oval bulbs are 

 taken up entire they appear covered and entirely surrounded with two, 



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