1 05 TRIANDRIA MONOCYNIA. Ci/perUS^ 



lo. C. capillaris. Kon. Hiss. 



Cuhn 'Viiiuim, from one to two feet high, um';el ^fone sessile, and 

 two pci. J !ed umbellels. Involucre .hi ee -leave:], fi'ifonn, ii^.cv* 

 dlandrous. S /h'\\o-:]eh. Se'efi? obovaf-, ^;'.J;oul u^j^lcs. 



A native if ai .isc pisiLire ;^iouutl. 



Hoot fibrou?.— Cw < s enct, iVoin t\v«-]ve t) *.:,' 'c-u ; .elu^s high, 

 three-sided, iiiii..nu, ili.e^^-founlis or m'>re irikt--', s.no Th. — Leaves 

 sheathing, generally two to each culm ; ilie lower one sl.crt, tlie sm- 

 perior one as L.-ig as the cnlsn, very c'evidji a:u'; ..,» 'olh. — Umlel 

 svuA], compound, general'y composed of one sc?^i'e^ and two pe- 

 ri uiclcd uml 'I'ets, these are again c(':rp')sed of linear, many-fiow,- 

 erei spiles. — Involucre three kuveti, iiiifonii, Uie largest is longer 

 than the cu'an; the shortest about an inc'i ioti^, as»d the other be- 

 tween the tv/o. — Scales membranaceous, obtuse. — Staniem two. — ' 

 Sttjle two-cleft.— Seec? obovate, compressed, brown, pretty smooth^ 

 half hid in t'ue rachis. 



17. C. compressus. Linn. Sp. PL ed. Willd. 1.282. Vahl. Enum. 

 PI. 2. 324. 



Culms from six to ten inches high^ shorter than the leaves, angles 

 blunt. ?7^?26eZ simple or compound. ///yo/Mcre three-leaved. Scales 

 daggered. Seed obcordate, triangular. 



Gramen cyperoides rarius, Sec. Pluck, t. 192./". 1. 



Bens- Chooncha. 



Teliti";. Sah'twnga. 



Delights in a moist soil. 



Hoot fibrous. — Culms erect, from six to ten inches high, two-thirds 

 naked, three-sided, smooth; anglesblnnt. — Leaws numerous sheath- 

 ing, many of them longer than the culms, smooth and glossy. — Um- 

 hel terminal, siusple, or compound ; when compound the umbellets 

 are peduncled ; from one to three ; and consist of from three to six, 

 green, linear, sessile, many-flowered spikes. — Involucre three-leaved, 

 smooth, the largest of them is nearly as long as the culm. — Scak$ 

 acute. — Seed turbinate, three-sided, smooth, dark-brown colour. 



Obs, The upper flowers of the spike are incomplete, 



