202 TRTANDTITA MONOGTNU. Cl/pent9, 



in verv luxuriant plants, sometimes decompound, from two to three 

 inches each way. VntheUets from two to eight, all having peduncles 

 of from one-fourth of an inch to two inches long. — Involucre general- 

 ly three-leaved, nnr qn-i', smooth, the largest is onlv a little loiioer 

 than tl e uuibei — "^nike linea", sub-sessile. — Sed obsoletely three» 

 . sided; brown, a iille lugose. 



Obs. Cattle eat it. Hogs are remarkably fond of the roots. Dried 

 and ' o'.vdered tlity aie used a^ a pretume at the v\eddings of tlie na- 

 tives. It is by far the most troublesome weed we have in our gardens, 

 tliere is uo extirpating it as every little bit of the root grows rea- 

 tidy. 



25. C, perienuis. J?. 



Culms from tixree to four feet high, sub-rotund at the base, three- 

 cornered above. Leaves few. Umbel compound and decompound. 

 ^pikelets filiform., many-fiowered. Seeds three-sided. 



JBeng. Nagwr-Mootha. 



This most delcate, tall, slender species, I have only found in 

 low wet places, in tiie vicinity of Calcutta. 



Root somewhat tuberou!', with many dark-coloured villous fibres, 

 ^Cidms naked, except at the base, straight, generally three or four 

 feet high, slender, tapering much, toward t,!ie base nearly round, 

 becoming more and more thiee-sided, till they are acutely so at the 

 umbel. — Leaves one or two at the base of each culm, slender, about 

 one third the length of the cnhw.— XJmhel compound and decom- 

 pound, very small for the height of the p'-ant, generally composed 

 of one sub-sessile umbellet, and three or four, on naked, smooth, 

 filiform pedimcles, of different Itnglh, a;id these again composed of 

 from four to tweUe, most slender, long, filiform, mauy-ilovvered 

 spikelets. — Incoluae three-leaved, the longest about the length of the 

 umbel, the other two shorter, all slender, and tapering to most acute 

 points. — Scales mendjranaccous. — Stamens three. — St^le three-cleft. 

 ^—Seed three-sided. 



Ola. Its naked delicate form, small and compound umbel, short 



