CyperUS. : TRXANDRIA MONOGyNlA. 205 



Ira. Rheed. mal. 12- j?. 105. t. 56. does not very we'll a<^ree with 

 my plaut. 



Gramen cyperoides, Sic. Phik' Almag. t. 191-/. 7. is much 

 more like this plaut than the above-quoted plant of Van Rheede. 



JBeiig' B«ra»choocha, 



Is a native of moist, cultivated lanJs. 



Root fibrous. — Culms erect, froju one to two feet higb,four-firih3 

 raked, three-sided, sharp-angled- — Leaves sheathing, nearly the length 

 of the culm, keeied, smooth. — Umbel decompound, from two to four 

 inches high, umbelhts from four to eigiit, one or two sessile, the 

 rest uuequally peduncled ; partial umbellets lanceolate, raceme- 

 like, being composed oi alternate, linear, from six to twelve-Hower- 

 ed spikes. — Involucre from three to four-leaved, the largest two or 

 three times as long as the umbel. — Scales imbricated, with mem* 

 branaceous sides. — Sij/k two-cleft. — Seeds three-sided, length of 

 the scales. 



31. C. inundatus. R. 



Culms from two to four feet high, exactly triangular. Leaves as 

 long as the culms. Involucre from four to five-leaved, one very lone. 

 Umbel decompoirad. Spikelets lanceohte. Stamens tViO. Stj/le 

 two-cleft. Seed obcordate, a little compressed. 



Beng. and Bind. Patee. 



Found in great abundance on the low banks of the Ganges and 

 rivulets near Calcutta; where the tide rises high over it, it thrives 

 most luxuriantly and helps much to bind, and protect the banks 

 from the rapidity of the water. 



Root jo'nAed, creeping, stoloniferous, perennial.— C«//«s erect, 

 from three to four feet high, exactly ihree-sided, about as thick as 

 the little finger. — Leaves numerous, radical, or surrounding the base 

 of the culms, smooth, deeply channelled on the inside, and keel- 

 ed on the back. — Universal irrcolucrc composed of four or five leaves 

 of very unequal lengths, the largest being two feet or more long, and 

 the shortest as many inches j vartial involucre subulate. — Lmbsl de- 



