cyi'erace.t:. 119 



H. ORAcn.i.raA, Thwaltcs. Kamorta (K.). 



II. Ai'RK.v, Vhl. Kamorta (K.). Ceylon. S. China. 



E. "Wat.i.ichiaxa, Kill. Kamorta (K.). Ceylon. India. S. China. 



/.'. ir<rmkei, Presl. 



Mori.sid WuJlivhii, Noes. 



Iliip/o^fi/Iix JLijinii, Noes. 

 E. LAXA, Br. India. S. China. 



II. chinensis, Noes. 



Ci.ABiuir, 7?. Urotcne. 



Characters of Jtlii/nrhoxpora. only the iiiif has a thick, almost fleshy outer coating, 

 tapering at the top into the style, but without any distinct beak. 



C. MARiscrs, Br. India. S. China. 



C Chincn^c, Noes. 



IiyroL YTRIE^E. 

 SpikeMx \-fowered, agglomerated in capitaU heads or ctjmoae panicles. Flowers 

 hermaphradite, each with 2, 4 or G cloxelg imhricate glumes. Perianth none. Stamens 2 

 to 3, or to 8. Sfgle hi- or trifid, deciduous or the base persistent. 



ITvroLTTRrir, Iiich. 



Spilc-lets 1 -flowered, densely crowded in ovoid or cylindrical spikes, resembling 

 ppikelets, the imbricated glume-like bracts under each spikelet as long as the 

 K])ik(dets themselves. Glumes 2, very flat, acutely keeled. Flowers hermaphrodite, 

 ■witliout hypogynons scales or bristles. Stamens 3, or fewer. 8li/le 2- or 3-cleft. 

 I^'ut slightly compressed, or coarsely 3-angled, falling away from the glumes wlien 

 ripe. Herbs usually coarse. Spi/ces brown, resembling the spikelets of Scirjius, 

 pedicellate in coi-ymbose panicles, like those of Jihgncliospora. 



H. LATrFoLit'ir, Rich. Kamorta (K.). Ceylon. S. China. 



If. giganteum, Wall. 



II trinervium, Kth. 



Alhikkia scirpnidcs, Presl. 

 H. TRIXKRVIUM, Wall. Great iS'icobar (K.). 



SCIRriE.T.. 

 Spila-lets nsunllg mang-flnwered. Glumes imhrirnte in several roirs, rerg rarclg 

 distichous (^Androfrichum, Abilgaardia), some of the lower often cm/itg. Flowers herma- 

 phrodite. Perianth nunc, or represented bg bristles. Achene imuallg pointed or beaked 

 bg the persistent base of the stgle. 



SciRrus, Linnaus. 



{Fleocharis, Br.) 



Spikelets scTeral-flowcred, the glumes imbricate all round, only 1 or 2 of the 

 lowest empty. Flowers liermaplirodite. llgpoggnous bristles usually (i. Stamens 3 or 

 fewer. Stgle 2- or 3-cleft, cither not thickened at the base, or breaking ott' above 

 a small bulbous thickening which remains attached to the nut. Stem leafy, or leaves 

 all radical, or reduced to a sheath at the base of the stem. Spil;elets solitary or 

 clustered, in terminal, or apparentl}- lateral heads, or simple or compound umbels. 



S. sniroi.Ai.us, Kill. Nicohars (K.). 



S. CAPiTATis, Willd. f^. China. India. 



S. (Ei.KociiARis) AKFLATUs, Stcud. (apud Bontham). Khasi Hills. S. China. 



S. CniXExsis, ^Munr. Khasi Hills. S. China. 



S. JLNCoiDEs, Iloxb. India. Ceylon. S. China. 



FuiREXA, Linnwus. 



Characters of Scirpus, except there are 3 obovate or obrordatc liypogynous scales, 

 and sometimes 3 bristles alternating with thorn. Stems leafy. Spikelets greeu, often 



