CYPERACE^E. 



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Sfiikelefs unualli/ manij-foiccreil. Glumes didichous, imbricate, some of the lower often 

 empty. Fluwirs hermaphrodite. Perianth none, or represented by /lispid bristles. Style 

 very rarely swollen at the base, deciduous. 



KvLLiNGiA, Linnaus. 

 Spih'lets 1 -flowered, or with a second, male flower, closely imbricate in globular 

 or oblong heads, or sliort spikes resembling spikelets ; the bracts under each spikelet 

 very small, or altogether wanting on the interior of the spike. Glumes distichous, 

 1, 2, or 3 empty ones below the flowei'ing one. Fluiccrs hermaplirodite, without 

 hypogynous scales or bristles. Stamens 3 or fewer. Style 2-clcft. JS'ut flattened. 

 Spikes usually solitary or few together, sessile or shortly pedunculate within 2 or 3 

 long leafy bracts. 



K. 3I0N0CEPHALA, L. Grcat Xicobar (K.). Ceylon. S. Cliina. 



K. TRICEPS, Rottb. Burma (,M.). Ceylon. 



LirocARrnA, R. ISrowne. 



Spikelets 1 -flowered, closely imbricate in globular or oblong heads, or short spikes 

 resembling spikelets, the glume- like bracts under each spikelet as long as the spikelets 

 themselves. Glumes 2, very thin and transparent, concave and scarcely keeled, one 

 or both falling off with "the nut, when ripe. Flowers hermaphroiUto, without 

 hypogynous scales or bristles. Stamens 3 or fewer. Style 2- or 3-deft. Xut slightly 

 compressed or obtusely 3-angled. Herbs with the habit of Kyllinyia. Spikes usually 

 3 or 5, rarely solitar)-, sessile, between leafy bracts. 



L. ARfiKXTEA, Br. India. S. China. Ceylon. 



X. hecigata, Xecs. 



Eemlrea, Auhht. 



R. 3IARITI1IA, Aubl. 



Kamorta (K.). 



CiTERCs, Linnaus. 



Spikelets several-flowered (very rarely 2- or 3-flowered). Glumes distichous, all 

 ncerly equal, with 1 flower in each, or 1 or 2 lowest rarely empty. Flowers hemia- 

 phrodite, without hypogynous scales or bristles. Stamens 3, or fewer. Style con- 

 tinuous with the ovary, not bulbous at the base. Spikelets in clusters, heads, or 

 spikes, which are usually several together, in a simple or compound irregular umbel. 



C. ERAGEOSTIS, Vahl. 



C. POLYSTACHrus, lloxb. 

 var. C. strictus, Roxb. 



C. VULGARIS, Kth. 

 C. HASPAX, L. 



C. tenuispica, Steud. 

 C. iRiA, L. 

 C. JitEsTus, Nees. 

 C. piLosus, Vhl. 



C. obliquus, Xees. 



C. piptolepis, iSteud. 



C. MARGIXELLUS, NcCS. 



Perhaps, thinks Thwaites, a var. of the last. 



C. RADIANS, Nees. 



C. radicans, Kunth. 

 C. CMBEi.r.ATis, Bcnth. 



Mariscus cyperinus, Yahl. 



var. b. leucostachya. var. ji Katchall (K.) 

 C. PENNATis, L. India. 



C. canescens, Yalil. 



Singapore. S. China. 



Kamorta (both varieties) (K.). S. Cliina. Ceylon. 



Kamorta (K.). S. China. 

 Kamorta (K.). Ceylon. S. China. 



Kamorta (K.). Ceylon. S. China. 

 Kamorta and Katchall (K.). 

 Kamorta (K.). Ceylon. S.China. 



India. S. China. 



Sikkim. Singapore. S. China. 



Tillaiichoung (K.). Typical form 

 in S. China. Ceylon. 



Ceylon. S. China. iS'icobars (K.). 



