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Eriocaulon gcoffreyi Fyson ; Vol. I p. 432, 11, t. 277. 

 Grows on bare patches on the hill sides during rainy 

 weather (September, etc.) solitary ; not tufted, and not in 

 swamps. 



Eriocaulon thwaitestii Hook. f. ; Vol. I p. 432, II, 

 t. 277 under name E. Mariae. Fyson. 



Eriocaulon horsely-kunda2 Fyson. Var. megaloce- 

 phala (to be described in the Records of the Botanical 

 Survey of India). A small plant with the habit of E. 

 Geoffreyi but with larger white heads, and differs from 

 all our other species in the anthers being white or 

 yellowish, t. 543. 



Nilgiris : Ootacamund on slopes of Snowdon. Fir. Septem- 

 ber. Fyson 6560. Coonoor, etc. 



CYPERACE/E. 



KYLLINGA. 



Not KyllingIA. See Vol. I p. 434 and add : 

 Kyllinga cylindrica Nees ; F.B.I. vi 588, I 2. Similar 



in habit to K. melanosperma Nees, Vol. I p. 434, but 



heads cylindrical, t. 544. 



CYPERUS. 



Including Pycreus. 



See Vol. I p. 435. 



Cypcrus angulatus Nees ; Pycreus angulatus Nees ; 

 F.B.I, vi 593, II II Stem about 10 inches, black 

 shining. Leaves of 5 to 6 by J^ inch. Spikelets M by 

 Ye inch, flat, shining dark brown, fascicled sessile at the 

 apex of the stem. Anthers large orange, persistent for a 

 considerable time. t. 545. 



Nilgiris : in swamps on the downs. Fir. September. F^son 

 6561. 



Cyperus rotundus Linn.; F.B.I, vi 614, a common 

 weed, propagated by small round underground tubers. 



