120 CYPERACE^ 



Leaves 5 to 8 inch, by Ye inch, stem green about 6 inches. 

 Spikelets ovoid, H inch, in open panicles. Styles three. 

 Nilgiris : at Coonoor a weed from the plains. 



Cypcrus digitatus Roxh. ; Vol. I p. 435. t. 546. 



Cypcrus globosus All ; Pycrcus capillaris Nees of 

 Vol. I p. 435. t. 243. 



Var. nilagiricus. Spikelets narrower, J^ by 1/12 inch, 

 dark chestnut brown, t. 547. 



Kodaikanal. Fyson 4220. 



Cyperus distans Linn.\ F.B.I, vi 607, III 32. Spikelets 

 very narrow J^ by l/lO inch when young nodding, when 

 niature spreading at right angles, in short spikes disposed 

 in large compound umbels, 6 to 12 inches diameter. 



Nilgiris: Kotagiri 6,500 feet. Sedgwick 1469. Pulneys : 

 Kodaikanal. B our 71c 527. 



MARISCUS. 



Similar to CYPERUS, but the axis (racheola) of the 

 spikelet breaking above the two lowest, empty, glumes. 



Mariscus cypcrinus Vahl.\ F.B.I, vi 621, V 4. Rhizome 

 hardly any. Lowest sheaths red, not swollen. Leaves 

 6 to 12 inches by V^ inch, as tall as the stem. 

 Spikes I inch long, about 7 to 10 sessile at the top of 

 the stem, bracts below them leaflike, 4 to 6 inches, 

 Spikelets cylindrical, very thin, %. by 1/50 inch, sloping 

 slightly upwards, very numerous and forming a compact 

 cylindrical spike, t. 548. 



Nilgiris : Coonoor hill sides in grass. 

 Gen. Dist. North-West India to Ceylon, 



For EL.COCHARIS and FlMBRISTYLIS. See Vol. I p. 



456. 



SCIRPUS. 



See Vol. I p. 439- 



Scirpus mucronatus Linn. ; Vol. I p. 439. t, 549. 



Scirpus subcapitatus Thw.\ Vol. I p. 440. t. 550. 



