300 CXLIIL CYPERACER. [ Fimbristylis. 
Stems leafless or with few leaves. Spikelets ovate- 
lanceolate, 14 to 2 lines broad. Nuts vene 31. F. ferruginea. 
Stems lonflons. ^ iris cg ovate or at 1 —— 
Nut — mee vum .-. . 82, F. denudata. 
Style slender, uM glabro Nut ooth. 
Stem leafless, Spikelets Miete or qct 4 to 
6 lines long . . 33. F. elata. 
um filiform, often numerous. Spikelets ovate 
2 to 3 lines long . 84. F. caspitosa. 
tary in 
. IV. Trichelostylis. weedy several, s numerous (rarely soli 
F.s jiralis and F. "anms qi d D ws imbricate all round. Style-branches 8 (except 
D in some Glom rious. 
Sznres I. heus Ren few, not clustered, occasionally solitary, 
2 lines long. 
Small an eaves numero 
Teas sace Spikelets ste AA Nuts pp ^ F. spiralis. i 
Leaves a omn oves aristate, Nuts gr 6. F. subarista 
Stems longs Teafle ess. Spikelets narrow. Nuts tercie 
Spikelets 1 or 2, erect e pnm 
Spikelets few on biiain umbel-rays Sho) he er REOR 
d 
Serres II. Polyst pene Spikelets usually numerous in more or less compoun 
Ter igo not Aarel on the ra; 
Spikelets ovate, about 3 "e Amm or more 
Nuts "aes yeh smooth, Leaves and involucral í 
bra 39. F. corynceary® 
Nuts fiain AA Leaves few. Tnvolucral ‘bracts 
lidifolia. 
ds glabrous or enr. so. Nut narrow . . - ie b am „gula. 
Spikelets rarely 2 lines long; globular ovate or] lanceolate, 
p aided YES $ to 1} lines diamet 42. F. miliacea. 
Spikelets globular, ET to 2 lines diameter. ` Stamens 
. 43. F. rara. 
 Spikelets ovate or lanceolate, yoy, numerous, under 2 
e ` M ns l rarely 
Spik seras aw i EN ee Mo AME laris. 
Spikelets ness or oblong 45. F. quinguang™ 
Spikelets narrow, acute, 2-1 to ‘flowered 1 lowers more ide 
than 6 in all the preceding species) . 46. A nd ra 
Serres III. Glomeratee.—Spikelets more or less miin on t bo ‘telet. 
and — a central cluster of 2 or more in lieu of the single UA, siti 
Leaves usually numerous. 
Spikelets not above 2 lines Kee - dme e 2 or 3, in- 
— with a solitary on 
green, flaccid, flat. Spikelets rich mace ovoid, 
ao prae 2 nt Tne long 47. F. furva. 
ves subulate, shining. Spikelets s brown, 1to 
1k So long . y ise 48. F. se 
Spikelets in ees of 3 to 10. 
Leaves long, rather glaucous. opem l to De 
Leaves and inflorescence silky-hairy. Spikelets 2 lines 
Spikelets Éw i but i clustered, 3 to 4 ines long. Style- 
. 50. F. sericea. 
. Bl, F. macrostachyt- 
