CYPERACE^. 435 



often three. Nut two-thirds, as long as the glume. 

 t. 278. 



Nilgiris : on the downs Ootacamund to Pykara, flowering 

 May. Pulneys : on the outskirts of Kodaikanal and below to 

 4,000 feet. Fyson 2922. Bourne 1037, 3057,* 5109. 



Get:. Dist. Ceylon, Singapore, Java, South Africa, Madagascar. 



PYCREUS. F.B.I. 172 II. 



Spikelets brown, much longer than broad, and broad- 

 er than thick in umbels or bunches at the top of the 

 slender stems with a few leaf-like bracts just below 

 them. Glumes boat-shaped, in two ranks. Nuts flat 

 (distinction from Cyperus). 



Pycreus capillaris Nees ; var nilagiricus ; F.B.I, vi 

 591, II 7. Stems numerous and tufted, up to 2 feet high. 

 Leaves slender and weak, mostly from the base but also 

 on the lower half of the stems, where the uppermost 

 blades maybe only I inch by J^ inch. Spikelets clustered, 

 ^ by ^ inch, much compressed, rigid, straw-coloured. 



Pulneys. Bourfie 694, 1016, etc. 



Gen. Dist. Africa, south-east Asia, Australia, Deccan and Ceylon. 



CYPERUS. F.B.I. 172 IV. 



Stem erect, simple, leafy only at the base. Spikelets 

 arranged in umbels or spikes or mixtures of these, and 

 very narrow. Glumes many, in two ranks ; two at base 

 of spikelet empty, one to three at the top male only. 

 Axis (rachilla) not jointed near the base nor falling off. 

 Stylar branches three. No bristles round the ovary. 



Species 300 in all warm and temperate regions. 



Cyperus digitatus Roxh., var hookcri ; F.B.I, vi 618, 



IV 59/3. Stem tall, l^ to 4 feet, three-angled near the 



top. Leaves J^ to % inch broad, often as long as the 



stem. Spikelets li \o % inch, arranged in spikes or 



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