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of ribs, wrinkles or cross-hatching, on account of the 

 large cells which compose the skin. 



Species 125, in all the warmer parts of the world. 



rSpikelets solitary b 



a < Spikelets clustered. Leaves very slender . F. uliginosa. 



(Spikelets stalked in irregular compound umbels .... 



F. paupercula. 



TGlume with three or five slender nerves . . F. kingii. 

 b < Glume with three nerves close together in the middle . 



( F. subtrabeculata. 



Fimbristylis kingii C. B. Clarke; F.B.L vi 633, VIII 8. 

 Tufted along a short rhizome. Leaves very slender, 

 hair-like, I J^ to 4 inches. Stems almost as slender 4 to 

 10 inches. Spikelet solitary, terminal, egg-shaped ^ to 

 % inch, by about half as much, glumes imbricate, on all 

 sides, concave, with three to five slender nerves, glossy, 

 chestnut-brown, the lowest empty. Stamens three. 

 Stylar arms long. Nut about J^ inch, white ; outer cells 

 squarish and transversely elongated. 



Nilgiris : Pykara. Pulneys : below Church Cliff, Pillar 

 Rock. Not at the highest levels. Fyson 2701, 2706. Bourne 

 501, 1254. 



Fimbristylis subtrabeculata C. B. Clarke; F.B.I, vi 

 633, VIII 9. A larger plant than F. kingii, but of similar 

 habit. Leaves 4 to 6 inches, with an abrupt point, hairy. 

 Stems 10 to 15 inches. Spikelets /4 to ^ inch. Glumes 

 imbricate all round, rich brown, with three conspicuous 

 nerves close together down the middle of the back. Nuts 

 two-fifth glume ; outer cells transversely elongated 

 t. 280. 



Nilgiris : Pykara. Pulneys : in the valleys near Kodaikanal. 

 Bourne 1255, 1482. 



Fimbristylis paupercula Boeck. ; F.B.I, vi 647, VIII 47. 

 Rhizome short, stems tufted 6 to 14 inches, ribbed. 

 Leaves shorter, 2 to 10 inches, by sometimes ^^ inch, 

 channelled above, with minute roughness along the 



