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4. Cyperus hyalinus, Vahl, Enum. v. 2 (1806) p. 329. Annual ; 

 stems tutted, 2-8 in. long. Leaves as long as the stem or longer, \ in. 

 broad, narrowly linear, acuminate, flat, flaccid, 1-nerved. Umbels 

 simple, with 3-7 rays reaching 2 in. long or sometimes reduced to 

 clusters o£ sessile few-flowered spikelets ; bracts 3-4, leaf-like, reaching 

 6 in. long, the largest reaching i in. broad. Spikelets \-\ by jij-i i"-' 

 yellowish-green, 6-10-flowered, oblong, much compressed ; rhaehiUa 

 stout, winged. Grlumes ^ by -^ig- in., narrowly ovate-oblong, boat- 

 shaped ; keel herbaceous, brown, 3-nerved, produced into a long slightly 

 recurved cuspidate point beyond the rounded tip ; the sides hyaline, 

 each with 2 strong nerves. Stamens 2-3. Nut yL by yjy in., somewhat 

 obhquely oblong-obovate, laterally flattened, truncate or slightly retuse 

 at the apex, brown ; style 4z in. long; stigmas 2, longer than the style, 

 capillary. Boeck. in Liuna>a, v. 35 (1868) p. 482 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, 

 p. 19. Cyperus pumilas, Nees, in Wight, Contrib. (1834) p. 74 {not 

 of Linn.). Pycreus pumilus, Nees, in Liunsea, v. 9 (1835) p. 283; 

 C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 591.— Flowers : Sept. 



Rare. Eombay Presidency without locality, Dr. Leith, 25 ! Konkan : Sion 

 (Bombay), Woodrow. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Timor. 



5. Cyperus pumilus, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) p. 69. Annual ; 

 stems tufted, 1-12 in. long, slender. Leaves shorter or longer than the 

 stems, g^-g in. broad, lineai', 1-nei'ved, acute. Heads of spikelets \—^ 

 in. diam., sometimes broken up into pedunculate spikes or clusters of 

 spikelets, sometimes umbellate, the rays of the umbel 1-6, occasionally 

 though rarely reaching 3 in. long, usually much less ; bracts 3-4, leaf- 

 like, up to 4i in. long. Spikelets -^-| by ytj— 8 i^-' 20-50-flo\vered, 

 much compressed; rhachilla stout, not winged. Glumes -^ in. long by 

 about Ti^ in. broad in the widest place, ovate, boat-shaped, 2-fid at the 

 tip with a narrow herbaceous keel which is cuspidately produced at 

 the apex, with 3-5 conspicuous brown nerves and with rounded hyaline 

 nerveless sides. Stamen usually 1. Nut ellipsoid-oblong or subobovoid, 

 scarcely -^^ in. long, very minutely apiculate, biconvex, laterally com- 

 pressed, brown ; style about equalling the nut, very slender ; stigmas 2, 

 capillary, about equaUiug the style. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 19 ; Clarke, 

 in Jouru. Linn. Soc. v. 21 (1884) p. 43. Cyperus nitens, Vahl, Enum. 

 V. 2 (1806) p. 331. Pycreus nitens, Nees, in Nov. Act. Acad. Cur. v. 19, 

 Suppl. (1843) p. 53 ; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 591 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 430 ; Brain, Beng. PI. 

 p. 1136. — Flowers : Sept. 



Konkan: Stocksl, Law'. Deccan: Mawal (Pooua districts), Woodrow; Lanoli, 

 Woodrow. Kanaka: Woodrow. 81:^0: PinwUll — Distrib. Throughout India; Ceylon, 

 Malaya, China, Tropical Africa, Tropical Australia. 



6. Cyperus globosus. All. Auct. Fl. Pedem. (1789) p. 49. A 

 glabrous very variable annual ; root fibrous ; stems tufted, 4-25 in. long, 

 very slender, trigonous. Leaves shorter than the heads, very slender, 

 almost filiform. Umbel simple, with 3-5 rays 1-2 in. long, very 

 slender, terminated by solitary or few spikes of 5 or more spreading 

 spikelets, or the spikes capitate; bracts 2-3, leaf-like, the longest 

 sometimes I'eachiug 3 in. long, narrow, almost filiform. Spikelets 

 crowded, |-| by yij-^ in., linear with parallel sides, much compressed. 



