CXLVI. CYPEEACBJ5. 859 



by few or many slender spikes of widely spreading pale or dark brown 

 spikelets ; bracts 3-4, the longest sometimes reacbing 9 in. or more 

 long and -J— |- in. broad, leaf-like. Spikelets distant on the slender 

 rhachis, ^-| by -jl^— 1- in., linear or linear-oblong, compressed, soft, 7-30- 

 flowered ; rbachilla slender, undulate, slightly winged. Glumes closely 

 imbricate, thin, ^ by -jlg- in., oblong, obtuse, cyrabiform ; keel 5-nerved ; 

 sides broadly hyaline. Stamens 3. Nut y^-g- in. long, obovoid, obcordate 

 at the apes, granulate, apiculate, laterally compressed, dark brown ; 

 style ^(y -2( ) ill- lowg; stigmas 2, longer than the style, filiform. Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 283 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 21. Pycrens Baccha, Nees, in 

 Linna^a, v. 9 (1835) p. 283 / Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) 

 p. 430. Pycreus pimcticulatus, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 6, 

 p. 593. 



KoNKAN : Dalzell ! S. M. Country : Londa, Cooke !— Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; 

 Ceylon, China. 



9. Cyperus odoratus, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 46. Perennial; 



stems tufted, 12-30 in. long, slender, trigonous, thickened at the base, 

 sometimes 0. Leaves shorter tban the stem, y^-^ in. broad ; sheath 

 short. Umbel simple, of 2-7 slender rays i^-2in. long, each terminated 

 by short teruate spikes of 4-8 narrow spikelets ; bracts 3-6, spreading, 

 the longest up to 6 in. long or more, leaf-like. Spikelets |-f by pg— 

 -^ in., linear, acun)inate, flat, reddish-brown, 20-50-flowered. Glumes 

 TIT"! ^y ^ ^^•' closely imbricate, ovate-lanceolate, mucronulate ; keel 

 straight, obscurely 3-nerved ; the sides yellow streaked with brown 

 with hyaline margins. Stamens usually 2 ; anthers small, oblong. 

 Nut -X in. long, oblong-ellipsoid, rounded at the apex, apiculate, 

 laterally compressed, biconvex, faintly granulate, brown ; style -^ in. 

 long ; stigmas 2, filiform, as long as the style. Cyperus polystachyos, 

 Eottb. Descrip. et Icon. (1773) p. 39, t. 11, fig. 1 ; Grab. Cat. p. 231 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 281 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 20. Pycreus poly stachyos, 

 Beauv. Fl. Ow. v. 2, p. 48, t. 86, fig. 2 ; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. 

 B. I. V. 6, p. 592 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 430 ; 

 Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1136. 



The specific name odoratus, Linn., has priority over 'polystachyos, 

 Eottb. 



KoNKAN : Malwdn, Woodrow. Gujarat : Surat, Woodrow. Sind : Pinwilll — Distrib. 

 Throughout India near the coast ; Ceylon, all warm countries especially near the sea. 



10. Csrperus pygmseus, Rottb. Descrip. et Icon. (1773) p. 20, 1. 14, 

 fig. 5. An annual dwarf herb ; stems 1-10 in. long, densely tufted. 

 Leaves numerous, as long as or shorter than the stem, Yg— iV ^"- broad, 

 flaccid, green, acuminate. Spikelets very many (often 100), sessile, 

 densely packed in a terminal head -^-| in. in diam., ovate, -^ by -^ in., 

 compressed, 8-20-flowered, green or pale brown ; bracts 2-6, dilated at 

 the base, 1-6 in. long, acuminate, leaf-hke ; rbachilla slender, not 

 winged, often curved or twisted. Glumes closely imbricate, -Ytr^ by 

 ^ in., oblong-lanceolate cuspidate, the back streaked with brown, the 

 sides with broadly hyaline margins. Stamen 1 (rarely 2) ; anthers 

 linear-oblong, muticous. Nut -^ in. long, ellipsoid, plano-convex or 

 trigonous, orange-brown ; style -^ in. long ; stigmas 2, capillary, about 

 as long as the style. Boeck. in Linnaea, v. 35 (1868) p. 493; C. B. 



