8(10 CXLA-l. CYrEEAC'E.t. 



Clarke, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 21, p. 81 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 18. 

 Ct/perus squai^rosiis, Koxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 81 (not of Linn.); 

 Grah. Cat. p. 231, Juncellus py^mrcws, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. M. 

 B. I. V. 6 (1893) p. bm; Wooilr. in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) 

 p. 430; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1138.— Plowers : Oct. 



KoNKAN : Law\ 'DncckTu : Voona,, Woodrow. Gujarat: ^uv&,t,Woodrow. — Distrib. 

 More or less throughout India; Ceylon, Malaya, N. Trop. Africa, China, Japan, 

 Australia, Europe (Mediterranean regions). 



11. Cyperus laevigatus, Linyi. Mantiss. (1771) p. 179. Glabrous ; 

 rhizome creeping horizontally, ^ in. in diam., long and with solitary 

 distant stems, or short and with crowded stems, their bases enclosed by 

 imbricate shiniug chestnut-red scales ; stems 4-:^4 in. long, round, 

 somewhat fleshy. Leaves usually short or scarcely any, sometimes as 

 long as the stem, yV-s •"!• broad, the uppm' part often terete. Spikelets 

 1-30 in one apparently lateral head, solitary or clustered, straw-colored ; 

 bracts 2, the lower as though a continuation of the stem 1-3 in. long, 

 the other much shorter or wanting. Spikelets \-\ by ^ in., ovate, 

 subacute, compressed but thick, straw-colored dotted with brown spots, 

 12-30-fl.o\vered ; rhachilla stout, quadrangular, dotted with brown 

 spots. Glumes ^V" 8 ^7 '}^ n r ^^-j ovate or oblong, acute, mucronulate, 

 closely imbricate, dotted with brown spots, the sides with hyaline 

 margins. Stamens 3 ; filaments ligulate, membranous ; anthers linear, 

 J^ in. long, yellow with a reddish-brown acute tip. IVut ^V in. long, 

 obovoid, plano-convex ; style about as long as the nut ; stigmas 2, short. 

 Boeck. in Linnsea, v. 35 (1868) p. 486; C. B. Clarke, in Jouru. Linn. 

 Soc. V. 21 (1884) p. 77. Juncellus Iceviqafus, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 6 (1893) p. 596 ; AV^oodr. in Journ. Bomb. Kat. v. 13(1901) 

 p. 430. 



Dal~eU witliout locality in Herb. Kew. ! Konkan : Salt-marshes near Bombay, 

 Woodrow. Gujarat : Kathiawar, Woodroiv. Sind : Pinwi/l. — Distuib. India (Kash- 

 mir, Panjab, W. Peninsula) ; Europe (Mediterranean region), Africa, W. Asia, 

 Australia, S. America. 



Var. juneiformis, C. B. Clarke, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 21 (1884) 

 p. 79. Kigid ; spikelets 1-6, rigid, shining, chestnut or black. Juncellus 

 Icevigatus var. juneiformis, C. B. Clarke, in Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 597. 

 Cifperus juneiformis (sp.), Desfout. Fl. Atlant. v. 1 (1798) p. 42, t. 7, 

 fig. 1. 



SiND : Stocks, 751 ! 



12. Csrperus alopecuroides, Rotth. Descrip. et Icon. (1773) p. 38, 

 t. 8, fig. 2. A large glabrous ])erennial herb ; root fibrous ; stems 2- 

 3 ft. high, stout, often 1 in. or more in diam. at the base, trigonous 

 above, the ani^les smooth. Leaves many, as long as the stem or shorter, 

 g-| in. broad, coriaceous, acute. Umbel large, compound, with 4—6 

 primary rays up to 4 in. long, slender; secondary rays np to 1 in. long 

 bearing clusters of oblong, sessile and pedunculate spikes g -1 j by g- 

 I in., densely covered with small spikelets : rhacliis of spike stout ; 

 bracts reaching 18 in. long by .] in. broad at the base, leaf-like; 

 bracteoles 3-4, linear, acute, slender, sometimes wanting. Spikelets 

 Jj-i by Yij- in., elliptic-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, stibacute, com])re;ised, 

 straw-colored ; rhachilla stout, subtelragonous, not winged. Stamens 3 ; 



