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antbers long, linear, muticous. Glumes y\y by -^ in., not keeled, 

 obscurely nerved, ovate-oblong, mucronulate, with broad hyaline 

 margins, the sides and back streaked with brown. Nut -^ in. long, 

 ellipsoid, plano-convex or biconvex, sometimes subtrigonous, pale yellow 

 when young, ashy-brown in age. Grab. Cat. p. 232 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 282 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 38 ; Boeck. in Linnaa, v. 36 (1870) 

 p. 321 ; C. B. Clarke, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 21 (1881) p. 74. Juncellus 

 alopecuroides, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 6 (1893) p. 595 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 430. 



Balzell without locality in Herb, Kew. ! Konkan : Bombay, Jacquemont, 438! 

 Deccan: Woodrow\ between EUora and 'S oor\.dk, Jacquemont, ''llSi\ Gujarat: Panch 

 Mahals, Woodrow. Sind : Stocks'. — Distrib. Throughout India; Ceylon, Africa, 

 Tropical Australia. 



13. Csrperus castaneus, Willd. Sj^ PL v. 1 (1797) p. 278. A 

 low herb 1-7 iu. high ; stems few or many, tufted, slender. Leaves as 

 long as or shorter than the stem, y^^-j^ in. broad ; sheaths often purple. 

 Umbel usually simple, consisting of a central sessile head and few or 

 many unequal spreading rays -j-ll in. long (rarely again divided, some- 

 times reduced to a terminal head) ; rays terminated by heads of 3-20 

 stel lately spreading spikelets ; bracts 3-5, the longest sometimes 

 reaching 6 in. long, narrowly linear, leaf-like, dilated at the base, 

 cuspidate at the apex, spreading. Spikelets ^-| by -2V~Tir "^- ^<^"g» 

 oblong or linear, compressed, usually dark chestnut-brown, many- 

 flowered. Glumes yy-~riJ ^"- -^^^^S (excluding the mucro) by -^ iu. 

 broad ; keel greenish-yellow, pi-oduced beyond the rounded tip into a 

 long recurved muero ; sides usually chestnut-brown, the margins not 

 hyaline ; rhachilla rather stout, scarcely winged. Stamens 1-2; anthers 

 small. Nut -^ ^^- loug, oblong, trigonous, shortly apiculate, nan'owed 

 at the base, pale brown or yellow, granulate ; style shorter than the 

 nut; stigmas 3, filiform. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 598; Boeck. in Linnaea, 

 V. 35 (1868) p. 496 ; Clarke, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 21 (1884) p. 87 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 25; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) 

 p. 430.— Flowers : Oct.-Dec. 



Rare. Konkan : Cooke ! ; Bombay, Woodrow ; Laddapur, Bhiva ! — Distrib. India 

 (Nepal, Sikkim, Pegu, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Tonkin, Central Australia. 



14. Cyperus Teneriffae, Poir. Encyc. Method, v. 7 (1806) p. 245. 

 A low glabrous annual of a reddish-brown color ; root fibrous ; stems 

 2-8 in. long, tufted. Leaves usually shorter than the stem, ^ in. broad, 

 linear, acute ; sheaths reddish, inflated. Head solitary, of 3-20 sessile 

 spikelets ; bracts 2, the longest f-lg in. long, narrowly linear, acute, 

 leaf -like. Spikelets g-§ by -|— | in., much compressed, reddish-brown. 

 Glumes g in. long (including the mucro) by -^^ in. broad, boat-shaped, 

 keeled ; keel produced into a conspicuous recurved mucro ; sides with 

 4-5 conspicuous ribs on each, the margins hyaline. Stamens 3 ; 

 anthers oblong, muticous. Nut -^-^ in. long, obovoid, obtuse, shortly 

 apiculate, triquetrous, dark brown ; style longer than the nut ; stigmas 

 3, shorter than the style. I have not found any of the nuts reticulate 

 black and white as stated in the ' Flora of British Lidia.'- Fl. B. I. y. 6, 

 p. 601 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 430. Cyperus 

 Wightii, Nees, in Wight, Contrib. (1834) p. 78 ; Boeck. in Linnrea, v. 35 



