CXLTI. CYPERACE.f;. 865 



with long withered sheaths. Leaves longer or shorter than the stem, 

 j^Y-|- ill- broad, linear, spreading and recurved, rigidly coriaceous, terete 

 and grooved above, or broader with complicate sides, not keeled, almost 

 nerveless. Heads solitary on the summit of the stems, globose, g-l^ in. 

 in diam., of many sessile radiating spikelets ; bracts 2-3, leaf-like, rigid, 

 the lowest 2-4 in. long, erect, simulating a continuation of the s!^em, 

 the otht^rs much shorter. Spikelets |-^ by ^-^ in., elliptic-lanceolate, 

 straw-colored, becoming ultimately brown, 8-16-t3owered ; rhachilla 

 stout, not winged. Grlumes ^-i by y^ ^^'^ ovate-oblong, boat-shaped, 

 obtuse, minutely mucronate, dorsally rounded, streaked with brown, the 

 sides with many strong nerves and hyaline margins. Stamens 3 ; 

 filaments elongate, ligulate, ptTsistent; anthers narrowly linear, muticous, 

 exserted from the glume. Nut -j\ in. long, obovoid, rounded at the 

 apex, trigonous, black ; style yg — ^o i'^* long ; stigmas 3, capillary, 

 exserted from the glume. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 602 ; Dalz. & Gribs. p. 284 ; 

 Boeck. in Linnaea, v. 35 (1808) p. 536; 0. B. Clarke, in Journ. Linn. 

 8oc. v. 21, p. 106 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 23 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 13 (1901) p. 430.— Flowers : Oct.-Nov. 



Kanaka : Karwar, Talhof, 5r>3 ! Gujarat : Domas near Surat on the sea-coast, 

 I)alzell\; Ahmedabad, Wooclrow, 21! Sind : PinwlUl, Siocksl; Jemadar ka Landa 

 near Karachi, i'/or/i*'!— Distkib. India (sea-coast from Sind to Ceylon and Orissa, 

 Paujab) ; Ceylon, Persia, Arabia. 



23. Cyperus Atkinsoni, C. B, Clarhe, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 21 

 (1884) p. 109. Khizome short, woody ; I'oots not woolly ; stems 

 caespitose, 2-7 in. long, trigonous below, terete above, thickened at the 

 base. Leaves as long as or shorter than the stem, rigid, yq-^ in. broad 

 at the base, tapering towards the finely cuspidate apex. Umbel simple, 

 often contracted into a head; rays 3-4, reaching |-1J in. long; bracts 

 2-3, the longest 2-3 in. long. Spikelets |-^ by -J— ^ in., 20-30-flowered, 

 narrowly linear, subacute ; rhachilla not \\ing.-d. Grlumes oblong- 

 lanceolate, cymbiform, i- ^ by yw i"v with a strong sharp slightly- 

 recurved mucro jIq in. long beyond the subacute tip ; the back pale, 

 the sides pale or cinnamon-colored, multistriate, the margins hyaline. 

 Stamens 3 ; filaments ^ in. long, ligulate, persistent ; anthers -^ in. 

 long, linear, yellow. Nut jL in. long, obovate, trigonous, yellow ; style 

 .} ^ - ^^^ in. long ; stigmas 3, much longer than the style, capillary, Fl. B. 

 I. V. 6, p. 603 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 430. 



ZJa/^-c/? without locality in Herb Kew. ! Smn: Stocks I; Jemadar ka Landa near 

 Karachi, Stocks] — Distrib. India (Kashmir, N.W. Himalaya, W, Peninsula). 



24. Cyperus conglomeratus, Eotib. Descrip. et Icon. (1773) p. 21, 

 t. 15, tig. 7. Glabrous, glaucous-green : rhizome short or long, woody, 

 creeping, 1-^ in. in diam.; roots of stout woolly fibres; stems stout, 

 6-20 in. long, terete below, trigonous above, thickened at the base, 

 clothed with brown ovate acuminate scales. Leaves as long as the stem 

 or shorter, yq-^ in. broad, coriaceous, dorsally rounded (not keeled), 

 shortly cuspidate at the tip, the margins involute when dry ; nerves 

 obscure. Umbel simple, often contracted into one head 1-1| in. diam. 

 of densely crowded spreading spikelets ; bracts 3-4, elongate, narrower 

 than the leaves, shortly cuspidate. Spikelets |-1 by -i— |- in., oblong- 

 lanceolate, compressed, 10-24-flowered ; rhachilla stout, scarred, not 

 winged. Glumes reaching 3 by -^ in., oblong-lanceolate, cymbiform, 



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