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base, gradnally tapering to a fine point. Spikelets i— J- by ^-^ in., 

 oblong, flat, (j-20- dowered, usually brownish ; rhachilla not winged. 

 Glumes ^ in. long (including the inucro) by ^^j in. broad, oblong; keel 

 strong, produced into a recurved beak as long as the limb ; sides many- 

 nerved up to near the margin, pale or brown. IStamen 1 ; filaments 

 yV in. long ; anthers small, oblong. Nut -^ in. long, narrowly obovoid, 

 rounded and apiculate at the apex, tapering towards the base, trigonous, 

 reddish-brown ; style -^ i^* long ; stigmas 3, about as long as the style, 

 capillary. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 606 ; Boeck. in Linnaja, v. 35 (1868) p. 500 ; 

 C. B. Clarke, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 21 (1884) p. 91 ; Trim. PI. Ceyl. 

 V. 5, p. 24 ; Woodr. in Journ, Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 430 ; Prain, 

 Beng. PI. p. 1140. — Plowers : Sept. 



Deccan : Poona, Jacqucmonf,'i\5\, Woodrow. — Distrib. More or less tlu'oughout 

 India, Ceylon, Trop. Africa, Australia, America, 



27. Cyperus Iria, Linn. Sp. PL (1753) p. 45. A glabrous annual ; 

 root fibrous ; stems tufted, 14-20 in. long, triquetrous, striate. Leaves 

 as long as tlie stem or shorter, ^-i- in. broad, multistriate, finely 

 acuminate, flaccid. Umbel decompound, of many primary rays 1-5 in. 

 long, bearing irregularly fascicled umbellules formed of narrow inter- 

 rupted spikes of 5-20 small few-flowered spikelets ; bracts 3-5, the 

 longest sometimes i^eaching 8 in. long. Spikelets |-i by yjj— g in., 

 linear-oblong, obtuse, compressed, 6-20-flo\vered, yellow or pale brown ; 

 rhachilla not winged. Glumes yg- by y^ in., elliptic-obovate, obtuse, 

 muticous or very minutely apiculate, loosely or scarcely imbricate, 3-5- 

 nerved, with broad hyaline margins. Stamens 2 or 3 ; anthers small, 

 oblong, muticous, yellow. Nut j-L in. long, obovoid, triquetrous, brown 

 or black ; style very short, scarcely -^ in. long ; stigmas 3, very short, 

 slightly exserted from the glume. PI. B. I. v. 6, p. 606 ; Grab. Cat. 

 p, 232; Dalz. & Gibs, p, 282 ; Boeck. in Linnaea, v. 35 (1868) p. 595 ; 

 C. B, Clarke, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 21 (1884) p. 137 ; Trim, PI. 

 Ceyl, v. 5, p. 18; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 430; 

 Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1140; Watt, Diet. Ecou. Prod, v. 2, p, 685,— 

 Plowers : Dec. 



KoNKAN : Neral (below Mathei-an), Bhivi ! Deccan : Balsell ^- Gibson ; Poona, 

 Jacquemont, 344 ! ; Matheran, JVoodrow ; Kliandala, Woodrow. — DistriB. Throughout 

 India in rice-fields ; Ceylon, Indo-Oliina, Australia, Mediterranean region, 



YA-R.2)aniciformis,C. B. Clarke, in Hook, f, PL B, I, v, 6 (1893) 

 p. 607. Spikelets bearing 2-4 nuts ; spikes often drawn out into nearly 

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

 Cyperus paniciformis (sp,), Pranck, & Savat, PI, Japon. v. 2 (1879) 

 p. 103 and p, 537. C. parvijlonis, Nees, in Wight, Contrib. (1834) p. 87 

 (exclud, all syn.). — Plowers : Sept. 



KoNKAN : Neral (below Matheran), Cooke !, Bhiva ! Deccan : Khandala, Woodrow. — 

 Distrib. India (Kashmir, W. Peninsula, Audamans) ; China, Japan, Malaya, 

 Polynesia. 



28. Cyperus procerus, Rotib. Descrip. et Icon. (1773) p. 29, t. 5, 

 fig. 3. Perennial ; rootstock short, stout, stoloniferous, the stolons 

 elongate, clothed with long acuminate scales, bulbilliferous ; stems 2-3 ft. 

 long, acutely triquetrous. Leaves very long, often exceeding the stems, 

 {-h in. broad, acuminate, thickly coriaceous or spongy ; sheaths broad, 



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