CXIiVI. CYPEBACE-E. 8G9 



like; bract-eoles filiform or subulate. Spilvelets densely imlricate, l-L 

 bv Jy-1 in., linear-oblong, erect, flat, 8-12-flo\vered ; rhacbilla sligbtly 

 winged. Glumes 1 by j\j in., oblong, obtuse, apiculate, rounded on tbe 

 back, about 5-nerved, witb hyaline margins. Stamens .'5 ; anthers 

 small, oblong, obtuse. Nut ^ in. long, oblong or obovoid-oblons:, 

 trigonous, apiculate, shortly stipitate, yellowish-brown ; style scarcely 

 ■^ in. long ; stigmas, 3 twice as long as the style, capillary. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 6, p. 608 ; Boeck. in Linnfea, v. 3-") (1868) p. 596 ; C. B. Clarke, in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 21 (1884) p. 142 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 37 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 430.— Flowers : Sept. 



Konkan: Lambert I Deccan : 'M.-Awai{7oonfi6\atrie\s),Woodrow. Situt): Pinwill I ~ 

 DrsTRfB. India ( Kashmir, Moradabad, Dai-jeeling, Punjab, W. Poni aula) ; Ceylon, 

 Tropical Africa, China, Malaya, Queensland. 



31. Cyperus malaccensis, Lam. Illustr. v. 1 (1791) p. 146. 

 Glabrous, green or srlaucescent ; rhizome creeping, rather thick, clothed 

 with dark brown scales. Stems l|-3 ft. long, acutely triquetrous, -1-i 

 in. in diam., much compressed. Leaves few, the uppermost 2-6 in. long, 

 erect, green, ensiform, shortly caudate ; sheaths often enclosing the 

 stem. Umbel 2-6 in. in diam., simple, compound or congested, with 

 3-12 rays 1-3 in. long, the longer corymbosely branched at the apex ; 

 bracts 2-5, divaricate, subequal, spreading, flat, up to 6 by ^ in.; 

 umbellules simple; bracteoles small. Spikes of 4-10 spikelets ; rhachis 

 glabrous. Spikelets p^-g by tV^rV i'^-' linear, 20-40-flowered. Glumes 

 tV by -gV ni-, oblong, obtuse, scarcely keeled, straw-colored or pale brown. 

 Stamens 3 ; anthers linear-oblong, not crested. Nut y^ in. long, 

 narrowly oblong, obtusely trigonous, tapering at either end, shortly 

 apiculate ; style j\ in. long ; stigmas 3, longer than the style, capillary. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 6, p. 608 ; Boeck. in Linn^a, v. 35 (1868) p. 603 ; C. B. 

 Clarke, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 21 (1884) p. 147 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 431 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1140 ; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 685. Cyperus Pangorii, Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 

 p. 6 ; Fl. Ind. V. 1 (1832) p.' 202 ; Grab. Cat. p. 232. 



Konkan: Goa, Woodrow ; Kalyan, Woodrow. Sind : Pfrtm// !— Distuib. India 

 (Bengal, Circars, W. Peninsula) ; Persia, Malyan Peninsula, Japan, China, Borneo, 

 Austi'alia. 



32. Cyperus tegetiformis, lioxh. Hort. Benr/. (1814) p. 6. Stolons 

 thick, rather long, round, with ovate dark-colored scales ; stems lg-5 ft. 

 loug, trigonous, often ti-iquetrous near the top. Leaves scarcely any ; 

 sheatlis many, up to 6 m. long. Umbel compound or decompound ; 

 rays 10-15, up to 5 in. long, slender; secondary rays about 8, reaching 

 2^ in. long, terminated by t^pikes or corymbs of 4-16 spikelets ; bracts 

 short (rarely ^ the length of the umbel). Spikelets -i-1 in. long, 

 10-30-flo\vered, slightly compressed, pale straw-colored ; rhachilla 

 winged. Glumes yV in. long, elliptic, obtuse or emarginate ; back 

 rounded, 5-9-nerved"; sides pale, marked with yellow or red. Staujens 

 3 ; anthers muticous, reddish. Nut ^^ in. long, oblong, trigonous, 

 black ; style shorter than the nut ; stigmas 3, much longer than the 

 style. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 612 ; C. B. Clarke, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 21, 

 p. 157; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 431; Prain, 

 Beng. PI. p. 1140; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 688. 



