CXLVI. CYPERACE.^. 873 



to both ends, trigonous, brown or yellow ; style -^ in. long ; stigmas 'i, 

 rather shorter than the style, capillary, exserted. Fl. B. I. v. (J, p. 617 ; 

 Boeck, in Linnsea, v. 36 (1870) p. 319; C. B. Clarke, in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. V. 21 (1884) p. 186 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 32 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat-, v. 13 (1901) p. 431 ; Prain, Beng. PL p. 1141 ; AVatt, Diet. 

 Eeou. Prod, v, 2, p. 684. Ciiperus umhellatus, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. v. 1 (1832) 

 p. 205 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 284.— Fiouers : Sept. 



KoNKAN : Karjat, Woodrow. Deccan : Balzell tf- Gibson ; Lanoli, Woodroiu. S. M. 

 Country: Dambal (Dh.irw:ir districts). DaheU\—Ti\»i\iiVi. India (Panjab, W. Penin- 

 sula) ; Ceylon, Tro2:>ical Africa, Indo-Oliina, Australia. 



Var. (Hues, C. B. Clarke, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 21 (1884) p. 187. 

 Spikelets more turgid, yellow or golden-yellow, shining, horizontally 

 spreading; glumes with scarious margins. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 617. Cyjierus 

 dives (sp.), Delile, Fl. Egypte (1812) p. 149, t. 4, fig. 3. 



SiND : Pinwilll — Distrib. India (Bengal) ; Africa. 



39. Cyperus digitatus^ Eoxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 81. Perennial, 

 glabrous; rhizon)e stout, woody, creeping; stolons 0; root-fibres stout. 

 Stems 1-4 ft. long, trigonous or triquetrous above, with smooth angles. 

 Leaves longer or shorter than the stem, g-| in. broad, fiat, coriaceous, 

 multistriate, with scaherulous margins. Umbel very large, broad, up to 

 12 in. in diam., simple or compound ; rays 4—10, trigonous, 2-6 in. long, 

 terminated by stellately spreading sessile or cylindric spikes of unequal 

 length, loosely set all round v\ith innumerable horizontally spreading 

 spikelets ; bracts 3-6, It- af-like, the longest reaching sometimes 1 ft. 

 long or more ; bracteoles very slender; spikes 1-1 g by |-g in., sessile 

 or a few pedicellate. S|)ikelets ^-^ by -i^iy in., subterete, acute, 12-20- 

 flowered, spreading horizontally, yellowish-brown ; rhachilla with lanceo- 

 late acute scarious deciduous wings. Glumes jL by ■^'^'n.., with rounded 

 shortly cuspidate tip; back chestnut- brown, somewhat obscurely 3- 

 nerved ; sides hyaline. Stamens 3 ; anthers linear-oblong, not crested. 

 Nut -^jj in. long, ellipsoid, tapering at both ends, straight or slightly 

 curved, trigonous, yellowish ; vstyle -^^ in. long ; stigmas 3, slightly longer 

 tlian the style, capillary. Fl. B. L v. 6, p. 618 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 36 ; 

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

 p. 1141. Cyperus Neesii, Boeck. in Linnsea, v. 36 (1870) p. 315. Cyperus 

 auricomus, C. B. Clarke, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 21 (1884) p. 188. — 

 Flowers : Sept. 



Konkan: Law\ Pf.ccan: Lanoli, Woodrow; Poona, Woodrow, 204! S. M. 

 Country: Londa, Cooke\ — Distrib. India (E. Bengal, Assam, Pegu, Moradabad, 

 Sikkim, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Etliiopia, China, Malaya, Oceania. 



40. Cyperus Clarkei, T. Coolce. Eootstock tuberous ; stolons 

 elongate, y^ in. in diam., clothed with oblong-huKeolate striate pale- 

 brown scales; stems 3-S in. long, thick, trigonous, from a bulbous base. 

 Leaves longer or shorter than the steui, g-| in. broad, linear, very acute ; 

 lower sheaths much inflated, striate, brown. Umbel simple, with very 

 short rays, or subcapitate; spikes 5-8, c\lindric, dense, pale, |-| by 

 i-| in. ; bracts 5-7, leaf-like, the longest reaching 6 in. long. Spikelets 

 i— i- in. long, densely packed, spreading nearly at right angles, bearing 

 i nut. Nut-bearing glumes ovate, acute, multistriate, straw-colored. 



