880 CXLA'I. CYPERACE.E. 



in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 431; Praiii, Ben?. PI. p. lloO. 

 Finibristi/Us Jiincea, Boeck. in Linuaea, v. 37 (1871) p. 4 (not of Roem. & 

 Scbult.).— Flowers : Sept.-Oct. 



KoNKAN : Sion (Bombay), JVoodrow] — Distrib. India (Bengal, Sundribatis, 

 W. Peninsula); Cejlon, Malacca. 



3. Fimbristylis schoenoides, VaJil, Eanm. v. 2 ("1806) p. 286. 

 A glaucous herb ; rbizome 0, or rarely horizontal and very sbort ; root- 

 fibres slender; stems 4-18 in. long, tufted, slender (almost filiform), 

 obtusely angled, striate. Leaves usually shorter but hardly broader 

 than the stem, ^ in. broad or less, narrowly linear, very acute, coriiiceous, 

 striate above, clotted beneath, with recurved spinulose margins ; sheaths 

 glabrous with membranous margins. Spikelets \-h in. long, solitary or 

 2-5 in an irregular umbel, sessile or on slender pedicels; bracts 2, very 

 variable, usually shorter tlian the spikelets [in one specimen from 

 Khadkala (Deccan) collected by Woodrow there are 2 leaf-hke bracts 

 below the umbel which one of them exceeds] ; rhachilla slender. 

 Glumes deciduous, loosely imbricate, ~--\ in. long and about as broad as 

 long, orbicular, obtuse, shortly apiculate, very concave, membranous, 

 with 5-7 slender central nerves, straw-colored or pale brown. Stamens 

 3 ; anthers acute. Nut ^ — jL in. long, turbinate, compressed, biconvex, 

 rounded at the apex, smooth, shortly stipitate, snow-whihi with a brown 

 patch in the cenrre of each face ; style j^ in. long, t!ie upper half 

 A'illous, the base enlargt^d, cvlindric or suliglobose; stigmas 2, short. 

 Y\. B. I. V. 6, p. 634; Boeck." in Linna^a, v. 37 (1871) p. 5 ; Trim. Fl. 

 Ceyl. V. 5, p. 49; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 431 ; 

 Prain, Beng. PL p. 1150. — Flowers: Sept. 



KoNKAN : Woorlrow. Drccan : Khadkala near Lanoli, JFoof/row ! Sj.nd: Pi/iwilll — 

 DisTiuB. Throughout India; Ceylon, China, Malaya, Australia. 



4. Fimbristylis dichotoma, VaJil, Eaum. v. 2 (ISOG) p. 287. 

 Annual; root-fibres slender; stems 2-10 in. long, tufted, filiform, 

 striate, smooth. Leaves usually shorter than the stems, very narrow, 

 ■gljj in. broad, tapering to a fine point, smooth ; sheaths softly villous. 

 Umbel laxly compound or decompound, 1-2 in. in diam.; rays few or 

 many, up to 1 in. long, suberect ; bracts filiform, shorter or longer than 

 the umbels. Spikelets ^-\ by yV-xV ^"•' somewhat angular from the 

 acute keels to the glumes, ellipsoid, many-flowered ; rhaL-hilla stout, 

 angular, with large pit**. Glumes loosely imbricate, all, or all but the 

 lowest fertile, J^ by ^ in., ovate, reddish-brown, 1-3-nerved on the 

 back, the niidnerve forming a conspicuous acute green keel which is 

 prolonged into a cuspidate point. Stamens 1-3 ; anthers small, obtuse. 

 Nut -jTy-^V in. long, broadly turbinate, minutely stipilate, umbonate, 

 compressed, biconvex, witli 0-9 broad trabeculate ribs, pale straw- 

 colored or almost white; style J^ in. long, densely villous in the upper 

 part, or sotnetiuK^s all over, with a small globose bulbous base; stigmas 

 2, recurved. Fl. B. l. v. 6, p. 035 ; Boeck. in Linna>a, v. 37 ( 1871 ) p. 12; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 50 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) 

 p. 431 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1151. — Flowers : Oct.-Apr. 



KoNKAN : Dahell, Lamhcrf'., Stifk!<\ Peccan : Khandnla, WooJrotv. Gujarat: 

 Bodcli, Woodrow. Sind: Storkt, 1204 !— Distrib. Throughout India eapeciallj in 

 rice- fields ; Ceylon, warm regions of the Old World. 



