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subterete ; rhachilla stout, deeply pitted. Glumes rather laxly imbricate, 

 -^ in. long, broadly ovate, concave, obtuse, altogether hyaline except a 

 narrow reddish-brown band at the back, obscurely 3-5-nerved, the keel 

 conspicuous. Stamens usually 2. Nut about -^ in. long, very shortly 

 stipitate, turbinate, compressed, biconvex, rounded at the apex, tapering 

 at the base, at first yellow, afterwards black, microscopically rugose ; 

 style about -^ in. long, glabrous ; stigmas 2, longer than the style. Fl. 

 B. I. V. 6, p. 640 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 54 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 13 (1901) p. 431; Prain, Beng. PI. p. J 151. FimhristijUs 

 glomerata, Nees, in Linnaea, v. 9 (1835) p. 290 ; Boeck. in Linnaea, v. 37 

 (1871) p. 47. F. Wi,/htiaaa, Nees, in Wight, Contrib. (1834) p. 99.— 

 Flowers : Dec. 



SiND: Pinwi/ll; Karachi, Woodrow. — Distrib. India (Orissa, W. Peniusulaj; 

 Ceylon, Ethiopia, Arabia, China, Malaya. 



10. Fimbristylis quinquangularis, Kunth, Enum. v. 2 (1837) 

 p. 229. Annual, glabrous, leafy ; root-fibres slender ; stems tufted, 

 6-24 in. long, slender, weak, obtusely angled, deeply striate. Leaves 

 longer or shorter than the stem, very slender, -^ in. broad, linear, finely 

 acuminate, flaccid, with scaberulous margins and keel; sheaths long, 

 subdistichous, green, coriaceous. Umbel decompound, with many sub- 

 erect filiform much-branched rays bearing innumerable small pedicellate 

 spikelets (the whole inflorescence appearing like one oblong panicle) ; 

 bracts filiform, acute, usually shorter than the umbel. Spikelets i by 

 ■jlg- in., ellipsoid or ovoid, terete, pale brown, 6-14-flowered ; rhachilla 

 winged. Glumes rather laxly imbricate, ^ in. long, broadly ovate, 

 acute, mucronate by the excurrent keel ; back 3-nerved; sides hyaline. 

 Stamens 3 ; anthers obtuse. Nut shortly stipitate, -^ in. long, obovoid, 

 obtusely trigonous, yellow or pale-brown, tuberculate, transversely 

 lineolate, slightly umbonate ; style as long as the nut, more or less 

 pubescent, the base not or scarcely dilated ; stigmas 3, recurved, longer 

 than the style. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 644 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 287 ; Boeck. 

 in Linnaea, v. 37 (1871) p. 42 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 55 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13(1901) p. 431; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1152.— 

 Flowers : Sept. 



KoMKAN : Law\ Gujarat: 'B&roAa,,Wooclrow. — Distrib. More or less throughout 

 India ; Ceylon, Malaya, China, Australia. 



11. Fimbristylis miliacea, Void, Enum. v. 2 (1806) p. 287. A 

 glabrous leafy annual ; root-fibres slender ; stems 6-24 in. long, slender, 

 obtusely angled below, triquetrous above. Leaves shorter than the 

 stem, slender, -^-^ in. broad or less, tapering to a firm point and with 

 nearly smooth margins; sheaths subdistichous, striate with scarious 

 margins. Umbel decompound ; rays unequal, suberect or spreadino-, 

 filiform, bearing many scattered very small pedicellate spikelets ; bracts 

 filiform, shorter than the umbels. Spikelets j-^-^ in. long, subglobo.se 

 or subcylindrie, obtuse, brown ; rhachilla stout, pitted, not winged. 

 Glumes -^ in. long, closely imbricate, ovate, obtuse, cymbiform, mem- 

 branous, obscurely nerved ; keel not excurrent into a mucro. Stamens 

 1-3 ; anthers obtuse. Nut -^ in. long, obovoid, obtusely trigonous, 

 minutely stipitate, tuberculate, transversely striolate, yellow ; stylo as 

 long as the nut, glabrous : stigmas 3, about as long as the style. Fl. 



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