884 CXLVI. CYPEEACE^. 



B. I. V. 6, p. 644 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 287 ; Boeck. in Linnsa, r. 37 

 (1871) p. 43; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 56; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 13 (1901) p. 431 ; Praiu, Beng. PI, p. 1152. Scirpus tetra- 

 gomis, Poir, Encyc. Method, v. 6 (1804) p. 767 ; Grah. Cat. p. 233. 

 Closely allied to F. quinquanr/iilaris, but the spikelets are more obtuse, 

 the glumes not mucronate, the rhachilla not winged, and the style 

 glabrous. 



KoNKAN : Lambert I ; Kalyan, Woodrow. Sind : Pinwill ex C. B. Clarke. — 

 DiSTRiB. More or less throughout India ; Ceylon, most warm regions. 



12. Fimbristylis digitata, Boech. in Flora, v. 61 (1878) p. 35. 

 A low glabrous plant ; root-Mbres slender ; stems 2-5 in. long, csespitose 

 from a bulbous base, slender, subquadrangular, striate; sheaths short, 

 striate, with obliquely truncate mouth. Leaves radical, few, about \ as 

 long as the stem, bristle-like, linear, acute. Inflorescence in a terminal 

 head, ^~h in. in diam., consisting of 3-5 umbellately arranged sessile 

 spikelets ; bracts usually 2, subequal, membranous, ^-^ in. long, ovate, 

 acute, striate. Spikelets ^-h by y2~1 in., erect, closely approximate, 

 ovoid-oblong, subacute, straw-colored, subterete. Glumes yq— g in. long, 

 ovate, cymbiforra, the keel produced into a short mucro, all scarious 

 except the 3-5-nerved back ; rhachilla winged. Stamens 3 ; filaments 

 reaching \ in. long ; anthers large, -^ in. long, very shortly pyramidally 

 pointed, yellow. Nut ^ in. long, globosely obovoid, trigonous, with 

 rather acute angles, scarcely stipitate, not umbonate, faintly ribbed and 

 trabeculate between the ribs, yellow ; style exceptionally long, reaching 

 -^Q in., glabrous, with a small conical base ; stigmas 3, shorter than the 

 style, exserted. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 648; Woodr. in Journ, Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 13 (1901) p. 432. Tricluhstylis cUgitata, Dalz. ex Boeck. in Flora, 

 V. 61 (1878) p. 35. — Flowers : Oct. 



KoNKAN : Dahell !, Stocks, Law ! ; Marmagao, Talbot, 2506 ! Deccan : Lanoli, 

 Woodrow. S. M. Country : Badami, Woodrow, 56 I Kanaka : Latv I ; Belekerri 

 (N. Kanara), Talbot, 491 !— Disthib. India (W. Peninsula). 



13. Fimbristylis Woodrowii, C. B. Clarl-e, in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 V. 34 (1898) p. 68. A low glabrous slender herb ; roots fibrous; stems 

 li_4i in. long, casspitose, 5-angled below the umbel. Leaves usually 

 shorter than but occasionally as long as the stem, ■^^"tV ^"- broad, acute, 

 flat. Umbel subcompound, |-^ in, in diam,, with 8-18 short rays; 

 bracts 2-3, the longest leaf-like, exceeding the umbel. Spikelets 

 varying in length, often geminate, i-| in. long; rhachilla deeply 

 pitted. Glumes ovate, boat-shaped, spirally arranged, closely imbricate, 



1-1 in. long, rusty-brown, with a green keel which is produced into a 

 mucro. Stamen 1, Nut ^ in, long, narrowly obovoid, trigonous, 

 straw-colored or white, stipitate, not umbonate, faintly longitudinally 

 ribbed and trabeculate between the ribs; style -jV in, long with a 

 bulbous base, glabrous ; stigmas 3, about as long as the style. AVoodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 431.— Flowers : Oct, 



KoNKAN : Malwan, Woodrow'. Deccan: Khandala, Woodrow'. — Distrib. India (W, 

 Peninsula). 



Mr. Chirke originally described the pliuit from iindergrown specimens from 

 Khandala, the spikelets of wliich did not exceed J in. long. Specimens collected 

 more recently at Malwan sliow tliat the s^Jikelcts reach h in. long. 



