888 CXLVI. CYFEUACEjE. 



Glnmes membranoua, usually 1-3-nerved, with a green keel 

 8tetu8 usuall}' slender. 



Stigiuas 2 ; nut compressed. 



Koots fibrous ; rhizome short or 0. 



Bristles glistening, white <• 4^ E. atropitrpurea. 



Bristles brown or rusty 5. E. capitaia. 



Rhizome creeping ; bristles rusty-brown 6. E. palusfris. 



Stigmas 3 ; nut obo void, trigonous 7. E. Chcetaria. 



1. Eleocharis plantaginea, R. Br. Prod. (1810) p. 224 {in note). 

 Stolons long, \-\ in. in diam. ; stems 1-3 ft. high, -1— ^ in. in diain., 

 densely tufted, appearing transversely septate when dry ; sheaths 2- 

 8 in. long, very thin, soon torn, bright red- brown, shining. Spikelets 

 |-1| in. long, straw-colored, rather narrower than the stem ; rhachilla 

 stout, angled, with irregular broad concave facets between the insertion 

 of the glumes. Glumes closely imbricate, 4- in. long, subrigid, con- 

 colorous, not keeled, broadly ovate, obtuse, rarely truncate, 1-nerved, 

 coriaceous, persistent, the lowest very stout, appearing as a continuation 

 of the stem. Bristles 7, equalling or exceeding the nut, retrorsely 

 scabrid, yellow. Stamens 3 ; anthers narrowly linear, with a long 

 setaceous tip. Nut y^ in. long, orbicular-obovoid, compressed, smooth, 

 yellowish ; style long, flattened, with a triangular base ; stigmas 3. Fl. 

 B. I. V. 6, p. 625 ; Trim. M. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 68; Woodr. in Jouru. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 13 (190n p. 431; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1148. Scirpus plan- 

 tagiaus, Roxb. Fl.'ind. v. 1 (1832) p. 212; Grab. Cat. p. 233. Scirpus 

 pJantaijinoides, Eottb. Descrip. et Icon. (1773) p. 45, t. 15, fig. 2. 

 Heleocliaris plantaginea, Boeck. in Linnsea, v. 36 (1870) p. 474. — 

 Flowers: Sept. 



KoNKAN : Bombay without locality or authority in Herb. Kew. ! Gujarat : 

 Baroda, jrooi^row. Sind : Finwilll — Distrib. India (N.-West, Assam, W. Peninsula) ; 

 Ceylon, Malay Peninsula, Tropics of the Old World. 



2. Eleocharis iistulosa, Li7iJc, in Spreng. Jahrh. GeiviicTi. (1820) 

 Heft 3, p. 78. Stems robust or slender, 1-3 ft. by \-\ in., stoloni- 

 ferous, triquetrous under the spikelet, concave on one face, not trans- 

 versely septate ; sheaths obliquely truncate, thinly membranous, loose, 

 ending in an ovate, acute or lanceolate hyaline limb. Spikelets f-lg in. 

 long, as broad as the stem or broader, greenish ; lowest glumes bracti- 

 form, broadly ovate, coriaceous, with narrow membranous margins ; 

 rhachilla slender, angular, with broad concave facets between the 

 glumes. Fertile glumes nearly -1- in. long, ovate-oblong or subobovate, 

 niultistriate on the back outside, often with minute brown spots inside ; 

 bristles longer than the nut, brown, retrorsely scabrid. Nut -^ in. 

 long, obovoid, striate, pale, tipped with the annular somewhat saucer- 

 shaped style-base, which is about three-fourths the width of the nut ; 

 stigmas usually 3. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 626 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 70 ; 

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

 p. 1148. ]J deocharis fistulosa, Boeck. in Linnsea, v. 36 (1870) p. 472. 



Kanaka : Talbot, 1040, ex C. B. Clarke, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 34 (1898-1900) 

 p. 48. 



I have seen no specimens from the Bombay Presidency ; there are none in Herb. 

 Xew. — DisTHiB. India (Nipal, Assam, Birma, W. Peninsula); Tropics generally. 



3. Eleocharis spiralis, 11. Br. Prodr. (1810) p. 224 {in note). 

 Stems densely tufted, stoloniferous, 1-2 ft. by \-\ in., trigonous or 



