CXLTI. CTPERACEyt:. 893 



an obliquely subacute mouth. Leaves 0. Inflorescence lateral, from 

 near the top of the stem, which is produced bract-like above it into an 

 acute stiff point. Spikelets in pedunculate clusters |-|- in. long, ellipsoid, 

 reddish-brown. Glumes ^ in. long, broadly ovate, acute, j^ale-brown 

 with darker streaks, strongly keeled, the keel produced into a s^hort 

 erect mucro ; hypogynous bristles 0. Stamens 3, reaching i in, long ; 

 anthers -^ in. long, linear, obtuse, yellow. Nut -^ in. long, obovoid, 

 trigonous, with a somewhat pyramidal apex, smooth, not rugose with 

 transverse wavy lines, yellow ; style reddish, -^ in. long ; stigmas as 

 long as the style. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 657 ; Boeck. in Linnsea, v. 36 

 (1870) p. 706; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 432.— 

 Flowers : Dec. 



KoNKAN : Goa, Woodrow. Sind : Pinwilll, Woodrow. — Distrib. India (Bandelkand, 

 W. Peninsula) ; Africa, Madagascar. 



5. Scirpus maritimus, Linn. /S)?. PL (1753) p, 51. G-labrous ; 

 rhizome creeping, bearing tubers ; stems 1-3 ft. long, stout, triquetrous. 

 Leaves grass-like, harsh, numerous, often as long as the stem, i— ^ in. 

 broad, keeled ; sheaths long. Inflorescence terminal or subterminal, 

 umbellate with rays of unequal length ; bracts 3-5, leaf-like, the longest 

 much exceeding the inflorescence, keeled, finely pointed. Spikelets 3-8 

 or solitary on each ray (or umbel rarely reduced to a head of 3-1 spike- 

 lets), f- 1 in. long and often i in. in diam., ovate-oblong or cylindric, 

 reddish-brown, Griumes ^ in. long, broadly ovate, strongly keeled, 

 membranous, glabrous or puberulous, brown or golden-brown, bi6d at 

 the apex and with a long subrecurved mucro about ^V ^^- lo"g formed 

 by the production of the keel between the apical lobes ; hypogynous 

 bristles 3-6, unequal, ^\ - ^\ in. long, shorter than the nut, slender, 

 retrorsely scabrid. Stamens 3, reaching ^ in. long. Nut i in. long, 

 obovoid, obtusely trigonous, umbonate, quite smooth, pale yellow, nearly 

 white ; stvle yo~i ^^- ^^'^S ' stigmas 3, as long as the style, Fl, B, I. 

 V, 6, p. 658 ; Dalz. & Gibs, p. 288 ; Boeck, in Linn^a, v, 36 (1870) 

 p. 722 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 2, p. 491. Scirpus tridentatus, 

 Eoxb. Hort, Beng. (1814) p, 81 ; Fl. Ind. v. 1 (1832) p, 225 ; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 233,— Flowers : Nov. 



KoNKAN : Bombay, Woodrow. Deccan : Miraj, Woodrow. Gujarat : Umrat, 

 Woodrow'. Sind: Dalselll, Stocks, 1094!; Karachi, Woodrow. — Distrib. India 

 (Kashmir, Kashgar, Moradabad, W. Peninsula) ; Old World with vars. in Australia 

 and America, 



Vae, affinis, C. B, Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B, I, v. 6 (1893) p. 659. 

 Spikelets capitate, usually 3-1, large, ovoid-lanceolate ; glumes straw- 

 colored, sparingly hairy ; hypogynous bristles 4, as long as the nut ; 

 nut small; stigmas 2. Prain, Beng, PL p. 1159. Scirpus offinis (sp.). 

 Both, Nov. PI. Sp, (1821) p. 30 ; Nees, in Wight, Contrib. (1834) 

 p. 111. 



Konkan : Bombay, Law ! Deccan : Nasik, Cooke ! Sind : Bahell \ 



6. Scirpus grossus, Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) p, 104, Eootstock 

 stout, stoloniferous or not ; root-fibres thick ; stem 6-10 ft, high, as 

 thick as the little finger, triquetrous, spongy, with concave sides and 

 smooth angles. Leaves few, radical, 2-3 ft. by | in,, much keeled, 



