Nalas.| — ERIOCAULACE, 317 
Stem rather stout (for the genus), toothed, fragile. Leaves 4-1} in. 
long, subternately whorled, linear, almost pinnatifidly toothed, teeth 
4-8 on either side and a few on the back; sheath with rounded sides 
entire or minutely denticulate. Outer perianth (or spathe) present 
in the male flowers. Anthers 4-celled. 
There are no specimens from the area but as it is found in Kashmir, 
Afghanistan, Sind, Central Provinces, Bengal, etc., it is certain to 
oceur. Distrip. Cosmopolitan. 
2. N. minor, Allione, Fl. Pedem. wi (1785) 221; F. B. I. vi, 
569; Prain, Beng. Pl. 1125; Cooke, Fl. Bomb. ii, 840; Rendle,. 
Le. 14. 
Stem very slender, much-branched, fragile. Leaves 4-3 in. long, very 
nalTowly linear, teeth small 6-10 or in vigorous examples 12-15 on 
either side; sheath rounded or truncate, toothed. Outer perianth. 
present in the male flowers. Anthers 1-celled. 
Bundelkhand (Duthie 7092). Haldwani (Parker). Distrris. C. & 8S. 
Europe and N. Africa to Japan. 
3. N. graminea, / el. Fl. Egypte (1812) 282, t. 50, fig. 3; FP. B. 
I. vi, 569; Prain Beng. Pl. 1125; Rendle, 1. c. 18. 
Stem slender, fragile, internodes short towards the apex of the stem 
making the plant plumose. Leaves 3-1} in. long, ternately whorled 
or fascicled, very narrowly linear or subulate, teeth very minute 
30-50 on either side ; sheath with prominent erect linear, denticulate 
auricles. Outer perianth wanting in both sexes. Anthers 4-celled. 
Dehra Dun (Parker) common. Firs. Aug.-Sept. Distrip. most parts 
of the old world. 
CXXI.—ERIOCAULACE £. 
Marsh or aquati« scapigerous herbs. Leaves » arrow with sheath- 
ing bases, grass-like, rosulate when the stems are short, Flowers 
very minute, in involucrate heads, bracteate, unisexual, usually 
monecious, perianth inferior. Male flowers: sepals 2-3, free, or 
connate and equally or spathaceously divided; petals 2-3, equal 
or unequal, often very obseure, inserted on the top of a clavate 
