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Scrrevs.] CYPERACE 2. 361° 
5. S. Roylei, (Nees) comb. nova. 8S. quinquefarius, Ham. ex 
Beck, in Linnea XXXVI (1869-70), 701; F. B. I. vi, 657; 
Prain, Beng. Pl. 1160 ; Cooke, Fl. Bomb, ii, 892. Isolepis lupulina, 
Nees and I. Roylei, Nees in Wight Contrib, (1834), 107, ‘ 
Roots fibrous. Stems 6-18 in. high, terete, tufted, when dried and 
pressed up to 75 in. wide, often conspicuously septate, sheaths loose, 
membranous, mouth oblique. Spikelets }-} in. long, 1-9 in a single 
dense lateral head situated about the middle of the stem. Glumes 
4 in. long, elliptic-oblong, mucronate, membranous, multistriate, 
” keeled, brownish straw-colored. Bristles 0. Style 2-fid. Nut as for 
S. articulatus. 
Saharanpur (Royle), Ajmer (Duthie), Jhansi (Duthie), Gwalior (Maries), 
Dholpur (Jameson), Aligarh, Etah, Etawah (Duthie). Dusrrrs. 
Throughout India, Afghanistan, Turkestan, Africa. 
6. S. squarrosus, Linn. Mant. (1771), 181; F. B. I. vi, 663; 
Prain, Beng. Pl. 1158 ; Cooke, Fl. Bomb. ii, 896 ; Collett, Fl. Siml. 
564, 
Annual, tufted, roots fibrous. Stems 2-6 in. high, filiform, terete, 
sheaths short membranous, the older slit down to the base, leaves 
1 in. long or less, filiform. Spikelets }-} in. long, softly bristly from 
the tips of the glumes, solitary or 2-4 in a head, bracts 1-3, the Ic asest 
usually erect (so that the spikelets appear lateral) and about 1 in. 
long. Glumes 7; in. long excluding the cusp which is slightly re- 
curved and as long as or rather longer than the rest of the glume, 
trapeziform, suddenly narrowed into the cusp. Sristles 0. Style 
minute with 3 recurved stigmas. Nut {, in. long, narrowly obovoid, 
trigonous, brown, finally black. 
Dehra Dun (Duthie). A common rains weed in flower pots and similar 
moist places. Distris. Throughout India, tropical Africa, China. 
7. S. kyllingoides, Back. in Linnea XXXVI (1870), 733; F. 
B. I. vi, 662; Prain, Beng, Pl. 1160; Cooke, Fl. Bomb. ii, 895 
Perennial, slender stolons sometimes present. Stems 3-6 in, high, 
rarely more, slender, base thickened. Leaves half as long as the 
stem, 3, in. broad, grass-like. Head }-} in. diam., terminal, of 
5-15 spikelets, bracts 3-4, leaf-like, spreading or pendent, 1-3 in. 
long. Glumes ovate, contracted rather suddenly into a linear obtuse 
tip. Bristles 0. Style 3-fid. Nut minute, } the length of the glume 
oblong-obovoid, unequally trigonous, smooth, brown or black, 
