1. Ctperus.] 138. CYPEBACE^. 



scarcely scabrous, never pilose (I would call them hirtellous, as in 

 some pilosus), spikelets more robust than in pilosus, -7 by -12—17", 

 14_40-fld., red brown, rhachilla stout, -03" wide, compressed glumes 

 boat-shaped hispid-scabrous at the top of keel, nut hardly -|- glume. 



Bhagalpur (near northern boundary). Ham. ! Fl., Fr. Sept. 



Spikelets sometimes only •25-"55" long (in some specimens named by Clarke). 

 rhachilla deeply excavated. Glumes •06-'09" long, mucronulate or minutely 

 cuspidate, same shape as in piloms. Nut elliptic-obovoid black, "Ol-'OS" long. 



26. C. procerus, Rottb. 



A yet stouter form of pilosus with larger spikelets and glumes, 

 glabrous even on the rhachides (except in var. lasiorrhachis) and with 

 relatively much smaller nuts. Secondary umbels loosely corymbed 

 of 1-5 spikes. Spikelets shining remote -6-1 '2" long, by -12" reddish, 

 20-46-fld. Glumes •09--12" long, with narrow scarious margins. 

 Nut -04" long, black, ellipsoid-obovoid, 3-quetrous. 



Monghyr, Griff, (but specimen very young) ! Hazaribagh, Clarke ! Puri, Walsh I 

 See also variety. FL, Fr. Sept.-Nov, 



Stolons elongate, clothed with long acuminate scales, bulbilliferous {Cooke). L. 

 very long, often exceeding the stems, ■25-'5" broad, thickly coriaceous or spongy. 

 Pjimary rays of umbel 3-7, stout, 1-4'' long. Rhachis of spikes rather stout, 

 angular. Bracts 2-5, sometimes up to 15" long. St. 3, anthers oblong, muticous. 

 Rhachilla sub-4-gonal, compressed, with the scars margined not winged. 



Var. lasiorrhachis, Clarke. 

 Axis of spikes scabrous-pilose. 



Ranchi, Clarke ! Hazaribagh, Clarke ! elev. 2000 ft. 



The spkts. are only about '6" long but the glumes are 'l". Bracts with filiform 

 tips. 



According to Wight, C. procerus is common in rice-field in Madras, grows to be a 

 great height and is used for making mats. 



27. C. exaltatus, Retz. 



A very robust and handsome sedge 3-6 ft. high with obtusely 

 3-gonous stems, narrow leaves occasionally longer than the stems 

 and compound umbels terminating in very numerous cylindric spikes, 

 many of Avhich are 2" long or more and -15—4" broad. Spikelets 

 numerous but distinct, usually spreading at right angles from the 

 rhachis -l-'S" long or -5" after fall of some glumes, often brightly 

 coloured. Glumes '05--0&' long, very similar to those of radiatus, 

 very acute to minutely aristate. Anthers oblong, not crested. Nut 

 pale elhpsoid '025" long, 3-gonous. Style -03", stigmas as long. 



Santal Parg., Kur%\ Ranchi (Tamar) Wood\ Manbhum, Clarke\ Fl., Fr. 

 Sept.-Nov. 



Perhaps not specifically different from C. radiatus but different in appearance 

 from the spikelets being distinct especially in the form (dives, Clarke) with 

 spreading spikelets to which all our specimens belong. Bracts of umbel 

 foliaceous, up to 2 ft, long, •2-"3'' broad with very broad base. Spkts. with a 

 lanceolate - setaceous bract at their base. Wings very narrow, sometimes 

 Appearing continuous on the straight rhachilla and not very conspicuous. 



28. C. radiatus, Vahl. 



A stout sedge 1-3 ft. high leafy below, with leaves often two-thirds 

 .as long as stem, -3" broad. Umbel simple or compound with digitate 



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