104 CYPERACE. 
FIMBRISTYLIS. 
l. Fimbristylis polytrichodes, Vahl. Nees ab E. in Wight 
Cont-1-96 in Scirpus scaber Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1-222, 
Planta cespitosa parvula 4 uncialis. Culmus glaber subangu- 
latus lineatus, foliis longior ; folia disticha linearia angusta, va- 
ginis membranaceis. Spica solitaria terminalis subnutans ses- 
silis, ovata obtusa involucro setiformi basi dilatato scarioso, 
spica breviore dorso vel postica stipat. Squamæ late, ovate 
scarioszx fusco-carnee l-nerviæ breve obtuseque mucronate, 
infima (an semper ?) vacua. Stam. 3, filam : compressis, Anth. 
erectz basi аћхг ; 1-2 aliquando abortientes. Setz hypo- 
gyne О. 
Ovar: breve crasseque stipitat; obovatum compressum 
antice posticeque convexiuseulum (at magis antice) obsole- 
tissime 3-gonum. Stylus basi valde dilatata, compressa exca- 
vata cum apice ovarii articulat. Stigmata 2. Pollen angu- 
latum. 
In arenosis nuper inundatis, paulo infra, Jumalpore: Legi 
September 14th, 1835. 
Situation and alternation of parts Pl. CXXXIX. Eig. 130. 
a. Axis. 
b. Squama. 
c, €, c. Stamina, 
d, d. Stigmata. 
2. Fimbristylis podocarpa, Nees ab. E. Wight Contr. p. 98. 
Spice umbellatim paniculate, ovata-conice undique im- 
bricate.  Squamze ovate, fertiles omnes scariose l-nerviz, 
e carinatze, nervo breve producto mucronate; Sete О. 
Stam. 1-2, lateralia! Filam. exserta «арип. Anth. bilo- 
cul. Pollen angulat. 
ex apiculatum ; conicum in bulb. excavationem recep- 
tum; Stylus basi bulbosus. Stigmata 2, hispida. 
