Fimbristyles.] cyperace^. 391 



Stems 2 to 6 in. Nuts minutely tuberculate. 

 Leaves narrow, flaccid. Spikelets usually green. 



Bulb of the style with a few hairs reflexed on the nut . . 8. F. squarrosa. 



Bulb of the style quite glabrous 9. F. aestivalis. 



Leaves stiff, spreading. Umbel very compact. Spikelets brown 10. F. Wightiana. 

 Styles 3-cleft. 



Spikelets numerous, distinct, in loose compound umbels. 



Stem much flattened. Spikelets oblong, 3 to 4 lines long . . U. F. complanata. 

 Stem slender, 4-angled. Spikelets ovoid or globular, 1 line long 12. F. miliacea. 

 Spikelets (very small) in 2 or more dense clusters, 1 sessile, the 



others pedunculate . 13. F. leptoclada. 



1. F. nutans, Vahl ; Kunth, Enum. ii. 221. Stems tufted, slender, 6 

 in. to 1 ft. high, with a short sheath at their base. No other leaves. Spike- 

 let solitary, terminal, usually oblique or nodding, with a short glume-like 

 bract at the base, ovoid -oblong, rather acute, about 4 lines long. Glumes 

 broad, pale brown, striate, obtuse or with a minute point. Style 2-cleft, flat- 

 tened, ciliate on the edges. Nut white or pale brown, transversely marked 

 with deep ridges and furrows. 



Hongkong, Harland. In Ceylon, Bengal, Silhet, and Borneo. 



2. F. acuminata, Vahl ; Kunth, Enum. ii. 221. Very near the last, 

 but the spikelet is erect, narrower and more acute, of the pale straw-colour of 

 F. schoenoides. The nuts when fully ripe, as well as the style, appear to me 

 to be quite the same. — F. setacea, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 139. 



Hongkong, Hance, Wright. In Nepal, Java, and Borneo. 



3. F. schoenoides, Vahl ; Kunth, Enum. ii. 222. Stems and leaves 

 filiform, densely tufted ; the stems 6 in. to 1 ft. high ; the leaves shorter. 

 Spikelets 1, 2, or rarely 3 ; 1 sessile, the others pedunculate, about 3 lines 

 long, ovate and very obtuse, with a subulate leafy bract usually rather longer 

 or sometimes scarcely any. Glumes broad, obtuse or scarcely pointed, pale 

 straw-colour, scarious on the edges. Style 2-cleft, flat, ciliate on the edges. 

 Nut white or brown, obovate, sessile, minutely punctate or tuberculate under 

 a strong lens. 



Hongkoug, Wright. Widely distributed over India, from Ceylon and the Peninsula to 

 the Archipelago, and uorthwards to the Himalaya. 



4. F. subbispicata, Nees, PI. Meyen. 75. Stems 1 to 2 ft. high, slen- 

 der and rush-like, with 2 or 3 sheaths at the base bearing short narrow leaves. 

 Spikelet solitary (or sometimes 2 ?), 7 to 10 lines or sometimes near 1 in. long, 

 with a stiff subulate leafy bract at the base often longer than the spikelet. 

 Glumes broad, thin, brown, 1-nerved. Style 2-cleft, flattened, ciliate on the 

 edges. Nut raised on a conspicuous stalk, rounded, minutely punctate under 

 a strong lens. 



Hongkong, Harland, Wright. On the adjoining continent and in the Philippines. 



5. F. podocarpa, Nees, PI. Meyen. 77. Nearly allied to the last, of 

 which it has the stipitate nuts. The leaves are longer, the involucral leafy 

 bract shorter, and there are usually 3 to 6 spikelets, one sessile, the others 

 pedunculate, each one only 4 to 5 lines long. 



Hongkong, Hance, Wright. In the Peninsula of India, in the Himalaya and the Indian 

 Arcbipelago. 



6. F. ferruginea, Vahl; Kunth, Enum. ii. 236. Stems f to 1 ft. high, 



