Xyris.~] CLIX. XYRIDEJ:. (J. D. Hooker.) 365 



scape, margins smooth or scaberulous, spike ovoid-oblong, bracts orbicular 

 pale. Vahl Enum. ii. 205 ; Kunth Enum. iv. 17 ; Miquel Fl. Ind. Sat. iii. 

 529 ; Steud. Syn. PI. Gyp. 287. X. Walkeri, Am. in Wight Cat. 2373 ; 

 Kunth 1. c. 19 ; Miguel 1. c. Suppl. 6*08. XT. indica altera. Vahl Symb. iii. 

 7. X. malaccensis, Steud. 1. c. 287. Xyris No. 2, Griff. Notul. iii.' 123. 



Sandy places, often near the sea. BURMA, Griffith. SINGAPORE and MALACCA, 

 Maingay. SOUTH DECCAN PENINSULA and CEYLON, Wight, &c. DISTRIB. Borneo, 

 &c. 



Densely tufted. Leaves 6-12 by TO~S m -> ver y rigid, pungent, strongly grooved 

 on both faces, pale green. Scape l-2 ft., slender, rigid. Spike -f in., rarely 

 globose ; lateral bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, tip lacerate, keel spinulose. 

 Petals toothed. 



4. X. Wallichii, Kunth Enum. iv. 16 ; dwarf, leaves gladiate 3-6 by 

 - in. broad acuminate flaccid as long as the slender compressed scape, 

 spike very small, bracts few obovate-oblong obtuse. Steud. Syn. PI. 

 287. Xyris, No. 1, Griff. Notul. iii. 123 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 161 C 

 Cat. 6083 C. 



KHASIA HILLS, alt. 4-6000 ft., Wallich, &c. BURMA, at Moulmein, Loll. 



A slender flaccid loosely tufted species. Leaves few, often falcate, bright pale 

 green, faintly striate. Scape usually filiform, rarely stout. Spike %- in. ; bracts 

 rich brown with pale midrib and margins ; bracteoles subequal, red-brown, with 

 green midrib and pale margins; lateral spathulately oblanceolate, obtuse, quite 

 glabrous. Petals oblong, subcrenate. Style very long. 



* Leaves usually less than % in. broad, not distinctly flattened (except 

 informs o/X. pauciflora). 



5. X. schcenoides, Mart, in Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 30 ; leaves 

 narrowly linear acuminate much shorter than the very slender striate com- 

 pressed scape, spike globose or ovoid, bracts broadly oblong obtuse outer 

 nearly as long as the inner. Wall. Cat. 6084, and 6083 in part ; Kunth 

 Enum. iv. 16 ; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. iii. 529 ; Steud. Syn. PI Gyp. 287. X. 

 nilagarensis, Steud. Plant. Exsicc. Nilg. Hohenack. No. 956. 



NEPAL, Wallich. KHASIA and NILGHIEI HILLS, alt. 4-6000 ft., common. 

 CEYLON, ascending to 6000 ft., DISTRIB. China. 



Leaves 2-10 in., slender, T V~|- in. broad, tapering from the base to the tip. Scape 

 1-2 ft., stout. Spike $-% in. diani. ; bracts almost rounded, back brown, keeled 

 towards the rounded tip j lateral bracteoles oblanceolate, acuminate, dorsal ovate - 

 lanceolate. 



6. X. pauciflora, Willd. Phytogr. i. 2, 1. 1, f . 1 ; Sp. PI. i. 255 ; leaves 

 narrowly linear rigid acute smooth or scaberulous equalling or shorter 

 than the striate subterete or compressed and 2 -edged scape, spike ovoid or 

 globose, bracts orbicular-obovate pale thin with often a green tip. Vahl 

 Enum. ii. 207 ; Br. Prodr. 256 ; Mart, in Wall PI. As. Ear. iii. 29 ; Cat. 

 6083 A, B (C & D, in part), and 6086 B ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 529 ; Steud. 

 Syn. PL Gyp. 287. X. oryzetorum, Miq. in Herb. Hohenack. n. 369; 

 Steud. I. c. 286. 



Foot of the HIMALAYA, in marshes, from Nepal eastwards to BENGAL and BURMA, 

 and southwards to MALACCA and CEYLON. DISTRIB. Malaya, China and 

 Australia. 



