632 CLXXII. CTPERACBJB. (C. B. Clarke.) \_Finibristylis. 



Throughout INDIA, alt. 0-2000 ft., from KUMAON and ASSAM, to CEYLON and 

 MALACCA. DISTRIB. E. Asia' Malaya, Australia. 



Glabrous. Stems 4-12 in., slender, obscurely quadrangular; uppermost sheath 

 produced on one side, 0- in. Spikelet -f in. Glumes ovate, scarcely mucronate, 

 pale or chestnut with green keel ; lowest 2-3 empty, much shorter than spikelet. 

 Stamens usually 2. Style nearly as long as nut, flattened, slightly villous at top ; 

 branches shorter than style. Nut as long as ^- glume, biconvex, with 4-7 strong 

 transverse ridges. 



3. F. setacea, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. [1843] 239; 

 stem bristle-like, leafless (see var.) with one slender erect lanceolate spike- 

 let, style 2-fid, nut very small obovoid transversely wavy wrinkled white. 

 F. aeuminata, /3 MWW*, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. Sl^Boeck. in Linneea, 

 xxxvii. 4. Isolepis cochleata, Steud. Syn. Cyp. 100. * 



5. BURMA, Kurz. SINGAPORE, Kurz, Ridley. DISTRIB. Amboyna, N. Aus- 

 tralia. 



Stem 4-6 in. Spikelet i by ? in. Glumes pale, thin, almost (except keel) 

 hyaline. Differs from F. acuminata by its slenderness and very small nut. 



Var. brevifolia (sp.) Steud. I. c. 72 (sub AUUgaardia) ; leaves more or less 

 developed, sometimes nearly as Ion g as stem. Philippines, Australia. 



4. P. nutans, Vahl Enum. ii. [1806] 285 ; stem nearly leafless, spike- 

 let oblong or ovoid often oblique, style 2-fid, nut obovoid transversely wavy 

 wrinkled white rarely discoloured. Neesin Wight Contrib. 96 ; Thw. JSnum. 

 348 ; Boeck. in Linneea, xxxvii. 5. Scirpus nutans, Retz Obs. iv. 12. 



KHASIA HILLS, alt. 2500 ft., C. B. Clarice. BURMA, Griffith, &c. NICOBARS, 

 Kurz. CEYLON, Tliwaites, &c. DISTRIB. Borneo, China, Australia. 



Stem 8-20 in. Spikelet % by in. Glumes rusty-brown, lowest a little larger, 

 much shorter than the spikelet, deciduous. Hardly differs from F. acuminata but 

 by the rather broader, oblique spikelet. 



fft Nut obovoid', smooth, reticulate (i.e. outermost cells arranged as brick- 

 wall parenchyma), 



5. 1% polytrichoides, Vahl Enum. ii. [1806] 248 ; slender, glabrous, 

 stem with 1 (rarely 2-3) ellipsoid-oblong obtuse spikelet, glumes ovate 

 obtuse, style 2-fid, nut smooth brown-black often slightly white-scaly on 

 shoulders. Nees in Wig Jit 'Contv^. 96 ; Thw. Enum. 348. F. sub-bulbosa, 

 Boeck. in Flora, xli. 598. F. juncea, Boeck. in Linncea, xxxvii. 4 (not of 

 Roem. & Sc~fi.),. Scirpus polytrichoides, Setz. Obs. iv. 11. Isolepis P, Wall. 

 Cdt. 3487 B (partly), C, .3532. .Swwpfc. Ami. vi. 17,, t. 7, fig. 1. 



From BENGAL to CEYLON and MALACCA, common near the sea. DISTRIB. 

 ^Tropics of Old World. ' ^ -> 



Stems 1^-8 in. Leaves about haif as long as stem ^ sheaths glabrous or obscurely 

 puberulous. Spikelet commonly i by ^ in. Glumes many, densely imbricate on all 

 sides, fuscous brown ; 2-3 lowest empty, often like the others, but lowest sometimes 

 1 in., as though a continuation of stem. Stamens 3-1. Style rather shorter than 

 nut, glabrous, base little dilated. Nut as long as ^ glume, obovoid, biconvex; 

 outermost cells in about 30 rows on each face, ultimately niarcescent scarious. 



Var. HALOPHILA (sp.), Kurz ms. ; stems and leaves stouter, spikelet up to 

 by -i in. BENGAL ; Soondreebun, Kurz. MADRAS j Nellore, Gamble. 



6. F. te nuicula, Boeck. in Linntsa, xxxviii. 385 ; stem bristle-like, 

 sheaths hairy, spikelet cylindric-lanceolate, glumes ovate obtuse minutely 



