Fimbrwtylis.] CLXXII. CYPERACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 639 



Wight Contrib. 97; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. PL 287 ; Thw. Enum. 348 ; Boeck. 

 in Linnsea, xxxvii. 16. F. arvensis, Vdhl Enum. ii. 291. F. marginata, 

 Labill. Sert. Austro-Caledon. ii. t. 16, fig. 1. F. Roxburghii, Dietr. Sp. 

 PI. ii. 162. F. confinis, Steud. Syn. Gyp. 115. F. trispicata, Steud.l.c. 

 107, F. cyrtophylla, Miq. Fl Ind. Bat. iii. 325. F. ochreata,l?oeefc. in Flora 

 xli. 599 (cf. xliii. 177), F. andamanica, Kurz Andaman Rep. Append. 

 B, 21. Scirpus ferrugineus, Linn. Sp. PI. 74. S. arvensis, Retz Obs. iv. 

 11 (not of Eoxl.}. S. globulosus, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 217 (not Fimlr. 

 globulosa, Kunth). S. tristachyus, Hoxb. I. c. 221. S. tranquebariensis. 

 Roth. Catal. Bot. iii. 6 (see BoecJc. in Flora, xliii. 36). Schcemis poly- 

 morphus, Motfb. Descr. et Ic. 67. Fimbristylis, Wall. Gat. 3506 (mainly), 

 3522, 3527. 



Throughout INDIA, alt. 0-3000 ft., abundant near the sea. ^- 

 regions. 



Rhizome none or hardly any. Stems 8-30 in., tufted, base slightly thickened, 

 often clothed by shining hard rusty scales. Leaves usually hardly any, sometimes 

 4-6 in., very narrow. Umbel usually of 5-10 spikelets, sometimes with 20 spikelets, 

 rarely with 1-3 spikelets ; bracts shorter than umbel, often very short. /Spikelets 

 f in. Glumes obtuse scarcely mucronate, brown, tip incurved, keel green. Stamens 

 3 or 2 ; filaments ligulate ; anthers not crested. Style longer than nut, flattened, 

 villous below bifurcation. Nut as long as $ glume, shortly stalked; outermost 

 cells small, in numerous longitudinal series. 



Var. ? tenuissima, stems 16 in. very slender slightly flattened with 1-3 small 

 pale spikelets, glumes nearly glabrous, nut very smooth. CEYLON ; Mrs. Marriot 

 (Herb. Delessert). Leaves 1-6 in., very slender. Bracts % in. Spikelets % in., 

 ellipsoid. Glumes with obscure round red glands. Nut as of F. ferruginea. This 

 looks like a distinct species, but only known by one sheet of specimens. 



23. P. compressa, Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxviii. 387 (not of Roem. & 

 Sell.} ; stems long base slender, leaves longish, umbel twice or thrice com- 

 pound, spikelets cylindrical, glumes dusky-brown puberulous, style 2-fid, 

 nut obovoid smooth dusky-brown. F. tenuifolia, Nees ms. F. gracilis, 

 Arnott ms. Scirpus fuscus, Roxb. ms. 



MADEAS, Roxburgh, Wight. MEBGUI, GriffitH. TENASSEEIM, Heifer. 



Stems 8-20 in., 3-5-angular under umbel, basal sheaths herbaceous. Leaves 8 

 in., very narrow, glabrous, sheaths often finibriate hairy in mouth. Umbel often 

 45 in. diarn. with 2540 spikelets; bracts frequently overtopping umbel. Spikelets 

 nearly ^ in. long, glumes very densely imbricate. Otherwise as F. ferruginea, to 

 which it is specifically very near. 



24. F. long ispica, Steud. Syn. Cyp. 118 ; nearly glabrous, stems 

 middle-sized, leaves long, umbel compound or decompound, spikelets 

 cylindric-lanceolate rusty green, style bifid, nut obovoid smooth, minutely 

 reticulate finally brownish. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 325. F. Buergueriand 

 F. ferruginea, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 144. F- spaclicea, var. /3 

 major, Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxvii. 20. 



SINGAPOEE ; Pahang, Ridley. DISTEIB. Malaya, China, Japan. (The Ameri- 

 can F. spadicea is hardly separable). 



Leaves as long as |-f stem, stout, flat. Umbel 1-3 in. diam. ; branches suberect ; 

 lowest bract overtopping umbel. Spikelets by -^ in., terete, hard. Glumes ovate, 

 scarcely apiculate, erect, closely imbricate, horny, rusty brown with 3 green nerves 

 on back. Style and stamens nearly as in F. diphylla. Nut as long as f glume, 

 very shortly stalked ; outermost cells small, in about 20 series on each face, 

 i.e. nut slenderly obscurely 20-striate on each face, subtrabeculate between the 

 striations. 



