642 CLXXII. CYPERACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Fimbristylis. 



Series C. Spikelets all (or nearly all) solitary. 

 * Stem with few (sometimes 3-1) spikelets. 



31. P. tenera, Eoem. & Sch. Syst. ii., Mant. 57; stems 8-12 in. 

 slender, umbel lax subcompound, spikelets ellipsoid ultimately cylindric- 

 lanceolate, glumes ovate acuminate submucronate glandular-puberulous, 

 style 3-fid, nut obovoid white smooth or subtuberculate coarsely reticulate. 

 JSoeck. in Linnsea, xxxvii. 26. F. muriculata, Benth. in Hook. Niger. PL 

 554. ScirpusHenellus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 224. Trichelostylis tenella, Nees 

 in Wight Gontrib. 103. 



DECCAN PIJNINSULA, Wight. DISTBIB. Trop. Africa. 



Soots fibrous.. Stems tufted, 4-5-angular under umbel, base sometimes thickened. 

 Leaves as long as \ stem, ^V~Ta in. broad, flat, glabrous. Umbel 1-2 in. in diam., 

 with 7-9 spikelets ; bracts 2-3, bristle-like, up to 1 in. long. Spikelets by -fa in., 

 about 10-fld. Glumes adpressed, boat-shaped, chestnut-red, margins scarious. Sta- 

 mens often 2. Style longer than nut, glabrous, deciduous with pyramidal style-base. 

 Nut as long as f glume, round-trigonous. Described from Nees' type in Herb. 

 Wight. 



Var. oxylepis, (sp.) Steud. Syn. Cyp. 110; glumes glabrate, nut verrucose 

 yellow-brown. F. glabra, Steud. I.e. 111. Fimbristylis, Wall. Cat. 3514 B, E, 

 partly, 3531. From Lahore and Bengal to Madras. 



Var. ? obtusata ; leaves numerous ^ in. broad obtuse, glumes glabrate not mu- 

 cronate, nut verrucose yellow-brown (spikelets sometimes clustered). Lower Bengal, 

 Wallich, Kurz. Singapore, Ridley. Borneo. 



32. P. monticola$ Steud. Syn. Gyp. Ill ; glabrous, stems 6-14 in. 

 slender, umbel lax simple or hardly compound, spikelets oblong-lanceolate, 

 glumes ovate acute, style 3-fid, nut broadly obovoid brown slightly tubercled. 

 F. tenuifolia, Thw. Enum. 434 Fimbristylis, Wall. Gat. 3514 A. 



SOUTH MADRAS and CEYLON ; Cannanore, Campbell. NILGHIRI HILLS, Hohe- 

 nac'ker. ANAMALLAYS, Eeddome. 



Leaves bristle-like, margins (when dry) incurved. Umbel 1 in. in diam., with 

 4-8 spikelets ; rays ultimately recurved deflexed. Nut as lon^ as --f glume, acutely 

 trigonous ; outermost cells transversely oblong, in 12-15 irregular vertical series. 

 Otherwise as F. tenera. 



33. P. mergnensis, C. B. GlarJce\ stems 1 ft. rather slender, leaves 

 several short, umbel once compound, spikelets largeish lanceolate, style 

 3-fid, nut small obovoid straw-colrd. smooth. F. Thwaitesii, var. Boeclc. 

 ms. Trichelostylis sp., n. 21, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. & T. T. 



MALAY PENINSULA; Mergui, Griffith; Tenasserim, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 

 330). 



Glabrous. Moots fibrous. Stems tufted, obscurely 3-4-angular under umbel. 

 Leaves as long as -^ stem, narrow, flat, tip obtuse. Umbel 1-3 in. in diam., with 

 12 spikelets; bracts scarcely ^ in. Spikelets nearly by $ in., terete, acute, fine 

 rusty-brown. Glumes erect adpressed, rigid, ovate, shortly acuminate. Stamens 

 3-2. Style leng, white, glabrous, deciduous with the narrowly pyramidal style-base. 

 Nut as long as j glume, trigonous, minutely mucronate. 



34. P. Fierotii, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 145 ; stoloniferous, 

 glabrous, stems 1 ft. somewhat slender, umbel simple or once compound, 

 style 3-fid, nut obovoid straw-colrd. laxly reticulate smooth or somewhat 

 tubercled. BoecJc. in Linntea, xxxvii. 32. Trichelostylis sp., n. 20, Serb. 

 Ind. Or. H.f. & T. T. 



