Fimbristylis.'] CLXXII. CYPERACE.; ; 



leafless, spikelets cuboid-ellipsoid obtuse, glumes .o;tuse, style 3-fid" (see 



var. j8), nut obovoid verrucose pale brown. Thw. Enum. 349 ; BoecJc. ii 



Linnsea, xxxvii. 45. F. umbellaris, VaJilEnuni.u. 



Syn. Gyp. 109. Scirpus umbellaris, Lam,. III. i. 



Obs. vi. 19. Isolepis globulosa, Eoem. & Sch. 



globulosa, Nees in Wight Contrib. 105. Fi 



3529. 



CEYLON, Thivaites. From NEPAL, Walllch, ASSAM, 

 Collett, to PENANG, Wallich. DISTEIB. Malaya, Tonkii 



Glabrous. Hfylzome none or scarcely any. Stems 



umbel. Lower sheaths bearing long leaves or leafless. 1 ^^ r __ ^^^ 



diam., with 20 spikelets ; often smaller, sometimes with 2JPI|RreIets ; bracts rarely 

 % in. Spifcelets ^ by in., dense-fld., dusky-brown. G-lumes concave, incurved, 

 3-nerved. Stamens often 2. Style as long as nut, deciduous with the narrowly 

 pyramidal style-base ; branches linear. Nut as long as f glume, round trigonous ; 

 outermost cells lax (i.'e. nut somewhat verrucose), shortly transversely oblong, super- 

 imposed in 12-15 vertical series in each face (i. e. nut slenderly longitudinally striate). 

 Spikelets sometimes barren at top, elougate-cylindric. 



Var. Torresiana (*pV), Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 413; style 2-fid, nut biconvex. 

 Assam, Masters. Bengal, J.D.H. Marianne Islands. No 3-fid styles could be 

 found ; the examples have the uppermost sheath leafless 1 as in typical F. globulosa. 



Var. Vicaryi ; lower sheaths with long leaves, uppermost sheath with a green 

 leaf ^-f in. long, central sessile spikelet usually deficient. Trichelostylis sp., 

 n. 16, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. fy T. Banks of the Cheuab, Thomson; Dehra Doon, 

 Vicary. 



41. F. insignis, Thw. Enum. 349 ; stems 12-16 in. robust base leafy, 

 umbel compound with about 10 large lanceolate spikelets, style 3-fid, nut 

 small obqvoid smooth white laxly reticulated. Hance in Journ. Linn Soc. 

 xiii. 132 (excl. syn. Trichelostylis, n. 20). F. Thwaitesii, BoecJc. in Linnxa, 

 xxxvii. ^4. F. amblyphylla, Steud. Syn. Gyp. 116 (the plant described in 

 Obs.}. 



CEYLON, Thwaites. DISTEIB. Borneo, China. 



Glabrous. Rhizome short, descending. Stems obscurely 4-5-angular under 

 umbel. Leaves several, as long as ^ stem, narrowish, flat, tip suddenly narrowed. 

 Umbel 1^-3^ in. in diam., sometimes simple with. 4-5 spikelets; bracts 2-3, less 

 than | in. long. Spikelets |-f by ^ in., hard, acute. Glumes i in., boat-shaped, 

 acute submucronate, brown-chestnut. Stamens 3. Style long, villous, white, 

 tardily deciduous with the narrowly pyramidal style-base. Nut as long as i-^ 

 glume, triquetrous with concave faces, obtuse almost emarginate. 



42. P. pentaptera, Kunth Enum. ii. 229 ; stems 16-36 in. leafless 

 hairy acutely 5-angular under umbel, umbel decompound, bracts small, 

 style 3-fid, nut obovoid shining brown smooth minutely reticulate. Boeck. 

 in LinnfEa, xxxvii. 30. F. Salbundia, Thw. ^Enum. 349 (not of Kunth). S. 

 quinquangularis, BoecJc. in lAnnsea, xxxvii. 42 (as to Thw. C.P. 823). Tri- 

 chelostylis pentaptera, Nees in Wight Contrib. 105. 



Ceylon, up to 6000 ft., Gardner, Thwaites. Deccan Peninsula, Wight (n. 2904, 

 in Herb. Calcutt.). 



Rhizome short, horizontal, woody. Stems somewhat thickened at base ; sheaths 

 hard, yellow-brown. Umbel 2-5 in. in diam., with sometimes 40-85 spikelets. 

 Spikelets % by -^ in., chestnut-colrd. Glumes adpressed, ovate, scarcely acute. 

 Stamens often 2. Style long, glabrous, deciduous with the narrowly pyramidal style- 

 base. Nut as long as glume. Easily recognized by the hairy stem. 



