f 



FimlristylisJ] CLXXII. CYPERACE/E* (C. B. Clarke.) 647 



i 



105 r ( least in part) not Scirp. Salbundius, Ham. in Wall. Cat. n. 3499 

 A, nor F. Salbundia, Boeck.). Fimbristylis, Wall. Cat. 3499 C. in 

 Herb. Berlin (not in Herb. Linn. Soc.), 2526, 3527 (in Herb< DC. not in 

 Linn. Soc.)'. 



SILHET ; Wallich. KnAsiA HILLS, Griffith. AMHEEST ; Wallich n. 3527 

 (in Herb. DC.). DISTRIB. Australia. 



Glabrous. Rhizome very short, obliquely descending. Stems tufted, acutely 

 angular. . Umbel 2-4 in. diam. ; bracts scarcely an inch, bristle-like. Spikelets |~|- 

 in., angular, about 10-fld. Glumes ovate obtuse, margins broadly scarious. Has 

 been greatly confused with the leafless form of F. quinquayigularis, from which it is 

 easily known by the testaceous spikelets, polygonal by reason of the acutely keeled 

 glumes. 



Series D. Spikelets clustered (some solitary often added). 



46. Pi leptoclada, Bentli. Fl. Honglt. 393 (not Fl. Austral.) ; stems 

 1 foot slender, leaves long narrow, spikelets small in 1-3 small clusters 

 dark brown, glumes very obtuse tip ciliate, style 3- fid, nut obovoid yellow- 

 brown verrucose. F. retusa, Thw. Enum. 349 ; Boeck. in Linncea, xxxvii. 

 46 ; Hance in Lond. Journ. Bot. xvi. 112. V 



CEYLON ; TJuvaites. MALACCA ; Griffith. DISTRIB. Borneo, China. 



Annual, glabrous. Leaves as long as ^ stem (or all stem) ^"rV in - broad. 

 Umbel ^-1 in., often congested into a head ; bracts hardly ^ in. Spikelets usually 

 3-8, in., ellipsoid, obtuse. Stamen often 1. Style as long as nut, glabrous, deci- 

 duous with the shortly pyramidal style- base; branches linear. Nut as long as f 

 glume, round trigonous. 



47. F- paupercula* BoecJc. in Linnsea, xxxviii. 396; stems 1 ft. 

 slender, clusters of spikelets in a simple umbej, style 3-fid, nut obovoid 

 with many longitudinal striations finally black. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; Pulney Mts. ; Wight (n. 2896). 



Nearly glabrous. Rhizome short, obliquely descending. Stem under umbel 

 5-angular, minutely scabrous pilose. Leaves as long as stem, narrow. Umbel 

 rays 4-5, 1 in. long ; bracts hardly ^ in. Spikelets 2-7 to a cluster, i in. long, 

 ellipsoid, brown, about 6-fld. Glumes ovate, keel slightly excurrent as a macro, 

 glandular upwards, sometimes puberulons. Nut as long as glume, triquetrous, N 

 apex obtuse ; outer cells shortly transversely elliptic, regularly arranged in about 

 16 vertical series on each face. This is in Herb. Calcutt., Paris, and Berlin ; but 

 not in Mus. Brit, or Kew. 



48. P. junciformis, Kunth Enum. ii. 239 ; stems 4-16 in., leaves 

 several rigid, umbel compound and decompound, spikelets clustered, style 

 3-fid, nut obovoid nearly smooth or verrucose straw-colrd. or pale brown. 

 BoecJc. in Linnsea, xxxvii. 49. F. Hsenkei, Dietr. Sp. PI. ii. 161. F. 

 chsetorrhiza, Kunth 1. c. 240; Strachey Gat. PI. ii. 73. F. falcata, Kunth 

 I. c. 239. Scirpus falcatus, Vahl Enum. ii. 275. Isolepis falcata, Roern. 

 & Sch. Syst. ii. 118. Trichelostylis junciformis and chaetorrhiza, Nees in 

 Wight Contrib. 106. Fimbristylis, Wall. Gat. 3519 (partly), 3520. 



Throughout INDIA, alt. 1500-5000 ft., from KASHMIR and ASSAM to MADRAS and 

 PEGU. DISTRIB. Madagascar, Philippines. 



Glabrous. Rhizome woody, short ; or sometimes 2 in. long horizontal. Stems 

 tufted, rigid, upwards 4-5-angular or obscurely flattened. Leaves usually short but 

 sometimes as long as ^-f stem, -Y%-% in. broad, flat, margins incurved, tip obtuse. 

 Umbel 1-4 in. diam., with 20-30 clusters, often much smaller with 3-5 clusters j 

 bracts 2-4, short, rarely 1 in. Spikelets 2-5 to a cluster, with none or few solitary 



