Rynclwspora.~] CLXXII. CYPERACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 671 



spikelets as in R. aurea, but more slender ; spikelets more clustered, less numerous, 

 in a more straggling open panicle. Nut hardly in., brown, smooth or microsco- 

 pically transversely muriculate; beak at base very narrowly pyramidal, much 

 narrower than nut. 



7. R. Hookeri, BoecJc. in Linnsea, xxxvii. 621 (Ehynchospora) ; 

 somewhat robust, nearly glabrous, spikelets in loose corymbs, style 

 very shortly 2-fid, nut obovoid chestnut-colrd. smooth suddenly narrowed 

 into a very small cylindric neck, beak linear as long aiTnut. Schc6mis 

 articulatus, Suck. Ham. ms. ((not of Roxb.}. Eynchospora, Wall. Gat. 



N.E. INDIA; alt. 0-300 ft. ASSAM ; Seebsagur, 0. B. Clarke, &c. Sylhet 

 Terai; J. D. Hooker. North Bengal; Nathpur, Hamilton, Wallich; Mudhopoor 

 Jungle, C. B. Clarke,- Pegu, Brandts (Herb. Calcutta). 



Hardly stoloniferous, lateral shoots push out from base of stem. Stems, leaves, 

 spikelets, nearly as in smaller examples of S. aurea, but corymbs much more 

 straggling irregular, spikelets 1-5-clustered. Nut ^ in. long, surmounted by the 

 minute neck also chestnufc-colrd. ; beak greenish-straw-colrd. 



Series B. DIPLOSTYLE.E, Benth. & ffoo&.f. Gen. PI. iii. 1059. Style 

 deeply divided, branches 2 long-linear. [Stem with nodes bearing leaves 

 (or leaf-like bracts) far above its base. Spikelets loosely corymbose or 

 panicled]. 



8. R. grracillima, Thw. Enum. 435 (Rhyncliospora), not of Sau- 

 valle; glabrous, very slender, spikelets solitary long-pedicelled panicled 

 bearing often 2 nuts, hypogynous bristles 0, style-branches 2 long, nut 

 broadly obovoid truncate transversely wavy- wrinkled, beak broad depressed. 

 BoecJc. in Linnsea, xxxvii. (1873), 597; Kwrz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 xlv. (1876), pt. i. 159. E. Kamphoeveneri, Boeck. in Engl. Jahrb. v. 

 508. 



CEYLON; Thwaites n. 3818. KHASIA ; J. D. Hooker. NICOBARS; Kwrz. 

 DISTRIB. Hongkong. 



Roots fibrous. Stems 2 ft. Leaves 4-12 in., setaceous. Panicle 12 by 3 in., 

 with 18 spikelets. Spikelets by ^ in., dusky brown. Glumes 7-8, obtuse, 3 or 4 

 lowest empty shorter. Style long slender, branches 2 as long as style. Nut f 

 glume, pale ash-colour; beak as broad as nut, becoming black, saddle-shaped. 



9. R. glauca, Vahl Enum. ii. 233; glabrous, panicle narrow, 

 corymbs rather small, spikelets numerous bearing 1-2 nuts, hypogynous 

 bristles scabrous with teeth pointing upwards, style-branches 2 long, nut 

 broadly obovoid truncate transversely wavy wrinkled, beak -g f nut. BoecJc. 

 in Linnsea, xxxvii. 585 (excl. the " larger" form). E. gracilis, Vahl Enum. 

 ii. 234. E. laxa, Br. Prodr. 230 ; E. laxa $ minor, Thw.' Enum. 352 (not of 

 Vahl). E. chinensis, Nees in Wight Contrib. 115 ; Boeck. I. c. 586 (the 

 Khasia plants). Eynchospora, Wall. Gat. 3421. 



KHASIA and NILGHIEI HILLS, alt. 4-6500 ft., NEPAL; Wallich. CEYLON, 

 Thwaites C.P. n. 2396, &c. DISTEIB. Warm regions of the globe. 



Rhizome biennial or perennial, short, becoming woody; lateral shoots (hardly 

 stolons) push out from base of stem. Stems tufted 1-2! ft., rather slender, nearly 

 smooth, with nodes throughout their length. Leaves 8-20 by -^-^ in., nearly 

 smooth. Panicle 12 by 1-2 in. ; axillary corymbs often 2-3, distant, peduncled, 

 | in. diam. Spikelets shortly pedicelled or somewhat clustered i in., with 6-7 

 glumes. Hypogynous bristles 6 or 5, rigid, brown, usually as long as nut rarely 

 reaching top of beak. Stamens usually 2 ; anthers not crested. Nut |-f glume, 



