236 cyPERACEd (Clarke). [Ficinia. 
Glumes ovate, acuminate; bracts shorter 
the head , (12) punctata. 
than ‘i 
+t Leaves usually present ; Be. 
ikelets 1-5 (ocea- 
sionally more in F. albicans), digitate : 
Flo ee very a Be seen hardly 
excurren 
ica. 
ikeets very at scarcely 3 in. 
lon 
Spikelets chestnut-brown ; leaf. 
sheaths white margined ... ... (18) filiformis. 
Spikelets chesttsbrown leat- 
sheaths pale brown (14) bergiana. 
ag greenish-white ; “glumes 
poi . (18) albicans. 
= rather larger, 2 4 in. tong 
tol sent . (15) stolonifera. 
Solo s none seen ; “stems “4-8 in, 
ong . (16) tristachya. 
Stolons none Been ; 3 ‘stems 12- 16 ix in. 
(17) involuta, 
aiseya gga oblong, ‘narrowed at the top, 
, oF mucronate : 
Upper sheaths leafless; basal leaves flat, 
2 in. broad we .. (20) quinquangularis. 
Upper shea with a long leaf : 
triangular, acute, hardly 
mu eectiate . (19) subacuta, 
Glumes with a strong green ex. 
ent mucro (21) tribracteata. 
Glumes ie with a most minute 
red mu . (22) acuminata. 
ttt par —_— present giaatons 5-10 or mor e, 
t least in of the heads. Glumes mucro- 
iu or siiate 2 
Uppermost leaf 3-2 in. long ... si ... (23) elongata. 
Uppermost leaf sangeet 
Stems capillary 
Glumes one “white-edged ae . (24) kunthians. 
Glumes white-edged be . (25) MacOwani. 
Stems a eae rigid ; 
Nat “ ‘ . (26) cinnamomea. 
Nut transversely w avy (27) tenuifolia. 
+ttt — present ; wat scanned bracts often 
e than 2, somewhat dilated at the bas ase : 
iow er- glumes fim mbriate: 
Le ar a on with white edges much torn 
olly (28) paradoxa, 
Leases flat, 35 in. broad ; leaf-sheaths 
.. (29) laciniata. 
Plowerglues not fimbriate : 
ee "ese t, thick, cor in. broad, trun- 
aes ives with white scarious edges .. er truncata. 
Leaves sdesonioar white scarious edges (31) premorsa. 
Leaves very narro 
Nut sinooth : 
Stem and leaves ges) rather 
slende ant ae 
tem and leaves stout . (33. 
Nut transversely li 
Heads apoardathy out dense (35) acrostachys. 
