Rynchospora.] CYPERACEE. 1133 
Chota Na, 
A slender ‘an 1:5-3 feet high. 
2372. ScLERIA BIFLORA Roxb.; F. I. iii. 573; F. B. I. vi. 687. 
. Bengal; E. Benga 
A bisedee: herb, 1-2 feet high. 
2373. ScLERIA TESSELLATA Willd.; F. B. I. vi. 686. 
In most of the provinces. 
A slender herb, 1-2 feet high. 
2374. ScLeRIA HEBECARPA Nees; F. B. I. vi. 689. 
Behar; Chota Nagpur. 
A slender herb, 2-3 feet high. 
2375. SCLBRIA ELATA Thw.; F. B. I. vi. 690. S. lithosperma 
A robust herb, 6-9 feet high. 
2376. ScLerra sumaTRENSIS Retz; F. B. I. vi. 693. S. setigera 
F. I. iii. 575. 
Sundribuns ; Chittagong. 
A stout herb, 4-6 feet high. 
1029. Diplacrum Bk. Br. 
‘age tufted, glabrous, annual herbs, with leafy stems; leaves 
ar. Spikelets in small, dense, axillary clusters at the mouths 
of the leaf-sheaths, minute and 1-sexual. ¢ Spikelets 1-2-flowered; 
glumes about 3, narrow, membranous. Stamens 1-2; anthers 
minute, ¢ Spikelets 1-flowered; glumes 4, distichous, 2 lower 
ovary minute ; style bias stigmas 38. Fruit a globose nut. 
2377, pica RUM caRIcINuM R. Br. Scleria caricina F. 
i. 668 
ies Bengal ; Chittagong. 
A slender herb, 3-8 in. high. 
Rynchospora Vahl. 
1030. 
Tall herbs ; stems simple, leafy throughout or rarely at the base 
only, stout or slender ; leaves narrow, often filiform. Spikelets 
With 1 or 2 bisexual flowers; bracts various. Glwmes imbricate 
round the rachilla, es or aera 1-veined, 3 or 4 
lower shorter, empty, the next 1 or 2 fruiting, the a 
