1140 BENGAL PLANTS. [ Cyperus. | 
recurved mucro; nut obovoid, obtuse ; spikes say of 3-10 
spikelets ressus. 
Glumes_ ovate- Lis ha many-striate, pigale ee a& 
ecurved bristle; nut oblong or narrowly obovoid; umbel 
sneha simple or edie to. One Head ce eosees aristatus. 
Glumes muticous or scarcely apiculate; nut nearly as long 
as parr ; spikelets long, spicate or subracemose ; stamens 2-3 
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. Tria. 
swith woody rhi d often long stol ” 1139 | 
gree compressed :— 
condary umbels condensed into rigid square or oblong, 
ik Baba 
compound spikes kensis. 
Secondary umbels corymbose :— 
orymbs close-set :— | 
Rachis of spike scabrous-pilose pilosus. ; 
Rachis of spike nearly glabrous ...pilosus var. polyantha. 
Corymbs lax :—- 
Rachis of spike glabrous procerus. 
Rachis of spike seabrous-pilose 
procerus var. lasiorrhachis. 
Spikelets spicate :— ; 
Leaves long (over 6 in.) often equalling the stem :— 
Rhizome very short, ares 3 .. Thomsoni. q 
Rhizome stoloniferous 
ature spikelets patent: glumes obtuse .....-++++.- dis 
peeve’ —— collapsing, tufted; glumes Bese 
nutans. 
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ace pete (6 in. or a rarely as much as half the length 
f the stem; stem terete malaccensis. 
tRachilla of sp ikelets distinctly winged :—[p. 1139] 
Ree eaves short, rarely aoa ae long: as es ne aie 1141 
Te ae a 
; spikelets 
uk :—[p. 1 41] 
Stems ae grass-like; stolons very slender; — 
pale straw-coloured riosus. 
Stems stout, rush-like ; stolons stout 
+Spikelets pale straw-coloured ; bencks very short, rarely 
half as long as the umbel-rays:—[p. 1141] 
Bracts subturgid and ovate at base, margins not re- 3 
curved; stem w dry, almost always with distinct 
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stem without any false joints................65 ean 
