>46 J. R, Drummond— On a new Scirpus from Beluchistan, 8fc, [No. 4, 



4- Nut plano-convex 

 * Style bifid 



Culms rooting separately 

 A Sheaths without laminae. 



1, Main involucral bract longer than 



the effuse panicle ... ... pectinattiSj Eoxh. 



Hab. Sea coasts and estuaries 



of Ceylon and India, Sun- 



driban (Kurz !) Coromandel 



(Heyne!) Ceylon (Thwaites ) 



Dist : — (Not known.) 



2. Main involucral bract shorter 



than the rather compact panicle... pZwmosws, B.Br. 

 Hab. Coasts of Australia (!) 

 Dist: — (uncertain) 



A A 3. Sheaths with distinct (sometimes 



submerged) laminae ... Utoralis^ Schroder 



Hab. Rivers and lagoons (in 

 brackish water only ?) 

 Affghanistan ( Griffith ex Boiss.) 

 Waziristan (Stewart!) Punjab 

 (Stewart and others !) Kathiawar 

 (Mehta in Herb. R.E. P.!) 

 Ahmedabad (Burkill ! ) Rajputana 

 ( King !) Central India (Vicary ! 

 Duthie !) 

 Dist : — Persia, Central Asia, Egypt, 

 Mediterranean to S. Portugal. 



4. Culms and barren shoots (phyl- 

 lodes) several from a common 

 rhizome ... ... sp. adhic non descripta 



Hab. Lakes and marshes 



Kashmir (C. B. Clarke!) 



Baluchistan (Duke !) (Col. 



C. A. MacMahon !) 



Dist: — (Punjab Salt Range?) 



* * Style 3-fid 



6 «••• suhulatuSf Vahl 



Hab. Nicobar Isl. 

 Dist : — (unknown). 



