APPENDIX il 



J.— I^YLLINGA MONOCEPHELA, Rettb. 



Y.B.I, vi. 588 ; B. P. 1 1 35 ; F. B. P. ii. 876. 



Perennial glabrous sedge, up to 8 inches high. Rhi- 

 zome creeping, fragrant. Leaves shorter than stem. 

 Stem terminated by one white head, J- inch 

 diameter. Bracts 3—4, up to 4 inches long, 

 leaf-like. Nut obovoid, compressed, pale brown. 

 Nut bearing glume winged in upper portion. 

 Wing Yvith scattered resinous dots. Easily 

 distinguished by the fragrant rhizome. Found 

 on Ramtek HilU 



2.— Cyperus niveus, Retz, 



F. B. I. vi. 601 ; B. p. 1 143 ; F. B. P. ii. 864. 

 Perennial slender glabrous sedge, up to 18 inches. 



Rhizome short, nodulose. Stems solitary. 



Leaves much shorter than the stem, flat, flaccid. 



Margins finely toothed. Stems ending in a 



head of 3 — 9 spikelets. Bracts 2, long, leaf-like. 



Spikelets large, compressed, snow-white. Nut 



} glume, dark brown, triguetrous. Rachilla not 



winged. Found on Ramtek Hill. 



3.--FIMBRISTYLIS ARGENTEA, VahL 



F. B L vi. 640 ; B. P. 1 154 ; F. B. P. ii. 881. 



Annual small densely tufted glabrous sedge, up to 8 

 inches high. Stem trigonous, striated. Leaves 

 longer or shorter than stem, glabrous. Stem 

 ending in a dense head of up to 20 spike- 

 lets. Bracts 4, long, leaf-like. Spikelets grey- 

 green. Glumes grey with green keels. Nut 

 very small. Stigmas 2. Found on the shore of 

 Kinsi Tank, Ramtek. 



^.— FlMBRISTYLTS JUNCIFORMIS, Kunth, 



F. B. L vi. 647 ; B. P. 1155; F. B. P.ii. 886. 



Perennial slender glabrous sedge up to 20 inches. 

 Rhizome creeping, woody. Stem slender, stiff, 

 compressed above, striated. Leaves densely 

 crowded at base of stem, short, flat. Apex 

 pbliquely triangular. Margins finely toothed. 

 Umbel compound, slender with few rays. Bracts 



