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Style ylraKched, Nos. 40 — 44V 



40. FlM-B'RISTYtlS TENERA, Roctn & Sch. VAR. 03^YLEPI3 



Steud* 



F, B. I. vi. 642 ; B. P. 1154. 



A small tufted annual glabrous sedge, up to 8 inches. 

 Stem slender, angled near top. Leaves as long as 

 half stem, wiry. Umbel compound, few spikelets. 

 Bracts few, short. Spikelets small, ellipsoid, red- 

 brown. Nut obov<jiid, warty, white. 



4.1. FlMBRlSTYLIS QUINQUANGULARIS, Kuflth. 



F. B. I. vi. 644; B. P. 1154; F. B. P. il. 883. 



A medium-sized tufted annual glabrous sedge, up to 

 18 inches. Stem slender, striated, angled. 

 Leaves variable, margin finely scabrid. Umbel 

 very compound. Bracts leaf-like, almost as long 

 as umbel. Spikelets small, ellipsoid lanceolate, 

 brown. Glumes mucronate. Nut trigonous, dark 

 yellow, tuberculated. 



42. FlMBRlSTYLIS MILIAdEA, VahL 



F. B. L vi. 644 ; B. P. 1 155 ; F. B. P. ii. 883. 



Medium annual tufted sedge, up to 2 feet. Stem tri- 

 quetrous atove, slightly angled below. [.eaves 

 shorter than stem, sometimes longer. Umbel 

 very compound. Bracts hair-like. Spikelets" 

 golden brown, small, globose, many flowered. 

 JSut tuberculated, finely lined transversely. 



43. FlMBRlSTYLIS COMPLANATA, Link, 



F. B. I. vi. 646; B. P. 1155 ' F- B- P- ii- ^^5- 

 Medium-sized perennial glabrous sedge, up to 2 

 feet Rhizome short. Stem flattened below umbel. 

 Leaves shorter than stem, broad, margins scabrid. 

 Umbel very compound. Bracts 2, broad, leaf- 

 like, shorter than umbeL Spikelets very slender, 

 more than \" long, dark brown. Nut very small, 

 minutely warty, white. 



4i4. FlMBRlSTYLIS MONOSTACHYA, Hussk. 



F. B. L vi. 649 ; B. P. 1152 ; F. B. P. ii. 885. 



Perennial small tufted sedge, up to i foot. Rhizome 

 short. Stem filiform, striated. Leaves shorter 

 than stem, wiry. Spikelets solitary, brown. 

 Bracts 2, one like elongation of stem. Spikelets 

 large, pale straw colour. Lowest glumes distichouSp 

 Nut large, obovoid, tuberculated, dark yellowo 



