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no, Eleocharis fi3tulcsa, Schult. 



F.B. I. vi 626; B.P.I 148; F. B. P. H.888. 



A stout hoUow perennial glabrous sedge, up to 3 



feet. Stem trigonous. Leaves reduced to 

 sheaths. Inforescence a solitary elongated 

 acute spike. Glumes uniformly straw-coloured. 

 Bristles 6, retrosely scabrid. Nut yellow, striated, 

 topped with persistent style base. Common on 

 Jubbulpore Farm. 



31, Eleocharis atropurpurea, Kunth, 



F, B. I. vi. 627; B. P. 1 149; F. B. P. ii. 889. 



A dwarf annual tufted glabrous sedge, up to 6 inches. 



Stem Bliform. Leaves reduced to a short sheith. 



Inflorescence a solitary globose head. Glumes 



membranous with green keel. Bristles present. 



Nut black, smoqth, style base rounded, conical. 



32, Eleocharis capitata, R. Br. 



F. B. I. vi. 627 ; B. P. 1 149; F. B. P. ii. 889. 



A small annual tufted glabrous sedge, up to one foot 

 high. Stem slender. Leaves reduced to a short 

 sheath. Inflorescence a solitary globose head. 

 Glumes membranous with green keel. Bristles 

 present. Nut black smooth, style base with 2r 

 cuspidate point in centre. 



Style 2'branc}re^. Nos. 33—39. 



33, FlMBRISTYLlS TETRAGONA, Br. 



F. B. I. vi. 631; B. p. 1 152; F. B. P. ii. 879. 



Perennial tufted glabrous sedge, up to 2 feet. Stem 

 slender, 4-sided. Leaves reduced to sheaths. 

 Spikelet solitary, dark brown, conical, large. Nut 

 longer that ^ glume, oblong, linear, curved reticu- 

 late, straw-coloured. 



34. FlMBRISTYLIS POLYTRICHOIDES, Vahh 



F. B. I. vi.632:B. P. 1153; F. B. P. ii. 879. 



Perennial tufted glabrous sedge, up to i foot. Stem 

 filiform, trigonous. Leaves as long as half the 

 stem, wiry. Spikelets solitary or up to 3, light 

 straw-coloured. Rachis dark brown after the 

 glumes fail. Nut obovoid, biconvex, smooth, 

 Reticulate, brown-black. 



