^yris.] cLix. XTRiDEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 365 



scape, margiiis smooth or soaberulous, spike ovoid-oblong, bracts orbicular 

 ioa • of , ;f»«»^ li- 205; Kunth Emm. iv. 17; MiquelFl. Ind. Bat. iii. 

 5W; 8teud.8yn.Pl. Gyp. 287. X. Walkeri, Am. in Wight Cat. 2373; 

 Kunth, I. c. 19 ; Miquel I. c. Sopj)?. 608. X. indica altera. Vahl Siimb. iii. 

 7. X. malacoensis, SteuA. I. c. 287.— Xyris No. 2, (^rijf. iVoiM?. iii.' 123. 



Sandy places, often near the sea. Buema, Griffith. Sinoapobb and Malacca, 

 Mamgay. South Dbccan Peninsula and Ceyloit, Wight, &c.— Disteib. Borneo, 



Densely tufted. Leaves 6-12 by J,,-^ in., very rigid, pungent, strongly grooved 

 on both faces, pale green. Scape 1-2J ft., slender, rigid. Spike ^-% in., rarely 

 globose ; lateral braeteoles ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, tip lacerate, keel spinulose. 

 Petals toothed. 



4 X. VTallichli, Zunth Enum. iv. 16 ; dwarf, leaves gladiate 3-6 by 

 J-J in. broad acuminate flaccid as long as the slender compressed scape, 

 spike very small, bracts few obovate-oblong obtuse. Steud. 8yn. PI. Oyp. 

 287.— Xyris, ITo. 1, Griff. Notul. iii. 123 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 161 G.—Wall: 

 Cat. 6083 0. 



Khasia Hills, alt. 4-6000 ft., Wallich, &c. Burma, at Moulmein, Lobl. 



A slender flaccid loosely tufted species. Leaves few, often falcate, bright pale 

 green, faintly striate. Scape usually filiform, rarely stout. Spihe i-J in. ; bracts 

 rich brown with pale midrib and margins ; braeteoles subequal, red-brown, with 

 green midrib and pale margins; lateral spathulately oblanceolate, obtuse, quite 

 glabrous. Petals oblong, subcrenate. Style very long. 



** Leaves usually less than J in. hroad, not distinctly flattened (except 

 informs ofS.. pauciflora). 



5. X. scbcenoides, Mart, in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 30 ; leaves 

 narrowly linear acuminate much shorter than the very slender striate com- 

 pressed scape, spike globose or ovoid, bracts broadly oblong obtuse outer 

 nearly as long as the inner. Wall. Cat. 6084, and 6083 in part ; Kunth 

 Enum. iv. 16 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 529 ; Steud. Syn. PI. Gyp. 287. X. 

 nilagarensis, Steud. Plant. JSxsicc. Nilg. Bohenack. No. 956. 



Nepal, Wallich. Khasia and Nilohiei Hills, alt. 4-6O0O ft., common. 

 CBTTLOif, ascending to 6000 ft., — Distrib. China. 



Leaves 2-10 in., slender, ^^-^ in. broad, tapering from the base to the tip. Scape 

 1-2 ft., stout. Spike i—i in. diam. ; bracts almost rounded, back brown, keeled 

 towards the rounded tip ; lateral braeteoles oblanceolate, acuminate, dorsal ovate- 

 lanceolate. 



6. X. pauciflora, Willd.Phytogr. i. 2, 1. 1, f. 1 ; 8p. PI. i. 255 ; leaves 

 narrowly linear rigid acute smooth or scaberulous equalling or shorter 

 than the striate subterete or compressed and 2-edged scape, spike ovoid or 

 globose, bracts orbicular-obovate pale thin with often a green tip. Vahl 

 Enum. ii. 207 ; Br. Prodr. 256 ; Mart, in Wall. PL As. Bar. iii. 29 ; Cat. 

 6083 A, B (0 & D, vnpa/rt), and 6086 B ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 529 ; Steud. 

 8yn. PI. Gyp. 287. X. oryzetorum, Miq. in Serb. HoherMck. n. 369 ; 

 Steud. I. e. 286. 



Foot of the EiitfALAYA, in marshes, from Nepal eastwards to Bengal and Burma, 

 and southwards to Malacca and Gbtlon. — Uistbib. Malaya, China and 

 Australia. 



