632 cLXXii. CYPEEAOB^. (C. B. Clarke.) {Fimbristylis. 



Throughout India, alt. 0-2000 ft., from Kumaon and Assam, to Ceylon and 

 Malacca.— DiBTEiB. E. Asia, Malaya, Australia. . , ., 



Glabrous. Stems 4-12 in., slender, obscurely quadrangular; uppermost sheath 

 produced on one side, O-J in. Spikelet \-% in. Glumes ovate, scarcely mucronate, 

 pale or chestnut with green keelj lowest 2-3 empty, much shorter than spikelet. 

 Stamens usually 2. Style nesrly as long as nut, flattened, slightly villous at top ; 

 branches shorter than style. Nut as long as h-h glume, biconvex, with 4-7 strong 

 transverse ridges. 



3. F. setacea, Benih. in Eooh. Land. Journ. Boi. ii. [1843] 239; 

 stem bristle-like, leafless (see var.) with one slender erect lanceolate spike- 

 let, style 2-fld, nut very small obovoid transversely wavy wrinkled white. 

 F. acuminata, /3 minor, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 314; Boeck. m Linnaa, 

 xxxvii. 4. Isolepis cochleata, Steud. 8yn. Cyp. 100. 



S. Burma, Kv/ra. Sin&Apoeb, Kurz, EidZey.— Distbib. Amboyna, N. Aus- 

 Irialia. 



Stem 4-6 in. Spikelet i by t^ in. GVames pale, thin, almost (except keel) 

 hyaline. — Differs from F. acuminata by its alenderness and very small nut. 



Var. brevifoUa (sp.) Steud. I. c. 72 (sub AUldgaardia) ; leaves more or less 

 developed, sometimes nearly as long as stem. — Philippines, Australia. 



4. r. nutans, Vahl Emm. ii. [1806] 285 ; stem ne&,rly leafless, spike- 

 let oblong or ovoid often oblique, style 2-fid, nut obovoid transversely wavy 

 wrinkled white rarely discoloured. Nees in Wight Oonirib. 96 ; Tkw. Emim. 

 348 ; Boeck. in Linnesa, xxxvii. 5. Scirpus nutans, Befz Obs. iv. 12. 



Khasia HiiLS, alt. 2500 ft., 0. B. Clarice. Btjkma, Gnffiili, &c. Nicobaes, 

 Kurz. Cetlon, Thwaites, &o. — Distbib. Borneo, China, Australia. 



Stem 8-20 in. Spikelet.^ by ^ in. Glumes rusty-brown, lowest a little larger, 

 much shorter than the spikelet, deciduous. — Hardly differs from F. acuminata but 

 by the rather broader, oblique spikelet. 



f tt Nut obovoid, smooth, reticulate (i.e. outermost cells arranged as brick- 

 wall parenchyma). 



5. r. polytrichoides, Vahl Enum. ii. [1806] 248 ; slender, glabrous, 

 stem with 1 (rarely 2-3) ellipsoid-oblong obtuse spikelet, glumes ovate 

 obtuse, style 2-fid, nut smooth brown-black often slightly white-scaly on 

 shoulders. Nees in Wight Copi/rib. 96 ; Thw. Enum. 348. P. sub-bulbosa, 

 Boeck. in Flora, xli. 698. F. juncea,- Boeek. m JAnntea, xxxvii. 4 [not of 

 Boem. Sc Sch.). Scirpus polytrichoides, JSefai. Obs.iv. 11. Isolepis ?, Wall. 

 Cat. 3487 B (partly), 0, 3632.—Bumph,. Amb. vi. 17, t. 7, fig. 1. 



From BBNGAii to Cbtlon and Malacca, common near the sea. — Distbib. 

 Tropics of Old World. 



Stems 1^8 in. Leaves about half as long as stem ; sheaths glabrous or obscurely 

 puberulous. Spikelet commonly i by J in. Gimmes many, densely imbricate on all 

 sides, fuscous brown ; 2-3 lowest empty, often like the others, but lowest sometimes 

 1 in., as though a continuation of stem. Stamens 3-1. Style rather shorter than 

 nut, glabrous, base little dilated. Nut as long as \ glume, obovoid, biconvex; 

 outermost cells in about 30 rows on each face, ultimately marcescent scarious. 



Var. HALOPHILA (sp.), Kurz ms. ; stems and leaves stouter, spikelet up to \ 

 by i in. — Bengal ; Soondreebun, Kuri. Madbas ; Nellore, Gamble. 



6. F. tenuicula; Boeck. in Linnma, xxxviii. 385; stem bristle-like, 

 sheaths hairy, spikelet cylindric-lanceolate, glumes ovate obtuse minutely 



