Fimbristylis.] olxxii. ctperaoe^. (C. B. Clarke.) 633 



mncroiiate, style 2-fid, nut smooth brown obscurely white-soaly on. 

 shoulders. 



Stlhet, C. S. Glarhe. Tenassieim, Belfer. 



Stem 4r-8 in. Spihelet i by .^ in. Glumes suberect, dirty straw-colour, keel 

 green, lowest like the others or if braeteiform shorter than spikelet. Stamens 1-2. 

 Stt/le below bifurcation glabrous or sparsely hairy. Nut less obtuse than that of 

 F. polytrichoides ; outermost cells larger, in about 15 longitudinal rows on each face 

 of nut. — Otherwise as F. polt/trichoides, from which it differs chiefly in its narrower 

 acuter spikelet. 



** 8ti/le Z-fid ; nut trigonous. 



7. T. pauciflora, £r. Prod. 225 ; stem bristle-like, spikelet slender 

 lanceolate pale, style 3-fid, nut oboToid white shoulders subtubercled. 

 Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. 303. P. filiformis, Zunth Enum. ii. 221 ; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. iii. 314 ; Boeck. in Linnaa, xxxvii. 23. P. pumila, Benth. in 

 Hook. Land. Journ. Bot. ii. [1843] 239 ; Mi^. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 315. F. 

 malaccana,' Boeck. in Flora, xli. 697. Triohelostylis filiformis, Nees in 

 Wight Contrib. 102. Isolepis ?, Wall. Oaf. 3488. 



From Meegtoi, Griffith, to SiNaApoEE, Wallici. — Disteib. E. Asia, Malaya, 

 K. Australia. 



Annual, glabrous. Stems 4-8 (rarely 12) in., tufted, leafless, or lower sheaths 

 sometimes leaf -bearing (or flde Boeckeler uppermost sheath sometimes leaf-bearing). 

 Spikelet -| by -^ in. Glumes ovate, imbricate (somewhat loosely) on all sides, erect, 

 concave, adpressed, white, subsoarious, with rusty spots on the back, all falling j 

 rhacheoia scarcely hispid. Stamens frequently 2. Style below trifurcation nearly 

 glabrous, deciduous together with its narrowly-pyramidal style-base. Ifut as long 

 as i glume ; outermost cells small, obscure. 



8. r. Kingrii, O. B. Clarke ms. ; Boeck. Oyp. Nov. ii. 40 ; stem slender 

 hairy, spikelet ovoid-ellipsoid, glumes ovate obtuse, style 3-fid, nut obovoid 

 dusky black minutely scabrid. 



NmaniEi Hilis, alt. 6-8000 ft. 



Shizome very short. Stems 4-12 in., tufted. Leaves as long as J-f stem, narrow, 

 hairy. Spikelet \ in., terminal, erect, terete, dense-fld. Glumes imbricate on all 

 sides, adpressed, concave scarcely keeled, chestnut-brown, slenderly 3-5-nerved, 

 glabrous ; lowest empty, like the others or more seldom bract-like ^-1 in. Stamens 

 3. Style long, slender, glabrous, deciduous together- with its narrowly-pyramidal 

 base ; branches long. Nut as long as \ glume, trigonous ; outermost cells small, 

 subquadrate, lax, subpapillose, scarious. — Near the Australian F. monandtd, F. 

 Mueller. 



9. P. subtrabeculata, G. B. Clarke ; stem slender, spikelet ellip- 

 soid, glumes ovate obtuse, style 3-fid, nut obovoid straw-colrd. smooth 

 subtrabeaulate. 



NiiGHiEi Hilis ; Pykara, alt. 5600 ft.. Gamble. 



Glabrous. BMzome 0, or short, slender, descending nearly vertically. Stems 

 4-8 in., tufted. Leaves several, longish (often f stem), bristle-like. Spikelet i in., 

 flue brOjWn j bract or shorter than spikelet. Glumes numerous, imbricate on all 

 sides, concave, scarcely keeled, brown, 3-nerved, paler on back. 8ti/le long, gla- 

 brous, deciduous together with its narrowly-pyramidal base, branches long, linear. 

 2fut as long as f glume, obtuse, scarcely stalked, trigonous ; outermost cells trans- 

 versely oblong white not vertically superimposed in regular series; nut thus not 

 longitudinally striate but irregularly conspicuously trabeculate. — This may be F. 

 sub-hulbosa, Boeck. Cyp. Nov. li. 39 (nom Flora xli. 598) from description ; but Boeck. 

 says this is " allied to F. juncea, Roem. & Sob. with 2-fid style (sometimes 3-fld)." 



