Fimlristylis.] clxxii. CTPBRACEiE. (G. B. Clarke.) 639 



Wig7d Oonirih. 97 ; Dalz. & Gils. Bomb. Fl. 287 ; Thw. Enum. 348 ; Boeck. 

 in Linnsea, xxxvii. 16. F. arvensis, Vahl Enwm. ii. 291. F. marginata, 

 I/abill. Serf. Austro-Caledon. ii. t. 16, fig. 1. F. Koxburghii, Bietr. 8p. 

 PI. ii. 162. F. confinis, SteuA. 8yn. Gyp. 115. F. trispicata, Steud. I. c. 

 107. F. cyrtophylla, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 325. F. ochreata.Boecft. in Flora 

 xli. 599 {cf. xliii. 177). F. aadamanica, Evrz Andaman Bep. Append. 

 B, 21. Scirpias femigineus, Linn. Sp. PI. 74. S. arvensis, Setz Obs. iv. 

 11 {not of jRoxb.). S. globulosus, Soxb. Fl. Ind. i. 217 {not Fimbr. 

 gloiiulosa, Kunth), S. tristachyus, Boxb. I. c. 221. S. tranquebariensis. 

 jRoth. Catal. Bat. iii. 6 (see BoecJc. in Flora, xliii. 36). Schoenus poly- 

 morphns, Sotth. Bescr. et Ic. 67. — Fimbristylis, Wall. Oat. 3506 {mainly), 

 352B, 3527. ' 



Throughout India, alt. 0-3000 ft., abundant near the sea. — DiSTEiB. All warmer 

 regions. 



Shizome none or hardly any. Stems 8-30 in., tufted, base slightly thickened, 

 often clothed by shining hard rusty scales. Leaves usually hardly any, sometimes 

 4-6 in., very narrow. TImiel usually of 5-10 spikelets, sometimes with 20 spikelets, 

 rarely with 1-3 spikelets ; hracts shorter than umbel, often very short. Spikelets 

 \ in. Glumes obtuse scarcely mucronate, brown, tip incurved, keel green. Stamens 

 3 or 2 ; filaments ligulate j anthers not crested. Style longer than nut, flattened, 

 villous below bifurcation. Nut as long as J-J- glume, shortly stalked ; outermost 

 cells small, in numerous longitudinal series. 



Var. ? ienuissima, stems 16 in. very slender slightly flattened with 1-3 small 

 pale spikelets, glumes nearly glabrous, nut very smooth. Cetlon ; Mrs. Marriot 

 {Serb. Delessert).- — Leaves 1-6 in., very slender. Sracts ^ in. Spikelets i in., 

 ellipsoid. Glumes with obscure round red glands. Nut as of F.ferruginea. — This 

 looks like a distinct species, but only known by one sheet of specimens. 



23. P. compressa; BoecJc. in Linnsea, xxxviii. 387 {not of Boem. & 

 Sch.) ; steins long base slender, leaves longish, umbel twice or thrice com- 

 pound, spikelets cylindrical, glumes dusky -brown puberulons, style 2-fid, 

 nut obovoid smooth dnsky-brown. F. tenuifolia;, Nees ins. F. gracilis, 

 Amott ms. Scirpus fuscus, Boxb. ins. 



Madbas, Roxburgh, Wight. Mee&ui, Griffith. Tenasseeim, Heifer. 



Stems &-20 in., 3-5-angular under umbel, basal sheaths herbaceous. Leaves 8 

 in., very narrow, glabrous, sheaths often fimbriate hairy in mouth. Umbel often 

 4-5 in. diam. with 25—40 spikelets; bracts frequently overtopping umbel. Spikelets 

 nearly i in. long, glumes very densely imbricate. Otherwise as F. ferry^imea, to 

 which it is specifically very near. 



24. r. long'ispica« Steud. Syn. Cyp. 118 ; nearly glabrous, stems 

 middle-sized, leaves long, umbel compound or decompound, spikelets 

 cylindric-lanceolate rusty green, style bifid, nut obovoid smooth, minutely 

 reticulate finally brownish. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iu. 325. F. Buergueri and 

 F. ferruginea, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 144. F. spadicea, var. (3 

 major, Boeck. in Linnxa, xxxvii. 20. 



SiuaAPOEBj F&hajig, Sidley. — Distkib. — Malaya, China, Japan. (The Ameri- 

 can F. tpadicea is hardly separable). 



Leaves as long as ^-f stem, stout, flat. Umbel 1-3 in. diam. ; branches suberect ; 

 lowest bract overtopping umbel. Spikelets I by Jj in., terete, hard. Glwaes ovate, 

 scarcely apiculate, erect, closely imbricate, horny, rusty brown with 3 green nerves 

 on back. Style and stamens nearly as in F. dipTiylla. Nut as long as f glume, 

 very shortly stalked ; outermost cells small, in about 20 series on each face, 

 i.e. nut slenderly obscurely 20-striate on each face, subtrabeculate between the 

 striations. 



