642 CLXxii. CYPBEACEiE, (C. B. Clarke.) [Firnbristylis. 



Series 0. Spikelets all (or nearly all) solitary. 

 * Stem with few [sometimes 3-1) spikelets. 



31. r. tenera, Roem. & Sch. Syst. ii., Mant. 67 ; stems 8-12 in. 

 slender, umbel lax suboomponnd, spikelets ellipsoid ultimately cylindric- 

 lanoeolate, glumes ovate acuminate submucronate glandular-puberulous, 

 style 3-fid, nut obovoid white smooth or subtuberonlate coarsely reticulate. 

 Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxvii. 26. F. muriculata, Benth. in Hook. Niger. Fl. 

 554. Soirpus tenellus, Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 224. Trichelostylis tenella, Nees 

 in Wiffht Odntrib. 103. 



DECCAif Peninsula, Wight. — Distrie. Trop. Africa. 



Soots fibrous. Stems tufted, 4-5-angular under umbel, base sometimes tbickene'd. 

 Leaves as long as i stem, ^g - ^^ in. broad, flat, glabrous. Umiel 1-2 in. in diam., 

 with 7-9 spikelets ; bracts 2-3, bristle-like, up to 1 in. long. Spikelets ^ by -i in., 

 about 10-fld. Glumes adpressed, boat-shaped, chestnut-red, margins scarions. Sta- 

 mens often 2. SU/le longer than nut, glabrous, deciduous with pyramidal style-base. 

 Jfut as long as f glume, ronnd-trigonous. — Described from Nees' type in Herb. 

 Wight. 



Var. oxylepis, (sp.) Stetid. St/n. Cyp. 110; glumes glabrate, nut verrucose 

 yellow-brown. F. glabra, iSYeuiJ. I.e. 111. Fimbristylis, Wall. Cat. 3514 B, E, 

 partly, 3531. — From Lahore and Bengal to Madras. 



Var. ? oMusata ; leaves numerous J^ m. broad obtuse, glumes glabrate not mu- 

 cionate, nut verrucose yellow-brown (spikelets sometimes clustered). — Lower Bengal, 

 Wallich, Kurz. Singapore, Sidley. — Borneo. 



32. P. monticola^ Steud. 8yn. Gyp. Ill ; glabrous, stems 6-14 in. 

 slender, umbel lax simple or hardly compound, spikelets oblong-lanceolate, 

 glumes ovate acute, style 3-fid, nut broadly obovoid brown slightly tubercled. 

 P. tenuifolia, Thw. Enum. 434— Fimbristylis, Wall. Gat. 3514 A. 



SoTiTH Madras and Ceylon ; Cannanore, Gamphell. NiLaHiRi Hills, Sohe- 

 naclcer. Anamallats, Sec/dome. 



Leaves bristle-like, margins (when dry) incurved. Umbel 1 in. in diam., with 

 4-8 spikelets ; rays ultimately recurved deflexed. Nut as long as J-| glume, acutely 

 trigonous ; outermost cells transversely oblong, in 12-15 irregular vertical series. — 

 Otherwise as F. tenera. 



33. r. merg'uensis, C. B. Glarhe; stems 1 ft. rather slender, leaves 

 several short, umbel once compound, spikelets largeish lanceolate, style 

 3-fid, nut small obovoid straw-colrd. smooth. F. Thwaitesii, var. Boeck. 

 TOS. Trichelostylis sp., n. 21, Eerl. Ind. Or. M.f. & T. T. 



Malay Peninsula; Mergui, Griffith; Tenasserim, Heifer (JTew Distrib. 

 6330). 



Glabrous. Moots fibrous. Stems tufted, obscurely 3-4-angular under umbel. 

 Leaves as long as ^-^ stem, narrow, flat, tip obtuse. Umbel 1-3 in. in diam., with 

 12 spikelets; bracts scarcely ^ in. Spikelets nearly i by ^ in., terete, acute, fine 

 rusty-brown. Glumes erect adpressed, rigid, ovate, shortly acuminate. Stamens 

 3-2. Style long, white, glabrous, deciduous with the narrowly pyramidal style-base. 

 ■Nut as long as ^ glume, trigonous, minutely mucronate. 



34. F. Fierotii, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Imgd. Bat. ii. 145 ; stoloniferons, 

 glabrous, stems 1 ft. somewhat slender, umbel simple or once compound, 

 style 3-fid, nut obovoid straw-colrd. laxly reticulate smooth or somewhat 

 tubercled. Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxvii. 32. Trichelostylis sp., n. 20, Herb. 

 Jnd. Or. H.f. & T. T. (partly). 



