644 CLXxii. CTPBEACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) [FimbristijUs. 



nut much as in F. complanata (but nut more trabeeulate). — Much resembles larger 

 forms of F. complanata, Link, but differs by the long bracts. The Khasia plants 

 referred here by Boeckeler were perhaps F. TAomsonU, Boeek. 



38. r. quinquangrularis, Kunth Enwm. ii. 229 ; stems 8-24 in., 

 leafy at base or leafless, umLel decompound or supradecompound, spikelets 

 small ellipsoid-lanceolate 6-14-fld., style 3-fid, nut obovoid transversely 

 lineolate pale or brownish more or less tubercnlate. Thw. Enum. 349,; 

 Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 287 ; Boech. in Linnsea, xxxvii. 42 (excl. F. Sal- 

 bundia). F. Salbundia, Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxvii. 44 (mostly, not of Kunth). 

 ¥. angularis, Steud. 8yn. Cyp. 116. F. Boeofceleri, 8teud. I. c. 113 (partly, 

 see BoecJc. in Flora, xlii. 69). F. tenera, Boeck. I. c. Ill {not of Boem. & 

 Sell.). Scirpns qninquangularis, Vahl Fnum. ii. 279 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 

 229. S. miHacens, Linn. Serb. (.' 8p. PI- i. 75). S. pentagonus, Boxb. I. c. 

 218. S. Salbundius (Satbundins), Ham,, ms. (not F. Salbundia, Kunth). 

 Trichelostylis quinquangularis, Nees in Wight Contrib. 104. Isolepis an- 

 gularis and I. r pentagona, Boem. & 8ch. Syst. ii., Mant. 69. — PimbristyUs, 

 Wall. Cat. 3499, 3512 (mainly). 



Throughout India, alt. 0-4000 ft., Cbtlon, and Malay Peninsula. — Distbib. 

 Malaya, China, Austral. Mauritius introd. ? 



Glabrous, annual, very variable in size. Stems usually flattened at base with 

 snbdistichous sheaths, often 4-5-angular under umbel. Leaves often as long as J 

 stem, very variable in development. Umbel often 4-8 in. in diam. with 100 spike- 

 lets, sometimes small with 15-5 (larger than usual) ; bracts ^-1^ in. Spikelets 

 s— 1^ in. long, more acute than in F. miliacea, subterete (not polygonal as in F. 

 Salbundia, Kunth). Glumes ovate, subacute, 3-nerved. Style longer than nut, 

 slender, slightly villous below trifurcation, deciduous with the narrow pyramidal 

 style-base, branches long. Nut small, as long as ^ glume. — Hardly separable from 

 F. miliacea (see Arnott in Wight Contrib. 105). 



Var. crassa ; more robust, rhizome woody, stems stouter often 2-3 ft. leafless or 

 nearly so, spikelets rather larger broadly ellipsoid. F. aphylla, Steud. Syn. Cyp. 

 114. F. globulosa, var. /3 aphylla, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 322.— Ceylon, Thwaites 

 (n. 823, partly), &c. Nilghiri, alt. 5-8000 ft., plentiful.— Java, Tonkin. 



39. r. miliacea, Vahl Enum. ii. 287 ; stems 8-24 in., leafy at base 

 or (rarely) leafless, umbel decompound or supradecompound, spike- 

 lets small globose (or ultimately cylindric) obtuse many-fld., style 3-fid, 

 nut obovoid transversely lineolate pale or brownish more or less tubercu- 

 late. Thw. Enum. 348 ; Bah. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 287 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 iii. 321 ; Boech. in Linnsea, xxxvii. 43. F. littoralis, Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. 

 Bot. 413. F. benghalensis, Boem. & 8ch. 8yst. ii. 94, and Mant. 530. F. 

 flacoida, 8teud. 8yn. Cyp. 113; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 321. F. flaocidula, 

 Zoll. Syst. Verz. Ind. Archip. ii. 61. Scirpus miliaceus, Burm. Fl. Ind. 22, 

 t. 9, fig. 2 ; Botth. Desor. et Jc. 57, t. 5, fig. 2 (not of Boxb.). S. tetragouus, 

 Poir. Encyc. vi. 767 ; Bomb. Fl. Ind. i. 228. S. benghalensis, Pers. 8yn. i. 

 68. Isolepis ? tetragona, Boem. & Sch. Syst. Mant. ii. 69. I. miliacea, 

 Presl. Bel. Saenle. i. 188 (excl. var. ^). Trichelostylis miliacea & tetra- 

 gona, Nees in Wight Contrib. 103, 104.— Fimbristylis, Wall. Cat. 3500, 

 3524. 



Throughout India, alt. O-60O0 ft., abundant. — Disteib. All warm regions. 

 Hardly separable from F. quinquangularis, but by the obtuser spikelets. Outer 

 cells (transverse) of nut translucent, appearing themselves longitudinally striolate. 



■ft Nut smooth verrucose or tubercular, not trabeeulate. 



40. F. g'lobulosa, Kunth Enum. ii. 231 ; stems 8-16 in., top sheath 



