Fimhristylis.] olxxii. oYPBEiCB^. (C. B. Clarke.) 645 



leafless, spikelets cuboid -ellipsoid obtuse, glumes obtuse, style 3-fld Csee 

 Tar. ^), nut obovoid verruoose pale brown. Thw. JSnum. 349 ; Boeck. in 

 lAnnsea, xsxvii. 45. F. umbellaris, VaMEnum. ii. 291. F. efoliata, Bteud. 

 Syn. Qy$. 109. Scirpus umbellaris, Lam. III. i. 141. S. globulosns, Betz 

 Obs. vi. 19. Isolepis globulosa, Boem. & Seh. Syst. ii. 119. Trichelostylis 

 globulosa, Nees in Wight Oontrib. 106.— Fimbristylis, Wall. Gat. 3518, 



Ceylon, Thwaites. Prom Nepal, WallicTi, Assam, Griffith, and Shan Hills, 

 Collett, to Penano, Wallich. — Disteib. Malaya, Tonkin, Polynes. 



Grlabrous. Uhizome none or scarcely any. Stems tufted, 4i-5-angular under 

 umbel. Lower sheaths bearing long leaves or leafless. Umbel sometimes 2 in. 

 diam., with 20 spikelets ; often smaller, sometimes with 2-1 spikelets ; bracts rarely 

 i in. Spikelets ^ by i in., dense-fld., dusky-brown. Glumes concave, incurved, 

 3-nerved. Stamens often 2. Style as long as nut, deciduous with the narrowly 

 pyramidal style-base ; branches linear. Nat as long as ^ glume, round trigonous ; 

 outermost cells laz (i. e. nut somewhat verrucose), shortly transversely oblong, super- 

 imposed in 12-15 vertical series in each face (i. e. nut slenderly longitudinally striate). 

 — Spikelets sometimes barren at top, elongate-cylindric. 



Var. Torresiana (sp.). Gaud, in Freye. Voy. Bot. 413; style 2-fid, nut biconvex. 

 Assam, Masters. Bengal, J.D.S. — Marianne Islands. — No 3-fld styles could be 

 found ; the examples have the uppermost sheath leafless as in typical P. globulosa. 



Var. Yicaryi ; lower sheaths with long leaves, uppermost sheath with a green 

 leaf 5-| in. long, central sessile spikelet usually deficient. Trichelostylis sp., 

 n. 16, Herh. I'lid. Or. H.f. ^ T.— Banks of the Cheuab, Thomson ; Dehra Doon, 

 Ticwry. 



41. P. insigrnis, Thw. Enum. 349 ; stems 12-16 in. robust base leafy, 

 umbel compound with abont 10 large lanceolate spikelets, style 3-fid, nut 

 small obovoid smootb white laxly reticulated. Sance in Journ. Liwn, 8oc. 

 xiii. 132 (excl. syn. Trichelostylis, n. 20). F. Thwaitesii, Boeck. in Linnsea, 

 xxxvii. ?4. F. amblyphylla, Steud. Syn. Oyp. 116 {the plant described in 

 Obs.). 



Cetlon, Thwaites. — Distbib. Borneo, China. 



Glabrous. Rhizome short, descending. Stems obscurely 4-5-angular under 

 umbel. Leaves several, as long as \ stem, narrowish, flat, tip suddenly narrowed. 

 Umbel 14-3i^ in. in diam., sometimes simple with 4-5 spikelets ; bracts 2-3, less 

 than f in. long. Spikelets J-f by ^ in., hard, acute. Glumes i in., boat-shaped, 

 acute submucronate, brown-chestnut. Stamens 3. Style long, villous, white, 

 tardily deciduous with the narrowly pyramidal style-base. Nut as long as i-i 

 glume, triquetrous with concave faces, obtuse almost emarginate. 



42. P. pentaptera, Kunth Ervwm. ii. 229 ; stems 16-36 in. leafless 

 hairy acutely 5-angular under umbel, umbel decompound, bracts small, 

 style 3-fid, nut obovoid shining brown smooth minutely reticulate. Boeek. 

 im Linneea, xxxvii. 30. F. Salbundia, Thw. Enum. 349 {not of Kunth). S. 

 quinquangularis, Boeck. in Idnnsea, xxxvii. 42 {as to Thw. C.P. 823). Tri- 

 chelostylis pentaptera, Nees in Wight Gontrib. 105. 



Ceylon, up to 6000 ft., Gardner, Thwaites. Deccan Peninsula, Wight (n. 2904, 

 in Merb. Oalcutt.). 



Shizome short, horizontal, woody. Stems somewhat thickened at base ; sheaths 

 hard, yellow-brown. Umbel 2-5 in. in diam., with sometimes 40-85 spikelets. 

 Spikelets J hy -jij in., chestnut-colrd. Glumes adpressed, ovate, scarcely acute. 

 Stamens often 2. Style long, glabrous, deciduous with the narrowly pyramidal style- 

 base. Nut as long as J glume. — Easily recognized by the hairy stem. 



