646 OLxxii. OTPEHAOE-E. (0. B. Clarke.) [FimhristyKs. 



43. F. complanata, lAnk Sort. Berol. i. 292; stems 8-24 in. 

 flattened under umbel, leaves almost premorse, style 3-fid, nut minute 

 obovoid pale more or less tuberculate. Thw. Unum. 349. F. autumnalis, 

 var., Both. Nov. Fl. Sp. 26; Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxvii. 38. F. scabra, 

 Sunth JEnum. ii. 245. F. Boeckeleri, Steud. Syn. Cyp. 113, partly. Scirpus 

 complanatus, Betz Ohs. v. 14 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 228. S. anceps, WilU. m 

 Berl. Mag. ii. 288, t. 8, fig. 2; JRoxh. I.e. 230. Cyperus complanatus, 

 Willd. Sp. PI. i. 270. Isolepis complanata & Willdenowii, Boem. & Sch. 

 Syst. ii. 119, 120. Tricbelostylis complanata & T. scabra, JSfees in Wight 

 Contrih. 103.— Fimbristylis, Wall. Cat. 3602 A, 3510, 3525 {partly). 



Throughout India in the warm region. — Disteib. All warm regions. 



Glabrous. Rhizome hardly any, sometimes very short horizontal. Leaves often 

 4-S by I in. Umbel often 4 in. in diam., compound and supradecomponnd, some- 

 times with 180 spikelets j bracts 2, shorter than umbel (often suberect), similar to 

 leaves, almost premorse. Spikelets ^ by J^ in. Stamens usually 3. Style longer 

 than nut, glabrous ; branches linear, long. Nut about i length of glume; outer- 

 most cells short oblong transverse, in vertical series but obscure (i. e. nut scarcely 

 striate). 



Tar. microcarpa (sp.), F. Muell. Fragm. Phyt. Austral, i. 200 ; stems slender 

 hardly flattened under umbel, spikelets more slender, nut very small velate (i. e. 

 outermost cells withering and partly peeling off). Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. 316. 

 V . tmeva, Boeck. in Mora, Iviii. [1875] 111 (excl. var., not of Boem. Sc Sell.). — 

 Kumaon, alt. 8000 ft., Strachey ^ Winterhottom, n. 2 ; Sikkim, alt. 9500 ft., J.D.H. 

 Bombay, JDalzell. — Eastern Asia, Australia. 



This species admitted by Bentham, comes between F. complanata, Link, and F. 

 autnmnalis, Boem. & Sch., species which Boeckeler unites. 



Var. Xraussiana, (sp.) Hochst. in Flora, xxviii.757; stems slender obscurely flat- 

 tened under umbel, umbel more compact less compound often with 10-30 spikelets. 

 F.connectens, Thiui. Unum. 349.^Ceylon, Thwaites.— China, Malaya, Afric. 



Var. fenestrata ; spikelets larger rusty-brown, glumes large laxly subpatent 

 obtuse shining, nut white fenestrate by the strongly reticulate persistent outermost 

 cells. — Deccan Peninsula ; Palimcottah, Wight (ja. 289S). — Roots fibrous. Stems 12- 

 16 in., tufted, conspicuously flattened at top. Leaves as long as f stem, \ in. broad, 

 tip Bubobtuse. Umiel and bracts nearly as in F. complanata, typ. Spikelets f by 

 i in., many-fld. 



44. r. Thomsonii, Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxvii. 37 ; stems 8-24 in., 

 leaves flat tip obtuse, umbel compound and supradecompound, spikelets 

 ellipsoid acute, style 3-fid, nut oblong-obovoid straw-colrd. verrucose or 

 subtuberculate obscurely transversely lineolate. F. complanata, Benth. 

 FL Hongk. 393.— Trichelostylis, sp. n. Serb. Ind. Or. H. f. Sf T. 



N.E. India, alt. 500^000 ft., from Sikkim, Assam and Chota Nagpore to 

 Mabtaban and Shan Hiils, common. — Disteib. Tonquin, China. 



Glabrous. Soots fibrous. Stems upwards obscurely 4-angular, or sometimes 

 subcompressed. Leaves sometimes short 2-4 in., sometimes a foot. Umbel 2-6 in. 

 diam., with sometimes 80 spikelets j bracts 4-5, usually shorter than umbel. Spike- 

 lets f by J in. Nut as long as J glume. — This species is near the large form of F. 

 complanata, Link, from which it mainly differs by the thicker spikelets and larger 

 nut (is probably often passed for F. dipfvylla, Vahl). 



45. r. Salbundia, Kunth Enum. ii. 230 ; stems l|-3 ft. leafless 4-5- 

 angular, umbel decompound with 120 ovoid testaceous spikelets, glumes 

 keeled rather lax, style 3-fid, nut obovoid yellow-brown opaque smooth or 

 slightly tuberculate. Triohelostylis Salbundia, Nees in Wight Gontrib. 



