Fimhristylis.] clxxii. oypeeacbj;. (C. B. Clarke.) 647 



105 (at least in part) not Scirp. Salbundius, Ham. in Wall. Cat. n. 3499 

 A, nor F. Salbundia, Boec;i:.)-— Fimbristylis, Wall. Cat. 3499 0. in 

 Herb. Berlin [not in Merh. lAnn. Soc), 2526, 3537 (in Serb. DO. not in 

 Linn. Soc). 



SiLHET; Wallicli. Khasia Hinis, Qriffith. Amhbest; WalUeh u. 3527 

 {in Herb. DO.). — Disteib. Australia. 



Grlabrous. BMzome very short, obliquely descending. Stems tufted, acutely 

 angular. Umbel 2-4 in. diam. j bracts scarcely an inch, bristle-like. SpiHelets i-^ 

 in., angular, about 10-fld. O-Vumes OTate obtuse, margins broadly soarious. — Has 

 been greatly confused with the leafless form of F. quinquangularis, from which it is 

 easily known by the testaceous spikelets, polygonal by reason of the acutely keeled 

 glumes. 



Series D. Spikelets clustered (some solitary often added). 



46. Pi leptoclada, Senth. Fl. Hongk. 393 (not Fl. Austral.) ; stems 

 1 foot slender, leaves long narrow, spikelets small in 1-3 small clusters 

 dark brown, glumes very obtuse tip ciliate, style 3-fld, nut obovoid yellow- 

 brown verruoose. F. retusa, Thw. Enum. 349 ; Boeok. in Linncea, xxxvii. 

 46 ; Hance in Land. Journ. Bot. xvi. 112. 



Ceylon; Thwaites. Malacca; Q-riffiih. — Disteib. Borneo, China. 



Annual, glabrous. Leaves as long as ^ stem (or all stem) -^^-^j in. broad. 

 Umbel -^1 in,, often congested into a head ; bracts hardly ^ in. Spikelets usually 

 3-8, i in. , ellipsoid, obtuse. Stamen often 1. Style as long as nut, glabrous, deci- 

 duous with the shortly pyramidal style- base; branches linear. iVwi as long as f 

 glume, round trigonous. 



47. p. paupercula^ Boeck. in Immxa, xxxviii. 396; stems 1 ft. 

 slender, clusters of spikelets in a simple umbel, style 3-fid, nut obovoid 

 with many longitudinal atriations finally black. 



DeCCAN Peninsitla ; Pulney Mts. ; Wight (n. 2896). 



Nearly glabrous. BMzome short, obliquely descending. Stem under umbel 

 5-angular, minutely scabrous pilose. Leaves as long as i stem, narrow. Umbel 

 rays 4—5, 1 in. long ; bracts hardly J in. Spikelets 2-7 to a cluster, ^ in. long, 

 ellipsoid, brown, about 6-fld. Glumes ovate, keel slightly excurrent as a mncro, 

 glandular upwards, sometimes pnbernlous. Wut as long as J glume, triquetrous, 

 apex obtuse ; outer cells shortly transversely elliptic, regularly arranged in about 

 16 vertical series on each face. — This is in Herb. Calcutt., Paris, and Berlin ; but 

 not in Mus. Brit, or Kew. 



48. P. junciformls, Kunth Enum. ii. 239 ; stems 4-16 in., leaves 

 several rigid, umbel compound and decompound, spikelets clustered, style 

 3-fld, nut obovoid nearly smootb or verrucose straw-colrd. or pale brown. 

 Boech. in lAnnsea, xxxvii. 49. F. Hsenkei, Dietr. Sp. PI. ii. 161. F. 

 chBatorrhizsi, Kvm,th I.e. 240; 8iraohey Gat. PI. ii. 73. F. ialaaia,, Kunth 

 I. c. 239. Soirpus faloatus, Vahl Enum. ii. 275. Isolepis falcata, Itoem. 

 & 8ch. Syst. ii. 118. Triobelostylis junciformis and chsetorrbiza, Nees in 

 Wight Contrib. 106.— Fimbristylis, Wall. Oat. 8519 (partly), 3S20. 



Throughout India, alt. 1500-5000 ft., from Kashmib and Assam to Madeas and 

 Pbgu. — Disteib. Madagascar, Philippines. 



Glabrous. Rhisome woody, short ; or sometimes 2 in. long horizontal. Stems 

 tufted, rigid, upwards 4-5-angular or obscurely flattened. Leaves usually short but 

 sometimes as long as i-| stem, -,^-1 in. broad, flat, margins incurved, tip obtuse. 

 Umbel 1-4 in. diam., with 20-30 clusters, often much smaller with 3-5 clusters ; 

 bracts 2-4, short, rarely 1 in. Spikelets 2-5 to a cluster, with none or few solitary 



