656 oLxxii. crpERAOEiE, (C. B. Clarke.) \^Sci7-pus. 



Br. Prod. 221 ; Nees m Wight Contrib. 107 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 309. 

 Schoenus iuiiceus, Willd. Phyt. i. 2, t. 1, flg. 4 — Seirpus, Wall. Gat. 

 3461. 



Throughout India and Cetion (except Assam), alt. 0-3000 ft. — Distkib. Old 

 World generally, and in America. 



Roots fibrous. Stems 2-12 in. Leaves short, usually less than an inch. Seai 

 of 7-1 spikelets, quaei-Iateral ; lowest bracb as though a continuation of the stem, 

 1-4 in., terete, channelled (not triquetrous). Spikelets i—^ in., many-fld., sub- 

 pentagonons. Nut as long as half glume, acutely triquetrous, or slightly 

 compressed. 



Var. uninodis j heads umbellate, on 3-1 rays rarely so much as 1 in. S. 

 mucronatus, Boxh. Fl. Ind. i. 216 {not of Linn.). Isolepis uninodis, Delile Fl. 

 Egypt. 8; t. 6, fig. 1. I. amhigua, Zoll. Syst. Vers. Ind,. ArcMp. ii. 62 (not of 

 Steud.). I. oryectorum, Steud. Syn. Cyp. 96. — Sind; Pinwill. Ben&AL ; Wallich, 

 J. D. H. CoEOMANDEL ; Roxhurgh ; Wight. Ceylon ; LeschenauU, Macrae. — 

 DisTEiB. Trop. Africa, Java, Austral. 



8. S. erectus, Poir. ^»cyc. vi. 761 ; stems medium or elongate terete, 

 spikelets in a single lateral head, glumes ovate concave incurved, bristles 

 6-5 rarely 0, style 2-3-fid, nut broadly obovoid plane-convex obtuse slif[h.tly 

 transversely wavy black. S debilis, PurshFl. Am. Sept. i. 55 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austral, vii. 232. S. juncoides, Boxh. FL Ind. i. 216 ; Miq.Fl. Ind. Sat. iii. 

 303. S. luzonensis, Presl. Bel. Ssenh. i. 193 ; Nees in Wight Contrib. 112. S. 

 Wallichii, Nees in Wight Contrib. 112. S. junciformis, Nees I. c. 112 [not of 

 Betz). S . timorensis, Kunth Eniim. ii. 162. S. supinus, var. /3 and 7 Boech. in 

 Linnsea, xxxvi. 600. S. lateralis, Herb. Heyne and S. ternatns, Serb. Ham. ; 

 Wall. Cat. 3462, 3468, 3469, 4471. Eleocbaris juncoides, Schultes in Boem. 

 4' 8ch. Syst. Mant. ii. 90. 



Throughout India with CEYtoN ; alt. 0-3000 ft. — Distbib. Temp. Asia and N. 

 Am., Austral. 



This species united with S. supinus by Boeokeler has been again separated by 

 Bentham I.e. on the characters of the bristles, style branches and nut. The two 

 .ippear amply distinct; S. supinus has carinate glumes and angular spikelets, S. 

 ereetus has concave glumes and terete spikelets. 



9. S. articulatus, Linn. 8p. PI. i. 70 ; stems medium terete spongy 

 leafless, spikelets in a single lateral dense head, glumes ovate acute, 

 hristles 0, style 3-fid, nut obovoid triquetrous faintly transverse wavy 

 brown summit subpyramidal. Bottb. Bescr. et Ic. 53 ; Soxb. Fl. Ind. i. 

 214; Boech. in Linnsea, xxxvi. 702. S. fistulosus, Forsh. Fl. JEgypt-Arab . 

 14. S. prolongatus, Pair. Fncyc. vi. 764 and Sappl. v. 91. S. incurvatua 

 and S. subarticulatns, Boxb. Fl. I. c. 214, 215. Isolepis articulata, Nees 

 in Wight Contrib. 108 ; Thw. Enum. 350 ; Balz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 286. 

 I. prolongata and I. incurvata, Nees in Wight Contrih. 108. Eleooharis 

 incurvata, Schultes in Boem. & 8di. Syst. Mant. ii. 92. Holosoboenus in- 

 curvatus andH. subarticulatns, Bietr. Sp. PI. ii, 165, 166. — Soirpus, Wall. 

 Cat. 3456, 3457, 3458, 3459.— meede Sort. Mai. xii. t. 71. 



Throughout India, alt. O-3O0O ft., from the HiMALATA to Cetion and Moiri- 

 MEIN. — DiSTEiB. Africa, Philippines, Australia. 



Moot fibrous. Stems 4-30 in., densely tufted, soft, often ■ (when dry) transversely 

 septate ; sheaths at top membranous, soon torn. Lowest bract similar to the stem, 

 appearing a continuation of it, and often longer than it. Spikelets ^— J in. long, 

 rusty or purple, usually many, but heads of few spikelets occur. O-lumes slightly 

 keeled, not notched at tip, margins neither fimbriate nor hairy. Stamens usually 3. 



