Seirpus.] OLxxii. cypeeaoe^. (C. B. Clarke.) 661 



Var. sikUmensis ; stems 4-16 in., spikelets distichous, nut sessile ellipsoid, 

 margins near its base thickened by large corky cells. — Sikkim ; Lachen, alt. 8500 ft., 

 J.H.H. — This would be an Anos'^orum of Boeckeler, as the nut probably germinates 

 while floating in water. 



Var; dissita (sp.), Dathie in Saharuupore Report, 1885 j stem 14 in. bearing 

 two long-peduncled distant spikes, spikelets densely panicled not distichous, nut 

 sessile ellipsoid margins near its base thickened by large corky cells. — Kumaon ; 

 Kutti, alt. 12,500 ft., Duthie. — Very unlike the ordinary S. Caricis. 



19. S. rufus, Schrqd. Fl. Qerm. i. 133, t. 1, fig. 3 ; spikelets subdis- 

 tichously closely spioate, bristles or very short slender, style 2-fid, nut 

 ovoid acute smooth ashy or brown. BoeoJc. in Linnsea, xiivi. 707. Sohcsnus 

 compressus, var., lAgMj. Fl. Scot. 1138, t. 24, fig. 2. S. rufua, JECuds. Fl. 

 Angl. 15. Blysmus rufus, lAnh. Hort. Berol. i. 278 ; Beichb. Ic. Fl. Qerm. 

 viii. 36, t. 293. 



W. TiBBT, Thomson. — Europe, Centr. Asia, Canada, Chili. 



Very near S. Garicis, Eetz, differing by the small bristles and the sessile nut. 

 Glumes usually chestnut-black, but sometimes brown as of S. Caricis. Bristles 

 usually rudimentary, smooth, sometimes nearly as long as nut and rough with 

 microscopic papilli but not setulose. 



** Nearly leafless, style 3-fid, 



20. S. subcapitatus, Thw. Fnwm. 351; stems long slender with 

 nodes only close to the base, spikelets 6-1 subeapitately spicate, style 3-fid, 

 bristles 6 long, nnt oblong smooth black. Boech. in Linnsea, xxxvi. 

 704. 



Deccan PiNiNSUiA, Wight Nilghieis, Gardner. Cetlon, Thwaites, T. 

 Anderson. — Disikib. Sumatra, China, 



Glabrous. Rhizome woody, very short. Stems 8-20 in., rigid, terete, sheathed 

 only near base. Leaves 0-i in., subulate. 'Bracts short ; lowest \ in., shorter than 

 spike. Spikelets i in., many-fld., brown. Glumes ovate, acnte, concave, entire not 

 notched, keel with 3 yellow nerves. Bristles very slender, much longer than nut, in 

 fruit somewhat lengthened, red-brown, smooth, near tips slightly thickened papillose- 

 scabrous. Stamens 3 ; anthers crested. Stgle long ; branches 3, long. Ifut ^ 

 glume, regularly trigonous, exactly oblong, shortly pyramidal at base and apez, ripe 

 shortly acuminate at apex ; outermost cells, minute, quadrate-hexagonal, nut hence 

 smooth or minutely granular. — A remarkable species, placed on account of its 

 spicate inflorescence with Blysmus to avoid making another section for it only. 

 The nut and bristles are as in the next section Sylvaticce. 



Sect. 5. Stlvatic^. Stems tall with many leaf-bearing nodes in the 

 upper part. Panicle long ; corymbs decompound, large, spreading. Bristles 

 (if any) undivided, more or less elongate in fruit. — Seidlia (Genus), Opiz 

 Natv/ral. Tauseh. ix. 349. — Eriophori sp., Benth in Gen. PI. iii. 1052. 



21. S. Briophorum, Mich. Fl. Bor. Am. i. 33 ; spikelets in clusters 

 of 4^1 comose in fruit by elongate bristles, style 3-fid, nut trigonous ellip- 

 soid acute smooth brown. Boech. in Linnsea, xxxvi. 731. S. Wiohurai, 

 Boech. I. c. 729. Briophorum cyperinum, Linn. Sp. PI. 77 ; Benth. in Qen. 

 PI. iii. 1052. Trichophornm cyperinum, Pers. Syn. i. 69. 



Khasia, alt. 2500-6000 ft., common. Assam, Jenkins. E. Himalaya, Griffith. 

 — ^DiSTEiB. E. Asia, N. America, 



Glabrous, except pedicels. Btems 2-6 ft. Leaves up to 18 by J inch. Bracts 

 several, often longer than inflorescence. Umbel 4-12 in. in diam. Spikelets i'm,, 

 many-fld., ellipsoid, brown. Glumes small, ovate, acute. Bristles 6-5, ultimately 



