Rynohospora.'] olxxii. oTPEEAOBiE. (C.B.Clarke.) 671 



spMets as in B aurea, but more slender ; apikelets more clustered, less numerous, 

 ^..^? f st^'aggling open pamole. Nui hardly i in., brown, smooth or microsco- 

 SoLraTnutf '"""'="^'''"= ^^^^ «* ''='^« ""^'y •larrowly pyramidal, much 



7. R. Kookeri, Boech. in Lirmma, xxxvii. 621 (Rhynchospora) ; 

 somewhat robust, nearly glabrous, spikelets in loose corymbs, style 

 very shortly 2-fid, nut obovoid chestnut-colrd. smooth suddenly narrowed 

 into a very small cylmdric neck, beak linear as long as nut. Schcenus 

 articulatus. Buck. Ham. ms. ({not of i?oa;6.).— Eynchospora, Wall. Gat. 



N.B. India; alt. 0-300 ft. Assam ; Seebsagur, 0. S. Clarke, &e. Sylhet 

 lerai; J. D. Hooker. North Bengal; Nathpur, Hamilion, WalUchs Mudhopoor 

 Jangle. C. B. Clarke ; Pegu, Srandis (Herb. Calcutta). 



Hardly stoloniferous, lateral shoots push out from base of stem. Stems, leaves, 

 spikelets, nearly as in smaller examples of M. aurea, but corymbs much more 

 stragglmg irregular, spikelets 1-5-clustered. Nut.^ in. long, surmounted by the 

 mmute neck also chestnut-colrd. ; beak greenish-straw-colrd. 



Series B. Diplosttle^, Benih. & Soolc.f. Gen.Pl. iii. 1059. Style 

 deeply divided, branches 2 long-linear. [Stem with nodes bearing leaves 

 (or leaf-like bracts) far above its base. Spikelets loosely corymbose or 

 panicled]. j j 



8. R. grracillima, Thw. Enum. 435 (Rhynchospora), not of San- 

 valle; glabrous, very slender, spikelets solitary long-pedicelled panicled 

 bearing often 2 nuts, hypogynous bristles 0, style-branches 2 long, nut 

 broadly obovoid truncate transversely wavy- wrinkled, beak broad depressed. 

 Boeek. in LimnsecL, xxxvii. (1873), 597; Kwrz in Joum. As. 8oc. Beng. 

 ^ns ^■^^^^^' P** ^" ^^^- ^- Kamphosveneri, Boeeh. in Engl. Jahrb. v. 



Cetloit; Thwadtes n. 3818. Khasia ; J. H. Soaker. Nicobaes ; Kurz.— 

 DiSTKiB. Hongkong. 



Moots fibrous. Stems 2 ft. Leaves 4^12 in., setaceous. Panicle 12 by 3 in., 

 with 18 spikelets. Spikelets i by f^ in., dusky brown. Glumes 7-8, obtuse, 3 or 4 

 lowest empty shorter. 8tt/le long slender, branches 2 as long as style. Wut f 

 glume, pale ash-colour; beak as broad as nut, becoming black, saddle-shaped. 



9. XI. grlauca, Vahl Unum. ii. 233; glabrous, panicle narrow, 

 corymbs rather small, spikelets numerous bearing 1-2 nuts, hypogynous 

 bristles scabrous with teeth pointing upwards, style-branches 2 long, nut 

 broadly obovoid truncate transversely wavy wrinkled, beak |— | nut. Boech. 

 in Linnxa, xxxvii. 585 (excl. the " larger" form). R. gracilis, Vahl EniA/m. 

 ii. 234. R. laxa, Br. Prodr. 230 ; R. laxa j3 minor, TAw.'Enum. 352 (not of 

 Vahl). R. chinensis, Nees in Wight Contrib. 115 ; Boeck. I. c. 586 (the 

 Khasia plants). — Rynchospora, Wall. Gat. 3421. 



Khasia and NiiaaiBi Hills, alt. 4-6500 ft., Nepal; WalUch. Cetlon, 

 Thuiaites O.P. n. 2396, &c. — Disteib. Warm regions of the globe. 



Ehizome biennial or perennial, short, becoming woody; lateral shoots (hardly 

 stolons) push out from base of stem. Stems tufted l-2i ft., rather slender, nearly 

 smooth, with nodes throughout their length. LeoAiqs 8-20 by -f^ in., nearly 

 smooth. Pawicle 12 by 1-2 in. ; axillary corymbs often 2-3, distant, peduncled, 

 f in. diam. Spikelets shortly pedicelled or somewhat clustered ^ in., with 6-7 

 glumes. Hypogynous hristles 6 or 5, rigid, brown, usually as long as nut rarely 

 reaching top of beak. Stamens usually 2 ; anthers not crested. Nut J-J glume, 



