329 



(2) X. ANCEPs. (Lam.J 



Ident Lam. 111. I. 132.— Vahl. Enum. II. 206.— Kunth 1. c. 

 p. 17. 



Spec. Chas. Peduncles many, 1 foot and more, 2-edged, smooti : 

 leaves narrow, very stiff, 3— 4-times less than the twisted peduncles : 

 spike sub-globose : scales roundish, convex, emaiginate : outer lateral 

 sepals navicular, attenuated below : anthers 3-teethed at the apex, 

 surrounded at the base with twin peniciUiform corpusoules : style 

 deeply 3-cleft, segments dilated above, denticulate at the apex : 

 flowers yellow. 



Malabar. 



(3) X. lAppAOEA. (Seyne.} 

 Ident. Heyne herb. — ^Mart. in Wan. pi. As. rar. III. 30. 



Spec. Chae. Scapes teretely angular, beyond one foot, slightly 

 exceeding the Unear acute leaves marked with 7 thick nerves r 

 capitula few-flowered, globose : bracts oblong, of the same colour at 

 the back, apex shortly mucroHate, rough. 



Coromandel. 



(4) X. PATJcrpiOEA. f Willi.) 



"Wind. spec. I. 255.— Kunth 1. c— Mart. 1. c. 23. 



Spec. Char. Leaves narrow-linear, edges slightly scabrous,, 

 glabrous : peduncles twice exceeding the leaves^ angular, sheathed 

 below by the leaf : spikes ovate-sub-globose, many-flowered : scales 

 obovate, rounded at the top,, shining, convex at the back, somewhat 

 keeled at the top and marked with an ashy triangular scraped area : 

 outer lateral sepals keeled : flowers yeUow. 



Coromandel. Silhet. 



(5) X. 'Walkeei. fR.W./ 



Ident. Wight Cat. h. 2373.— Euntb 1. c. p. 19. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves Bnear,, sharply mucronate, sulcately nerved, 

 flnely scabrous at the edges : peduncles exceeding the leaves, smooth, 

 2-edged, finely scabrous at the angles, famished below with a leaf- 

 less sheath: spikes ovate, many-flowered: scales broadly obovate, 

 round at the apex, brown, ash-coloured above on the back : outer 

 lateral sepals obovate, keeled, lacerately hairy at the apex, narrowly 

 winged with a keel, wing hispidly spinous at the margin. 



Peninsula. 



