330 



(6) X. ROBTjeTA. (Mart.) 

 Ident. Mart, in "Wall. PI. As. rar. III. 30.— Kimth 1. c. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves linear, acutisli, glabrous : peduncles terete, 

 sulcated, sharp angled, sheatted by tie leaf beneatb, exceeding tbe 

 leaves, spikes ovate or oblong, many-flowered : scales ovate, obtuse, 

 of tbe same colour, brown, opaque, glabrous : outer lateral sepals 

 narrow, keeled, acute, keel-winged, wing narrow, lacinulate fim- 

 briate. 



Silhet. 



(7) X. Indica. (Linn.) 



Ident. Linn. Zeyl. 14.— Koxb. flor. Ind. I. 179. 



Engrm. Eheede Mai. ix. t. 7. 



Spec. Chae. Glabrous : peduncles terete, sulcata, sbarp angled, 

 sbeatbed below by tbe leaf, exceeding the sub-gladiate linear acute 

 leaves: spikes elliptic, many-flowered: scales broadly obovate, 

 rounded at tbe apex, of tbe same colour, shining : outer lateral 

 sepals narrow, keeled, obtuse, keel- winged above : wing narrow, 

 entire : flowers yellow. 



South Concan. Coromandel. Bengal, riowering in November 

 and December. 



(1) X. NiLAGiBrENSis. fSteudel.J 



Ident. Steudel syn. p. 288. 



Spec. Chab. Peduncles terete, somewhat angled, compressed at 

 the base and there famished with a long-sheathed leaflet : radical 

 leaves long and broadly sheathed, very narrow, 2 — 3-times shorter 

 than the petiole : spike ovate or sub-rotund, elliptic : scales broadly 

 ovate, shining chestnut, slightly paler at the margin, obtuse at the 

 apex, 



Neilgherries. 



(9) X. OEYZETOStJM. fMiq.j 



Ident. Miq. in Herb. Ind. or. Hohen, 369. — Steudel 1. c. 



Spec Chae. Scapes angular, sheathing-leafy at the base : leaves 

 flat, linear, narrow, denticulate at the margin : spike ovate : scales 

 broadly ovate, obtuse, chestnut, ashy pubescent at the apex : capsule 

 somewhat triquetrous, 1 -celled : seeds very numerous, oblong, 

 pellucid, striated. 



Mangalore. 



