499 



Syn. Leucocephala graminifolia, Roxh. I. c. p. 612. — Spha- 

 crocUoa quinquangularis, Beam, and J)esv. in Ann. des Scien. Nat. 

 xiii. 47., 



Spec. Chak. Stemless : leaves grassy, linear, sharp, 7 — 11- 

 nerved, pellucid, minutely find pbscurely strigose : sheaths shorter 

 than the leaf and with the peduncles glahrous, the latter S-furro-jred. 



Rice fields throughout the country. 



(10) E. WAi.LiCHiAisnjM. {Ma/rt.J 



Ident. Mart. 1. c. p. 26, t. 249. 



Spec. Chab. Stemless: leaves grassy linear, narrow acute, 

 many -nerved, sub-pellucid : peduncles and sheaths glahrous : 

 peduneles farrowed, 5 -angled, twice the length of the leaves : 

 leaves membranous : sheathes lax, membranaceous : seeds with 

 small hairs in rows. 



Peninsula. Western coast. 



(11) E. ODORATUM. (Bah.) 

 Ident. Dalz. in Hook. Joum. Bot. III. p. 280. 



Spec. Chae. Stemless : leaves , subulate, recurved, 7-nerved, 

 1-inch long: sheaths as long as the leaf: peduncles several, 5- 

 angular, 6 inches high, twisted, filiform, glabrous : heads of flowers 

 snow-white : Lnvolucral bracts very short, obovate-cuneate; scarious: 

 floral ones rhomb-cuneate, clothed vrith opaque white hairs at the 

 apex. 



Stagnant water at Malwan, flowering in September. 



(12) E. cusprDATDM. (Bah.) 



Ident. Dalz. 1. o. 



Spec. Chae. Stemless : leaves linear ensiform, very obtuse, 

 cuspidate, 7 — 9-nerved, glabrous, one-third the length of the 

 sheath : peduncles 7-angled, Tglabrous : heads of flowers white, 

 villous : involucral bracts ovate, shorter than the head, floral ones 

 obovate, cuneate, incurved and rounded at the apex. 



Between Vingorla and Malwan. 



(13) E. PIGMCEUM. (Bah.) 



Ident. Dalz. 1. c. 



Spec. Chae. Stemless : leaves flat, linear, acuminate, 7-nerved, 

 twice the length of the sheath and as long as the peduncles : sheaths 

 striated, glabrous, acuminated and split at the apex : peduncles 

 several, 3 — 4Tangled : involucral bracts lanceolate-acuminate, 

 minutely striated, 3 — 4-times longer than the head, spreading. 



Neari Malwan. 



