503 



obovate, round at tte top, emarginate, slightly recurved, mucronate; 

 keeled, some what 6 -nerved, pale straw, rusty liueolate at, the back : 

 stamens two : style 2-cleft : acbenium obovate, compresseii at the 

 sides, rounded at the top, somewhat retuse, pale brown, 3 times 

 shorter than the scale. 



Peninsula. 



(2) C. PUMiLTis. (Linn.) 



m 



Ident. Linn. Amsen. Acad. iv. 302.— Vahl. En. II. 330.— N. ab. 

 E. 1. c. p. 74. 



Syn. Pycreus pumilus, N. ah. E. Linnma. ix. 283. 



Spec. Chue. Kays of the compound umbel straight : spikelets 

 packed in ovate spikes, reflexed, spreading, oblong, slightly com- 

 pressed, 8 — 18-flowered,: scales ovate, pale at the sides, nerved, 

 green at the keel, mucronatej , mucro spreading.: style 2-cleft: 

 cafyopsis obovate, compressed, retuse,, slightly dotted: leaflets of 

 the 3^-5-leaved involucre 2 — 3, longer than the umbel, broadish, 

 flat, and with the cauline ones equalling the ciilm or exceeding it, 

 smooth : culm leafy at the base, triquetrous, smooth : root fibrous. 



Peninsula. 



(3) C. vuLGAKis. (Sieh.J 



Ident. Sieb. herb. Maurit. No. 14.^-Kunth 1. c. p. 4. 



Syn. C. conglomeratus, VM. — C. strictus. Lam. III. I. 146. — 

 C. globosus, Vahl. — C. curvatus, Vahl. — C. capiUaris, Kom in Roxb. 

 I. c.—N. ab. M in Wight p. 76.^Dah. Bomh.Jlor.p. 283.— 0. divari- 

 catus, La/m. — C. flavidus, Vahl. — C. lanceolatus, Seib. I. c. No. 32. 



Spec. Chae. Culms triangular, leafy at the base : root fibrous : 

 leaves filiform, as long as or shorter than the culm : involucre 3- 

 leaved, filiform: umbel small, usually composed of one sessile 

 spikelet and two pedicelled ones : spikelets lineax, many-flowered, 

 diandrous : scales membranaceous, obtuse : seed compressed, dark- 

 coloured. 



Deccan. Peniiisula. 



(4) C. EEAGEOSTIS. (Vokl.) 



Ident. Tahl. 1. c. 322.— Kunth 1, c. p. 7. 



Syn. C. cruentus, Ret&. ; Roxb. flor. Ind. I. 196. — C. sangnino- 

 lentus, N. ab. E. in Wight p. 75. — C. albidus, Zam.; III. — C. 

 pumilus, Rotth. gram. 28, t. 9, fig. 4. — C. nitidus, Zam. 



Spec. Chae. Culms triangular, creeping at the base : leaves 

 shorter than the culm, keeled, flat: umbel 4— 7'-rayed, rays 3 — 8- 

 spiked, one commonly very short : iuvolucre 3-leaved, usually ex- 

 ceeding the umbel : spikes spicately iascicled, broad linear or oblong. 



