509 



pressed, 8 — 25-flowered: scales orbicular, reniform, retuse, blunt, 

 S-nerred at the back : achenium obovate-elliptic, triangular, as long 

 as the scale. 



Peninsula. 



(21) C. Ikia. (Linn.) 



Ident. Linn. sp. 67. — Eottb. gram. 41. — Koxb. 1. c. p. 201. — 

 Wight Gontrib. p. 87. 



Syn. C. Santonici, Rottl. — C. panicoides, Lam. III. I. 145. 



Ikgrm. Eottb. 1. c. 41, t. 9, fig. I. 



Spec. Chae. Culm triquetrous, glabrous : leaves flat, flaccid, 

 rough on the margins : umbel 6 — 8-rayed : involucre very long, 

 3 — 4-leaved : rays very unequal, branched and fascicled at the 

 apex : spikes linear-compressed, 8 — 20-flowered, flowers distant : 

 scales rounded, obovate-emargiuate, very shortly mucronate, 5- 

 nerved: achenium elliptic, triangular, mucronate, as long as the 

 scale. 



Deccan. 



(22) C. coKoifAEnrs. (Kunth.J 



Ident. Kunth 1. c. p. 44. 



Syn. Seirpus coronarius, Vahl. Ml. II. 261. — Isolepis coronaria, 

 Roem. and SchulL syst. II. 113. 



Spec. Chaw. Bhizome creeping : culms filiform, triangular, 

 glabrous, leafy at the base : leaves shorter than the culm, .stiffish, 

 very narrow, keeled : spikes many, capitately congested, roundish 

 ovate, obtuse, compressed, many-flowered : involucre 4 — 5 -leaved, 

 much exceeding the capitulum : scales ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 convex and keeled, keel prominent above : achenium oblong, tri- 

 gonal, very finely dotted, a half shorter than the scale. 



Bengal. 



(23) C. MVETTs. (Eeti.J 



Ident. Betz. obs. v. 12.— Eoxb. 1. c. p. 191.— Wight Contrib. 

 p. 78. 



Spec Chae. Bhizome creeping: culm slender, triangular, 

 glabrous: leaves short, narrow: spikes 10 — 12, capitately aggre- 

 gated, oblong, compressed, 38 — 40-flowered : involucre 2-leaved, 

 exceeding the spikes, keeled, stiff: scales approximated, ovate, 

 compressed and navicular, keeled, compressed at the top,.13-nerved, 

 dirty straw : achenium obovate-roundish, equilateral, smooth, 3 — 4- 

 times shorter than the scale. 



Bajahmundry. Midnapore. 



