512 



(30) C. COETMBOStrS. fEottl.j 



Eottb. Gram. 42.— Vahl. 1. c. II. 347. 



Syn. Papyrus corymbosus, N. ah. JE. Wight. Contrib. 89. — 

 C. tegetum, Soxb. — C. monophyUus, Vahl. 



Engram, Eottb. 1. c. t. 7, figr4. 



Spec. Chae. Culm triangular, leafless, slieatliing at the base, 

 glabrous : umbel compound, corymbiform, somewhat 7-rayed., 

 longer rays brachiately branched : involucre somewhat 4-leaved, 

 twice exceeding the umbel : leaflets flat, scabrous at the margin : 

 spikes 4 — 12, spicately fascicled, patent, Uneaf, compressed, 12—32- 

 flowered : scales oblong, rounded emarginate at the apex, keeled 

 and boat-shaped, ^-nerved, rusty, keel green : achenium oblong, 

 triquetrous, nearly 3 times shorter than the scale : wings of the 

 rhacheola slowly becoming rusty and loosening. 



Peninsula. 



(31) C. BEHISCENS. (N. db. E.) 



Ident. Nees ab. Esen. in Wight Contrib. p. 89 (under Papyrus). 



Spec. Chae. Culm 1 -leaved at the base, triquetrous above : 

 umbel decompound, rays slender, 2 — 3-cleft : spikelets 5 — 6-paired, 

 approximate, alternate, Unear, 12 — 16-flowered : scales oblong, 

 obtuse, spreading : involucels bracteal, small, lanceolate, scale- 

 shaped : involucre 3-leaved exceeding the umbel : inner small scales 

 soluble. 



Peninsula. 



(32) C. lEGEIIPOEMIS. fRoxl.J 



Ident. Eoxb. Hort. Beng. — ^Kunth 1. e.,p. 56. 



Syn. Papyrus tegetiformis. Am. in Wight Contrib. p. 89. 

 C. nudus, Roxb.Jlor. Ind. I. p. 213. 



Spec. Chae. Culm trigonal, leafless, sheathed at the base, 

 glabrous : umbel compound, many-rayed : involucre 3-leaved, short, 

 scale-shaped: spikes 6 — 11, spicately fascicled, linear, compressed, 

 8 — 12-flowered, scales obtuse, convex-navicular, 3-nerved at the 

 back, green : style very long : rhacheola winged. 



Bengal. 



(33) C. Pahgoeei. fRottl.J 

 Ident. Eottb. Gram. 31.— Yahl. 1. c. 345. 

 Syn. Papyrus Pangorei, Wight Contrib. p. 88. 

 Engrm. Eottb. 1. c. t. 7, fig. 3. 



