517 

 "(45) C. Ktilingioibes. (Vahl.J 



Ident. Vahl. Enum. II. 312.— Kuntt 1. c. p. 94. 



Syn. C. dubius, Rotth. gram. 20. Roxb. flor. Ind. I. 188. — C. 

 mollis, Poir. — C. capitatus, Pair. — C. capitellatus, Schult. Mant. 

 II. 101. 



Engrav. Rottb. 1. c. t. 4, j&g. 5. 



Spec. Chae. Culm triquetrous, leafy at tbe base, and there 

 somewhat bulbous and thickened : leaves linear, keeled and flat, 

 margin rough above, membranaceous, nearly equalling the culm : 

 capitule solitary, ovate-sub-globose, densely glomerated with nu- 

 merous spikes : involucre 4-leaved, very long : spikes ovatey-oblong, 

 6 — 8-flowered: scales much approximated, roundish-ovate, sub- 

 cordate, keeled and boat-shaped, many-nerved ■» achenium elliptic, 

 triquetrous, brown, a half or third shorter than the scale. 



Peninsula. 



(46) C. pnsiLiTis. (Vahl.) 



Ident. Vahl. Enum. II. 203. 



Syn. C. pygmffius, Retz. ols. iv. 9. 



Spec. Chae. Culm terete : leaves radical, twice as Igng as the 

 culm, filiform : umbel compound, partial rays 5 — 6, 4 — 6-flowered : 

 spikelets lanceolate : involucre 4-leaved, longer than the umbel. 



Tranquebar. 



(47) C. mcBELLATirs. (Bwrm.) 



Ident. Burm. Ind. 21,'t. 9, fig. I.— Eoxb. flor. Ind. I. 208. 



Spec. Chae. Root fibrous : ' culms erect, 4 — 6-feet, smooth, 

 bluntly angled, leafy at the base : leaves long, one equalling the 

 culm : involucre 3 — 6-leaved, leaflets unequal, the largest 2 — 3- 

 feet : umbel decompound, with many unequal rays : spikelets 

 numerous, spiked, alternate, 3 — 4-flowered: seed elliptic, tri- 

 angular. 



Deccan. 



(48) C. WiGHTii. (N. ah. S.J 



Ident. Nees ab. Esenb. in Wight Contrib. p. 78. 



Spec. Chab. Spikelets globose-capitate, oblong-lanceolate, 

 compressed, 10 — 30-flowered : scales closely imbricated, ovate, 

 attenuated into a subulate recurved acumen, fin^y nerved and 

 striated : caryopsis obovate, trigonal, ashy : involucre 2 — 3-leaved, 



