524 



Engram. Eottb. 1. c. t. 4, fig. 3. 



Spec. Chah. Culms 1 -leaved at tlie base, leaf shorter flat: 

 capitule solitary, globose : involucre 3-leaved, far exceeding the 

 capitule : spikes 1 -flowered, obliquely ovate, compressed : scales 

 keeled, mucronate, 5-nerved, upper one exceeding the lower : 

 stamens 3 : aehenium roundish-obovate, mucronate, nearly three 

 times shorter than the scale. 



Peninsula. 



(3) K. MEIANOSPEEMA. ( N. ob. E.) 



Ident. Nees ab. Esenb. in "Wight Contrib. p. 91. 



Spec. Chab. Capitule simple, ovate-roundish, sessile, densely 

 compact, spikelets 1-flowered, triandrous : scales ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, 7-nerved, nerves ia threes, lateral ones ribbed-shaped, 

 keel serrated with fine spines : caryopsis oblong, side somewhat 

 ribbed, dotted, black : involucre 3 — 4-leaved, much longer than the 

 capitulum, margiu rough : leaves very short : cuhn winged and 

 triquetrous. 



Peninsula. 



(4) E. TEiCBPs. (Rotth.J 



Ident. Eottb. Gram. 14, t. 4,flg. 6.— Yahl. Enum. II. 381.— 

 T^ight Contrib. p. 91. 



Syn. K. nivea, Pers. — Scirpus glomeratus, Linn. — Schoenns 

 niveus, Linn. 



Engrm. -Eheede Mai. xii. t. 52. 



Spec. Cttap,. Creeping : culms leafy at the base : leaves 

 equalling or exceeding the culm, membranaceous, flat, rough 

 with fine spines at the margin : capitules somewhat in threes, 

 dense, middle one sub-globose-eUiptic, lateral ones smaller : involucre 

 3 — 4-leaved, very long: spikes obliquely lanceolate, compressed, 

 1-flowered: fertile scales keeled, sharply sub-mucronate, lower one 

 7, upper 6-nerved : stamens 2 : aehenium oblong, mucronulate, a 

 little shorter than the scale. 



Peninsula. 



(5) K. GSACiLis. (Wall.) 



Ident. "Wall. Cat. 3443.— Kunth 1. c. p. 134. 



Spec. Chae. Creeping : culms erect, elongated, leafy at the 

 base: leaves shorter than the culm, flat, membranaceous, rough 

 with fine spines at the margin : capitule solitary, cylindric-oblong, 

 1-flowered: two upper scales broadly ovate, keeled and boat- 



