527 



(4) E. PLANTAGINEA. fBrOWn.J 



R. Br. prod. 224.-^Kuntli 1. c. p. 163. 



Syn. Scirpus plantagineus, Ret%. obs. v. 14. — Vahl. — Roxb. — 

 8. plantaginoides, Eotth. gram. 45. — Limnooliloa plantaginea, Wight 

 Contrib. p. 114. 



Migrae. Eottb. 1. c. t. 15, fig. 2. 



Spec. Chab. Culms tapering, ctequered -with transverse disse- 

 piments, sheatHng at the base : spike cylindric : scales broad, 

 rounded at tbe top, finely nerved, palish green, saffron-dotted : style 

 unequally 3-cleft : bristles 7, retrorsely spinous. 



Stagnant waters in the Peninsula. Lower Bengal. 



(5) E. TTJMiDA. fSehuU.J 



Ident. Schult. Mart. II. 86.— Kunth. 1. c. p. 154. 



Syn. Scirpus tumidus, Roxb. — Limnochloa tumida, Wight Con- 

 trib. p. 114. 



Spec. Chae. Culms 2 — 3-feet, terete, regularly intercepted : 

 spike terminal, cylindric : scales broadly lanceolate : seeds with 

 simple bristles. 



Peninsula. 



(6) E. FISTULOSA. (Sehult.J 



Ident. Schult. Mart. II. 



Syn. Limnocharis flstulosa, Nees ab Usenb in Zwjjeosa.-^ Scirpus 

 acutangulus, Roxh. — E. acutangula, Schult. I. c. 91. — Limnochloa 

 acutangula, Wight I. c. p. 114. 



Spec. Chae. Culms triquetrous, sheathed at the base : spike 

 cylindric : scales broad, rounded at the apex, somewhat keeled at 

 the back, many-nerved : style 2-clefl : achenium roundish-obovate, 

 biconvex-lenticular, many-ribbed, finely striated transversely, pale, 

 terminated by the short-conical flattened rusty base of the sfyle : 

 bristles six, retrorsely spinous, exceeding the fruit. 



Stagnant waters of the Peninsula. Bengal. 



(7). E. MEDIA, f Sehult.J 



Ident. Schult. Mart. II. 91. 



Scirpus medius, Roxb. — ^Limnochloa media, Wight I. c. 



p. 114. 



Spec. Chae. Culms 1 — 2-feet, triangular : spike terminal, sub- 

 cylindric : scales obtuse : seeds bristly. 



Peninsula. Circar hills. 



