539 



(7) F. DioHOTOMA. (Yahl.) 



Ident. VaU. 1. c. 287. 



Syn. Scirpus dichotomus, Rotth. gram. 57. — F. paUescens, Roxb. 

 Wight Contrib. p. 101. — Isolepis paUescens, Dietr. spec. 



Ungrav. Eottb. 1. c. t. 13, fig. 1. 



Spec. Chae. glaucous : culms csespitose, leafy at the base : 

 leaves equalling the culm, narrow linear, flat, scabrous at the 

 margin, glabrous or softly pubescent : sheaths pubescent : umbel 

 supra-decompound, many-rayed, rays unequal: involucre 5 — 6- 

 leaved, exceeding the umbel : spikes soUtaiy in threes, central 

 one sessile, rest pedicelled, oblong, acute : scales keeled, broadly 

 ovate, mucronate, glabrous, beset with rusty liaeolse and dots: 

 stamen one : style 2-cleft : achenium obovate, lenticular, umbonate, 

 canceUate, rusty or whitish, pearly shining. , 



Lower Bengal. Peninsula. 



(8) F. ^STivAiis. (Vahl.J 



Idemt. Vahl. En. II. 288.— "Wight Contrib. p. 102. 



Syn. Scirpus sestivalis, Rett,, ols. iv. 12. — Roxh. 



Spbc. Chab. Glaucous : culms cse'spitose, filiform, furrowed, 

 leafy at the base : leaves almost equalling the culm, narrow-linear, 

 flat and with the sheaths softly pubescent: umbel supra-decom- 

 pound, many -rayed : rays very unequal : involucre many-leaved, 

 exceeding the umbel : spikes solitary in threes, central one sessile, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, somewhat squarrose : scales keeled, ovate, 

 long mucronate : achenium obovate-eUiptic, lenticular-biconvex, 

 sub-umbonate. 



Peninsula. 



(9) F. COMPLANATA. (lArik.) 



Ident. Link. Hort. I. 292. 



Syn. Scirpus complanatus, Ret%. ols. v. 14. Vahl. Roxb. — 

 Isolepis complanata, Roem. and Schult. syst. II. 119. — Trichelo- 

 stylis complanata, Wight Contrib. p. 103. — I. WiUdenowii, Roem. 

 and SoJmlt. I. e. 120. — Cyperus complanatus, Willd. — F. autumnalis, 

 {var. Indica) Roth. — S. anoeps, Roxb. — I. aneeps, Dietr. spec. II. 

 125. 



Spec. Chae. Culms compressed, leafy at the base : leaves 

 shorter than the culm, linear, obliquely acute, above scabrous at 

 the margin : sheaths compressed, distichous : umbel irregular 

 supra-decompound : involucre 2-leaved, shorter than the umbel : 



