541 



(13) F. MiLiACBA. fVahl.j 

 Bent. Vatl. Enum. II. 287. 



Syn. Scirpus miliaceus, Linn. — Bv/rm. Ind. — Trichelostylis 

 miliacea, Wight Contril. p. 103. — S. tetragonus, Poir. — Roxh. — 'S. 

 tetragona, Bietr. spec. II. 152. — T. tetragona, TFight I. e. p. 104. — 

 S. Benghalensis, Pers. syn. I. 68. — F. Benghalensis, Boem. and 

 SehuU. 



Bngrm. Burm. Ind. t. 9, fig. 2.— Eottb. gram. 57, t. 5, fig. 2. 



Spec. Chaje. Culms caespitose, compressed, quadragonal, leafy 

 at the base, glabrous : leaves distiobdus, narrow-linear, ensiform : 

 sheaths compressed : umbel irregularly supra-decompound, with 

 3 to 4 rays : involucre and involucels 2-leaved, short", subulate : 

 spikes sub-globose, central ones sessile : scales broadly ovate, 

 rounded and blunt at the apex. 



Moist pastures in the Peninsula. Silhet. 



(14) F. COMMUNIS. (Emth.J 

 Ident. Eunth 1. c. p. 234. 



Syn. F. diphyUa, VaM. — Wight Contril. p. 100. — Scirpus 

 diphyllus, Ret%. — S. miliaceus, Roxb. — Isolepis curvifolia, Schult. 

 — Trichostelis curvifolia, Wight Contrib. 105. (Annot.) — ^F. ovalis, 

 Wight I. c. p. 98. — F. cincta, Wight I. c. — F. pUosa, Vahl. — F. 

 tomentosa, Wight I. c. 100. — F. rigidula, Wight I. c. p. 99. — ^F. 

 podocarpa, Wight I. c. p. 98. — ^F. Eoyeniana, Wight I. c. p. 99. 



, Spec. Chae. Csespitose : glaucous : glabrous or pubescent : 

 culms furrowed : leaves narrow Hnear, flat : umbel compound or 

 decompound, usually few-rayed : involucre 2 — 5 -leaved : spikes 

 ovate-lanceolate, ovate or elliptic, acute : scales very broadly ovate, 

 shortly mucronate : style 2-oleft : achenium bi-oonvex, umbonate, 

 finely canceUate. 



Peninsula. 



(15) F. FEEEUGnrEA. (Vahl.) 



Ident. Vahl. Enum. II. 291.— Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 287. 



Scirpus ferrugineus, Linn. — S. debiKs, Lam. III. I. 141. 

 — ^F. arvensis, Vahl. — F. Tranquebariensis, Roth. 



Spec. Chae. CuLn erect, compressed, triangular above, smooth : 

 sheaths pubescent : leaves short, narrow-linear, roughish on the 

 margins : umbel simple or compound : rays very unequal, with 

 1 to 5 spikelets : involucre 1 to 2-leaved, shorter than the umbel : 



