542 



spikelets ovate-obloag, acute, central ones sessile : scales ovate- 

 elliptic, mucronate under the apex, femi^ous, a little hoary and 

 puherulous : stamens 2 : style bifid : seed obovate, umbonate, dark- 

 coloured, shining. 



Banks of streams in the Deccan. 



(16) F. LATiFOLiA. (Kunth.) 

 Ident. Kunth 1. c. p. 239. 

 Syn. Trichelostylis latifoHa, Wight Contrib. p. 106. 



Spec. Chae. Involucre 2 — 3-leaved, subulate, much shorter than 

 the decompound, contracted, loose umbel : culm furrowed and 

 angular, compressed above, slender: leaves broad-linear, obtuse, 

 glaucous, twisted: spikelets capitate, in threes or fives, ovate, 

 angular : scales ovate, obtuse, keeled, very finely roughened : style 

 bulbous at the base : ovary 3-comered. 



Peninsula. 



(17) F. CHLaiTOEHizA. fKuuth.) 



Ident. Eunth 1. c. p. 240. 



Syn. Trichelostylis chsetorhiza, Wight Contrib. p. 106. 



Spec. Chae. Involucre 2 — 3-leaved, subulate from a membra- 

 naceous base, much shorter than the straight, erect, decompound 

 umbel : culm compressed and 3-comered straight : leaves narrow 

 linear, recurved, obtuse, shorter than the culm: spikelets sub- 

 capitate, ovate : scales obtusely keeled, acutish, smooth : caryopsis 

 obovate, 3-comered, white, tiibercled : rhizome thick, creeping, 

 fibrous. 



Peninsula. 



(18) F. TOEiA. (Kmth.) 



Ident. Kunth 1. c. p. 241. 



Syn. Trichelostylis torta, Wight Centrib. p. 105. 



Spec. Chae. Involucre 2 — 3-leaved, Unear from a membrana- 

 ceous base, obtuse, much shorter than the loose 2-rayed decompound 

 umbel : culm furrowed and angular, slightly compressed : leaves 

 linear, recurved, mucronate from a rounded apex, stiffish, twisted : 

 spikelets in threes, sessile or short pedicelled, oblong : scales obtuse, 

 with white margins, triandrous : caryopsis obovate, 3-comered, 

 white, tubercled : rhizome creeping, fibrous, fibres whip-like. 



Peninsula. 



