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 (26) F. MONTicoiA. (Hochst.) 



Ident. Hoohst. 1. o. 



Spec. Chak. Culms erect, flattened, striated, very slightly 

 rough-serrulate at the margin ; sheaths thin, glabrous, terminated 

 by a short linear flattish leaflet: leaflets of the involucre about 

 three, linear from a scaly ovate base, scarcely the length of the 

 raylets : umbel simple, 3 — 4-rayed, rarely one or the other ray 

 again radiolate : spikes very shortly peduncled or sessile, Hnear- 

 oblong, 8 — 12-flo-wered : scales ovate, very shortly mucronulate, 

 rusty chestnut : style and stigmas fimbriated : achenium triquetrous, 

 ovate, silvery, shining, ■warty. 



ITeUgherries. 



(27) F. siMiLis. (Steudel.J 

 Ident. Steudel 1. c. p. 112. 



Spec. Chab. Culms erect, flexuose, somewhat triquetrous, 

 smooth, sheathed and leafy at th6 base : sheaths sparingly but 

 densely hairy at the mouth, striated : leaves narrow, linear, obtuse, 

 asperulous at the margin : leaflets of the involucre nearly equalling 

 the very simple 3 — 5-rayed umbel : rays 1-spiculate : spikes 

 oblong-tovate : scales ovate, concave, rounded, obtuse, pale rusty, 

 scaxcely mucronulate at the apex, of one colour, easily deciduous : 

 style 2-cleft : achenium ovate, striated lengthways, with thin white 

 liaes between the striae. 



Bengal. 



(28) F. BoEOEELBKi. (Steudel.J 



Ident. Steudel 1. c. p. 113. 



Spec. Chae. Culms compressed, thin, erect, smooth, 1| foot: 

 sheaths at the base lax, leafless : leaves from the upper sheaths 

 linear, narrow, flat, scabrous above, nearly equalling the culm : 

 leaflets of the involucre 1 — 2, shorter than the compound and 

 decompound umbel : involucels small, scaly, more Or less bristly 

 acuminate or none : rays thin, compressed, raylets 1-spiculate : 

 spikelets ovate-oblong : scales . ovate, keeled and concave, rusty, 

 very shortly mucronulate : style 3-cleft : achenium ovate, much 

 shorter than the scale, whitish, warted and tuberoled. 



Bengal. 



(29) F. PiAcciBA. /Steudel.J 



Ident. Steudel 1. o. 



Spec. Char. Culm compressed, striated, weak, and with the 

 leaves slightly flaccid, base leafy : leaves flattish, smooth, shorter 



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