552 



(6) S. ANDEOGTNA. ( N. 0,1 E.J 



Ident. Nees ab Esenb. in "Wight Contrib. p. 117. 



Spec. Chak. Culm triquetrous : sheatbs triquetrous, keels 

 scabrous : lobelet leaf-opposed, rounded : leaves alternate : corymbs 

 axillary and terminal, stiff, constituting an elongated panicle : 

 spikelets some male, some androgynous : third scale female, the 

 fourth embracing the male 2-flowered spikelet : nuts ovate, acute, 

 smooth, white : disc deeply 3-lobed, entire. 



Peninsula. 



(7) S. PAEViriA. (SteuSel.) 



Ident. Steudel 1. c. p. 1 74. 



Syn. S. uliginosa, Sochst. herl. Ind. Hohen. 1295. 



Spec. Ceab. Culms simple or somewhat branched, erect, tri- 

 quetrous, glabrous : sheaths sub-truncate at the mouth, slightly 

 hairy : leaves narrow, Hnear-lanceolate, slightly scabrous at the 

 edge, here and there ciliated, unequal, longer ones exceeding the 

 culm : raceme or panicle depauperated, terminal, few-flowered : 

 fruits globose, tesselated reticulate, white, scarcely mucronulate at 

 the apex : disc 3-lobed, lobes entire, obtuse. 



Neilgheiries. 



SECT. VI. CARICiarBi^E. 



GENUS. XVIII. CAEEX. 



Tviandvia. monog'ynia. Sex: Syat: 



Beriv. From Careo to be without, the upper spikes are destitute 

 of seeds. 



Gbw. Chak. Spikes androgynous or monoecious, very rarely 

 dicecious, males simple, females somewhat compound : scales imbri- 

 cated on all sides, 1 -flowered : bristles and calycine scales none : 

 stamens three : pistil embraced by another inner scale which is 

 keeled at the margins and bearing a utricle : style 2 — 3-cleft : 

 stigma elongated, exserted : achenium lenticular, flat-convex, or 

 triangular, tiinicated by an increased bladder-shaped scale. — 

 Csespitose herbs, sometimes creeping : culms triangular, siinple, 

 seldom branched : leaves grassy, usually scabrous at the keel and 

 margin : spikes axillary and terminal, solitary, twin, in threes 

 or more, aiTanged as a fascicle, capitule, spike or panicle. 



