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(1) C. iniBiGENA. (Don.) 

 Ident. Don. flor. Nepal. 42.— "Wight Contrib. p. 120. 



Spec. Chae. Spike compound, oblong, from many approximated 

 ovate spikelets : bracts leafy-cuspidate from a truncated membra- 

 naceous base, leaflet of the lower ones longer than the spikelet or 

 spike : fruit erect, ovate or oval, flat-convex, striated at the back, 

 margin naked or denticulate : beak short, 2-toothed : stigmas two : 

 scales ovate, cuspidate, a little shorter than the fruit : culm obtusely 

 3-comered, smooth: leaves linear-narrow, keeled or convolute, 

 scabrous at the margin. 



Peninsula. 



(2) C. C^SPITITIA. (Ifees ah Esenb.J 



Ident. 'S. ab E. in Wight Contrib. p. 127. 



Spec. Char. Male spike one, oblong, cylindric : females in 

 threes, somewhat approximated, smaller, appressed, cyliudric : 

 bracts leafy, without sheaths, angles of the culm and leaves 

 serrulate-scabrous at the margin, lowest one a little remote : 

 stigmas twin : perigynium glabrous, obtuse, mouth entire : scales 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse, females smaller, green, males marked on 

 both sides with a ferruginous vitta. 



SUhet. 



(3) C. LONGiCEiTBis. fNees ab Esenb.j 



Ident. N. ab E. 1. c. p. 124. 



Spec. Chab. Spikelets fascicled, peduncled, compound or simple, 

 lax, males at the top : upper and partial braoteal sheaths bristle- 

 bearing : stigmas two, capillary, very long : fruit oval, biconvex, 

 beaked, younger ones cUiate-serrate at .the margins : female scales 

 alternate, spreading, oval oblong, mucronate-acute, yellowish-red : 

 culm slender : leaves long, linear, straight, scabrous above. 



Peninsula. 



(4) C. LONGiPES. (Don.) 



Ident. Don. flor. Nep. 43.— Wight Contrib. p. 124. 



SpjEC. Chae. Spikes many, alternate, narrowly cyliudric, lax, 

 males at the top: lower ones sometimes compound at the base, 

 peduncle long exserted : stigmas twin, elongated : fruit broadly 

 oval, nerved and striated, long-beaked : beak 2-cleft at the apex : 



