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rugineae, Iseves, nervo dorsali in mucronulum abeunte et aliquot eidem adjectis obsoletis preditie, glabrae ; 
squamae inferiores aliquot minores et steriles. Stamina tria, filamentis compressis. Perianthium subcylin- 
dricum, sulcatum, truncatum, ovario angustius, in caryopseos stipitem longum abiens. Stylus compressus, 
utrinque ciliatus, bifidus, basi bulbulosus et solubilis. Caryopsis obovato-lenticularis, stipitata, filamentisque 
ad basin stipitis persistentibus ciocta, obtusa, subtilissime punctulata, albida, margine discrete obtuse cincta. 
[Mr. Arnott, in Wight’s Contributions, p. 97, has pointed out that the var. /3 of Prof. Nees v. Esenbeck, 
so far at least as relates to the synonym of Scirpus iristachyus, Roxb., is identical with Dr. Wight’s speci- 
mens of F. sckmnoides, Vahl, as determined by Nees y. Esenbeck himself.] 
2. F. podocarpa. Nees et Meyen. — N. ab E. 1. c. p. 98. 
Species est distinctissima; quod ad spiculas quidem F. diphyllm baud absimilis, sed statura humiliori, 
semipedali culmo, foliis brevioribus subfalcatis ciliatis, plerumque vaginis margine late membranaceis oblique 
truncatis, umbellaque vix pollicari, bi-tri-quinqueradiata, radiis pollicem longis, longioribus tri-penta- 
brevioribus mono-di-stachyis, spiculis lateralibus pedicellatis media sessili, in centro spiculis aliquot brevi- 
pedicellatis congestis, prsesertim autem caryopsi magis compressa, margine obtuso sulculo discrete cincta 
utrinque parum convexa costulisque tuberculato-crenulatis prmdita, quarum interstitia angusta lineam puncto- 
rum insculptorum monstrant. Squamm, in nostris, glabrae, subrotundse, obtusas, ferruginem, costa media 
viridi in inferioribus brevem mucronulum formante et striis aliquot nervosis lateralibus prseditm. Stamina 
duo-tria, infra urceolum stipitiformem inserta. Stylus latus, compressus, ciliatus, apice bifidus. Urceolus 
discretus distincte stipitatus rufulus aut pallidus caryopsin attollit. 
3. F. tomentosa. Vahl. — N. ab E. 1. c. p. 100. (cum char, et syn.) 
Umhellcs partiales 4-8-radiatae, radiolis vel omnibus monostachyis, vel uno alterove longiori distachyo. 
di-triphyll a, foliolis setaceis umbellula duplo et triple brevioribus. Squamm spicularum chartacem, 
ovatse, brevi-mucronatse, costa viridi, basi albse, superius fuscse, plerumque glabrm. Caryopsis obovata, 
albida, exteriori latere gibbosa, costis novem, interiori planiusculo costis undecim, interstitiis transversim 
sulcatis. Culmus sulcato-angulatus, glaber. Folia culmum aequantia vel paulo breviora, linea vix latiora, 
flava, obtusiuscula, utrinque cum vaginis striata et pilosa. Vaginarum tubus truncatus, altero latere ferru- 
gineus, punctulatus. 
4. F. diphylla, Vahl. — N. ab E. 1. c. p. 100. (cum char, et adnot.) 
5. F. decora. Nees et Meyen. — N. ab E. 1. c. p. 101. (cum char.) 
Rhizoma validum, repens, fibris ramosis sparsis radicans, foliorum culmorumque fasciculos in csespitem 
collectos gignens. Culmi 4-8 pollices longi, rigiduli, sulcato-angulati, setulis exiguis adpressis inspersi, basi 
dense foliosi. Folia flabellatira disticha e vaginis imbricatis membranaceis ferrugineis subpuberulis fasti- 
giata, 1-I| pollicem longa, linea angustiora, attenuata et acutiuscula, apice plerumque sphacelate, plani- 
uscula, recurva, glauca, supra dense argenteo-sericea subtus sparsim puberula; quse in culmo paullulum ad- 
scendunt, ad pollicem decrescunt folia, maxima pars culmi aphylla. Involucri folia 2-3, vix 3-4 lineis 
longiora, basi membranaceo-dilatata, glauca, sericea. Umhella radii 3-6, |-l-pollicem longi, compressi, 
glauci, cum capitulo centrali sessili. Spiculm 2-4, sessiles, 2-2J lineas longm, ovato-oblongse, teretes, dense 
irabricatse, Accedit quandoque in radiis longioribus radiolus brevissimus, distachyus. Squama, ovatae, 
pubescentes, margine late membranaceas albm, pulchre ciliatse, carina dorsali viridi in mueronem excurrente, 
latere utroque nervis ternis subtilibus. Stamina tria, squama paullo longiora. Stylus ad ^ bifidus, non com- 
pressus, nec ciliatus, basi bulbosus, latitudine germinis ovalis. Caryopsis obovata, obtusa cum umbone 
exiguo, fere Isevis, pallide fusca, extrorsum convexa cum vestigiis sulcorum quatuor obsoletis, latere in- 
teriori planiusculo obtuse carinate. Ad basin caryopseos filamenta ad maturitatemusque persistunt. 
[We have received this beautiful species only from Mr. Millett : the leaves are about two or two and a half 
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