FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS. 
353 
A small glabrous sedge, common in the Gangetic plain. 
Distrib. — Cosmopolitan in the Tropics. 
313 , Scirpiis Linn. 
Spikelets very many, in large decompound corymbs with several very 
large flat divaricate leafy bracts .... grossus. 
Spikelets few ; lowest bract alone manifest and resembling a continua- 
tion of the stem : — 
Stems more or less 3-cornered at least in the upper portion and 
not transversely septate ; flowers with hypogynous bristles ; 
spikelets pedicelled : — 
Hypogynous bristles plumose with spreading hairs iittoralis. 
Hypogynous bristles scabrid but not plumose 
triqueter var. segregata» 
Stems terete throughout, transversely septate ; flowers with- 
out hypogynous bristles ; spikelets clustered in a dense 
lateral head ...... articulatus. 
283. Scirpus grossus Linn. f. ; F. I. i. 231 ; F. B. I. vi. 659. 
Northern and eastern parts, in still water. 
Vernac. Kasuru. 
A large sedge ; properties unimportant. 
Distrib.— S.-E. Asia. 
284. Scirpus Iittoralis Schrad. ; F, B. I. vi. 659. S, pectinatus 
F. I. i. 218. 
Northern parts, Kurz ! Calcutta Garden Collectors\ 
An aquatic sedge ; properties unimportant. 
Distrib.— Europe ; Africa; Orient; India; Australia. 
285. Scirpus triqueter Linn. var. segregata Clarke ; F. B. I. vi. 658. 
Northern clearings, Clarke ! 
A sedge of muddy places ; properties unimportant. 
Distrib. — Northward into the Bengal Plain ; New Guinea. 
286. Scirpus articulatus Linn.; F. I. i. 214 ; F. B. 1 . vi. 656. 
Northern parts, rare, H el nig ! 
An aquatic sedge of wet places ; properties unimportant. 
Distrib.— Africa; S.-E. Asia; Australia. 
314 . Cladium P. Br. 
287. Cladium ripariuin Benth. var. crassa Clarke; F. B. L vi. 675. 
Eastern Sundribuns, plentiful, Clarke ! 
A very large sedge, about 6 feet high. 
Distrib.— Ceylon. 
