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rigid, angular or somewhat flattened. Leaves usually short, some- 
times half the length of the stem, stiff, obtuse. Umbel sometimes 
compound to the second degree, 1-4 in. diam. Spikelets usually 
in clusters of 2-5 or a few solitary, J-J in., linear, red-brown. 
Glumes acute. Style nearly glabrous, branches 3, hairy. Nut 
hardly one third the length of the glume, 3-sided, nearly smooth. 
Throughout India, ascending to 5000 ft. — Madagascar. 
10. Fimbristylis monostachya, Hassle. : FI. Br. Ind. vi. 649. 
Perennial, glabrous ; rhizome none or very short ; stems tufted, 
4-16 in., slender, angular. Leaves half the length of the stem. 
Spikelet solitary, terminal, in., flattened, pale yellow. Bracts 
shorter than the spikelet. Glumes apparently in 2 opposite series, 
acute, keel green. Style hairy, branches 3. Nut about half the 
length of the glume, obtusely 3-sided, minutely tuberculate, base 
much contracted. 
Throughout India, ascending to 3000 ft., common in pastures. — All warm 
regions. 
*7, BULBOSTYLIS. From the Greek bolbos, a bulb, and stylos , 
a style, referring to the swollen style-base. — Most warm regions, 
abundant in Africa. 
Annual herbs ; stems tufted, erect, very slender, glabrous, leafy 
only at the base. Leaves very narrow, the sheaths covered with 
fine, needle-like hairs. Spikelets in a head. Glumes many, ovate, 
brown, minutely hairy on the back, keel green ; the lowest 1 or 2 
empty, the others all containing a 2-sexual flower, but the upper- 
most soon withering. Stamens 1-3, usually 2. Style glabrous, 
3- branched, the base swollen in a button -like expansion, which 
becomes discoloured and is persistent in fruit. Nut small, 3-sided, 
obtuse, smooth. 
Spikelets in a globose head . . . . . 1 . B. barbata. 
Spikelets in an umbel . . . . . . . 2. B. capillar is. 
1. Bulbostylis barbata, Kunth ; FI. Br. Ind. yi. 651. Stems 
2-10 in. Leaves half the length of the stem. Spikelets -J-J in., 
oblong-lanceolate, sessile in a globose head of 3-20. Glumes 
acute, margins minutely fringed. 
Throughout India, ascending to 4000 ft. — Most warm regions. 
2. Bulbostylis capillaris, Kunth ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 652. Stems 
4- 10 in. Leaves half to two thirds the length of the stem. Spike- 
lets \ in., narrowly oblong, nearly all solitary on the spreading 
rays of a simple or compound umbel. Glumes obtuse. 
Simla, Charaog. — Himalaya, up to 8000 ft. — All warm regions. 
The Himalayan form is var. brifida of Kunth. 
