FimhristyUs.] clxii. cyperace^. 
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§3. Trtchelostylis. Spikelets usually numerous. Glumes spiral. Style 
trifid not flattened. Nut more or less trigonous. 
Small annual with short broad leaves; spikelets 
few 
Spikelets sub-globose; nut tubcrcled. 
Leaves long narrow; spikelets -2 in. long . 
Usually leafless; spikelets -13 in. long 
Spikelets narrow lanceolate, very numerous. 
Nut tubercled ...... 
Nut trabeculate, not tubercled 
Spikelets clustered. 
Stems very slender; leaves very narrow . 
Stem stout; leaves large stiff 
(17) F. obtusata 
(18) F. miliacea 
(ig) F. globulosa 
(20) F. complanata 
(21) F. asperrima 
{22) F. leptoclada 
(23) F. nigrobrunnea 
§4. Abilgaardia. Spikelets solitary on the branches. Glumes at base 
distichous. Upper ones spiral. Style trifid. 
Spikelets i or 2 on a stem, broad; glumes solitary . (24) F. monostachya 
Spikelets numerous on slender branches; glumes 
red brown. , , « . -j.* 
Leaves stiff denticulate; spikelets -2 in. long . (25) F. ngittifolia 
Leaves narrow linear. 
Culms over i ft. tall; spikelets -25 in. long . (26) F. tusca 
Dwarf plant under 6 in. tall; spikelets small * {27) F* fuscoidos 
(1) F. tetragona R. Br. Prodr, 226; Clarke in Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
vi. 631; Ridl: Mat. in. 
A tufted plant 6 to 24 in. tall. Leaves often reduced to sheaths 
or with blade 1-5 in. long. Culms slender, wiry. Spikelet i, 
erect conic, -5 to -6 in. long. Glumes pale brown, oblong, rounded, 
striate. Style linear bifid, villous. Nut narrow cylindric, stalked, 
half as long as glume, plano-convex, straw-coloured, reticulate. 
Hah. Sandy open spots, local, not common, Singapore, Balestier 
plain (Hullett). Pahang, at Kwala Pahang (Ridley). Distrib. 
Indo-Malaya and Australia. , ^7 t- d r 
(2) F. acuminata Vahl. Emim. ii. 285; Clarke in Hook. pi. F.B.I. 
vi. 631; Ridl. Mat. iii. 89. 
A tufted plant 6 to 12 in. tall; culms very numerous, slender, 
leafless, with a tubular sheath with an acute point. Spikelet i. 
lanceolate fusiform acute, pale, -12 to -25 in. long. Glumes oblong 
obtuse, keeled, mucronate. Style bifid, linear above, base broad, 
arms very short. Nut obovoid, turbinate biconvex with about 5 
transverse ridges. Hab, Damp grassy spots, jungle paths, common, 
Singapore, Bukit Timah; Changi. Malacca (Griffith); Ayer Panas. 
Pahang Kwala Pahang. Perak, Thaiping. Penang, Telok Bahang 
(Curtis). Tringganu (Yapp). Kedah, Alor Sta, in rice-fields. 
Distrib. Indo-Malaya, China, Australia. 
(3) F. setacea BentJi. Hook. Bond. Journ. Bot. ii. 239; Clarke in 
Hook. pi. F.B.I. vi. 623; Ridl. Mat. iii. 89. 
Small tufted plant, 2 to 6 in. tall. Culms slender wiry, leafless 
except for 2 small tubular sheaths. Spikelet i, lanceolate acute, 
•II in. long. Glumes oblong obtuse, keeled, mucronate, pale, keel 
green, often with red patches on the side. Style bifid. Nut obovoid 
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