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Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Contributions to the botany of India / By Robert Wight. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![en. 2. p. 279 ; R. et Sch. s. v. 2. p. 145 ; Roxb. ? f. Ind. 1. p. 229; (ed. Wall.) 1. P• 233.—S. pentagonus, Roocb. in ccet. mere. Eid. or. mus. tab. 762 (fide Arn.)—S. plantagineus, Roocb. eoe Wall. cat. n. 3512, a.—*; umbella minus composita.—N. ab E. in lierb. Royle. n. 43.—/3; umbella decomposita pa¬ tente.—IV. ab E. in herb. Royle. n. 67; Wight. cat. n. 1884.—Fimbristylis, Wall. cat. n. 3512, c, d.—« et /3 in Nepalia ; Royle.—/3 Peninsula Indiae orient.; Raocburgh ; Wight. Benghala inferiori; Wallich. 8. T. pentaptera (N. ab E.:) culmo profunde quinquangulari hirsuto, in¬ volucris involucellisque brevibus scariosis aristatis hirtis, umbella subdecom- posita, spiculis squamisque fuscis rigidulis ovatis acutis., staminibus ternis, caryopsi obovato-trigona tuberculato-aspera ; foliis..Ceylona; Macrae. Differt a Tr. angulari et curvifolia, Schrad., tum a Sc. quinquangulari, Valil., et pentagona, Roxb., birsutie et involucrorum. 9. T. salbundia (N. ab E.:) culmo profunde quinquangulari glabro, invo¬ lucro umbella multo breviori subulato foliolis basi involucellisque scarioso- marginatis, umbella decomposita ovata, spiculis ellipticis, squamis ovatis ob¬ tusis dorso trinervibus margine membranaceis coloratis, staminibus ternis, ca¬ ryopsi truncato-obovata obtuse carinata subtiliter punctato-striata sursum- que in ambitu tuberculata, foliis nullis.—Fimbristylis, Wall. cat. n. 3499. et 3526.—Scirpus salbundius, Hamilt.-Burrisoil et Munghir; Hamilton. Taong Dong, Nepalia, et Silhet; Wallich. Differt a Tr. pentagona, culmo profunde quinquangulari nec obiter pen¬ tagono, et floribus triandris, a Tr (Scirpo) quinquangulari, Vahl., magnitu¬ dine vix dimidia, vaginis aphyllis, etc. 10. T. globulosa (N. ab E.:) umbella simplici semicompositaque involucro subtetraphyllo obtuso multo longiori, spiculis solitariis ovato-subglobosis, squamis ovatis obtusis submucronatis, culmo teretiusculo aphyllo basi vagi- nato.—Scirpus globulosus, Vahl. en. 2. p. 277; Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 301.—Iso- lepis globulosa, R. et Sch. s. v. 2. p. 119.—Fimbristylis umbellata, Vahl. en. 2. p. 291; R. et Sch. s. v. 2. p. 99.—S. umbellaris, Lam. illust. gen. 1. p. 141. -Ceylona; Macrae. In nostra caryopsis obovata, brevis tuberculis seriatis aspera, nec laevis, et stylus trifidus. [Huic valde affinis est Sc. pentagonus, Roxb. (tab. piet. 746, sub S. dicho- tomo), in quo umbella subcomposita 9-12-stachya radiis spiculas subternas ovatas gerentibus, culmus aphyllus basi vaginatus, ac folia nulla.—Arn.] § 3. Capitatae aut subcapitatce, spiculis in radiolis sessilibus aut saltem brevis¬ sime pedicellatis, 3-5, capitulum exhibentibus, teretibus, magusculis, culmo trigono aut semitereti compresso, foliis rigidis obtusis curvis aut tortis, ple- risque radicalibus. 11. T. torta (N. ab E.:) involucro di-triphyllo e basi membranacea lineari obtuso umbella decomposita biradiata laxiuscula multo breviore, culmo sul- cato-angulato compressiusculo foliisque linearibus recurvis ex apice rotunda¬ to mucronatis concoloribus rigidulis contortis, spiculis ternis sessilibus aut brevipedicellatis oblongis, squamis obtusis glabris rufo-fuscis undique albo marginatis triandris, caryopsi obovata trigona alba tuberculata, rhizomate crasso repente fibroso fibris flagcllaribus.— Wight. cat. n. 1885.-Peninsula Indim orientalis ; Wight; Rottler. Quod ad habitum accedit Tr. junciformi, N. ab E., a qua differt spiculis multifloris duplo et triplo majoribus involucellisque e basi latiuscula setaceis, nec squamis spicularam conformibus. Radicem si spectas et spiculas, pro¬ pinquiorem existimabis Tr. chcetorrhizce. N. ab E. Sed nostrm culmus (semi¬ pedalis circiter) irregulariter angulatus est, nec trigonus, folia latiora sunt.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29297023_0109.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
