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Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Contributions to the botany of India / By Robert Wight. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![XXVI. LIMNOCHLOA. P. de B. 1. L. plantaginea (N. ab E.:) culmis teretibus dissitiuscule interceptis stria¬ tis,, spica subcylindrica, squamis late ovalibus obtusis anguste marginatis ri- gidulis Levibus nervo medio carinali, caryopsi.—Wight. cat. n. 1901.— Scirpus plantagineus, Rottb. gram. p. 45. t.15. f. 2 ; Vahl. en. 2. p. 251 ; Roxb. Ind. 1. p. 212; (ed. Wall.) 1. p. 214.—S. interceptus, Roxb. in ccet. mere. Ind. or. mus. tab. 734 (fide Arn.)—Eleocharis plantaginea, R. et Sch. s. v. 2. p. 150.— Wall. cat. n. 3454.-In Peninsulae Indiae orientalis aquis stagnan¬ tibus ; Roxburgh, &c. Bengalia inferiore ; Wallich. Ceylona; Macrae. Scirpus tuberosus, Roxb. fi. Ind. 1. p. 210, (ed. Wall.) 1. p. 213., et in ccet. mere. I. o. mus. tab. 1112 (fide Arn.), nil nisi hujus speciei forma bulbifera esse videtur. [Wall. cat. n. 3512 valde differt, quamvis huc citet u Sc. plantagineum, Roxb.,” minime fl. Ind. At suspicor, loco : Sc. plantagineus, herb. Roxb., le¬ gendum esse in Wall. cat.: Sc. pentagonus, herb. Roxb., et tab. piet. n. 762, seu Sc. quinquangularis, Roxb. fl. Ind. Scirpus tumidus, Roxb., huic valde affinis ; an varietas ?—Arn.] 2. L. tumida (N. ab E.:) culmis teretibus confertim interceptis septis tumi¬ dulis, spica subcylindrica, squamis ovato-lanceolatis acutis nervo medio ca- rinali, caryopsi.—Scirpus tumidus, Roxb. fl. Ind. 1. p. 212; {ed. Wall) 1. p, 215 ; in ccet. mere. I. o. mus. tab. 735 (fide Arn.)-In Peninsula In¬ diae orientalis; Roxburgh. 3. L. media (N. ab E.:) culmo trigono compresso striato, vaginis oblique truncatis lobulo acuminato, squamis late ovalibus obtusis disco lato striatis ambitu membranaceis sublobatis pallidis, fructu . . . —Scirpus medius, Roxb. fl. Ind. 1. p. 213; {ed. Wall.) 1. p. 216.—S. submutatus, Roxb. in ccet. mere. I. o. mus. tab. 738 (fide Arn.)-In Peninsula Ind. or. ad montes Circaren- ses; Roxburgh. Ceylona; Macrae. An L. spirilis var. ? ; differt squamis concoloribus disco lato ovali striatis, et culmo irregulariter trigono compressiusculo/' 4. L. acutangula (N. ab E.:) culmo acute triquetro, vaginis oblique trun¬ catis, spicee cylindricae acutae spiris paucis diclinibus, squamis late ovalibus obtusis disco herbaceo lato striato viridulo ambitu membranaceis sublobatis pallidis, caryopsi obovata costata interstitiis transversim striatis.— Wight. cat. n. 1902.—Scirpus acutangulus, Roxb.fi. Ind. 1. p. 213 ; {ed. Wall.) 1. p. 216. —S. mutatiformis, Roxb. in coet. mere. I. o. mus. tab. 737 (fide Arn)—Eleo¬ charis, Wall. cat. n. 3453.-In aquis quietis stagnantibns Peninsulae Indiae orientalis. Benghala ; Hamilton; Wallich. A L. spirali maxime differt spiris squamarum evidentissimis, et squamis aliter contractis. Squamee, ex elliptico subrotundee et obtusee, quandoque apicem versus a latere inflectuntur eoque nonnihil attenuatee {“ somewliat acute”) nec vero acutee dicendse. Caryopsis pallida. Perigynii setee sex, planiusculee, rigidse, apice denticulis retroversis preeditee, caryopsin aequantes. 5. L. spiralis (P. de B.:) culmo triquetro, vaginis oblique truncatis, spicee oblongo-cylindricee obtusee spiris pluribus obliquis, squamis late cuneiformi¬ bus truncato-subtrilobis obtuse carinatis, caryopsi trigona.—Scirpus spiralis, Rottb. gram. p. 45. t. 15. f. 1 ; Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 290; R. et Sch. s. v. 2. p. 155; Roxb. fl. Ind. I. p. 212; {ed. Wall) 1. p. 215.—S. mutatus, Roxb. in coet. mere. I. o. mus. tab. 736 (fide Arn.)-In aquis stagnantibus quietis Peninsulee Ind. or.; Roxburgh. Inter plantas tam Wallichianas quam Wigbtianas haec species desideratur,.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29297023_0118.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
